For better availability, worldwide distribution and public streaming, Videos in Cumulus can additionally be published to a Video Cloud, as offered by various providers. The “original” video files and all their metadata remain safe in Cumulus (stored in a Vault, or on a file server), but the delivery of the video to websites – including Cumulus Portals and the Web Client – is performed by the Video Cloud.
There are two ways to enhance Cumulus with the capabilities of a Video Cloud:
• either by means of the Cumulus Video Cloud,
• or by means of Cumulus Video Connectors and a contract with one of the Video Cloud providers supported by Cumulus.
From a user’s point of view, however, the actual usage of the Video Cloud feature remains the same for any chosen solution.
For details on how to set up Video Cloud support in Cumulus and the prerequisites that must be met, see Video Cloud Setup.
Required Permissions
Cumulus users who want to use the Video Cloud feature (i.e. uploading and publishing videos, making use of video links and embed codes) must have special Video Cloud Catalog Permissions.
Cumulus provides three Video Cloud specific Catalog Permissions.
• Video Cloud Consumer – can view and make use of video links and embed codes
• Video Cloud Contributor – can (additionally) alter the embed code with different player skins, can make use of derivatives, can view some video-related statistics data, and can control the availability period (from - to)
• Video Cloud Administrator – can (additionally) manage video files in the Video Cloud (upload to/remove from Video Cloud, publish/un-publish), can access the Video Cloud module of the Web Server Console, and can see the upload queue.