Video Cloud Data

For videos that are published to the Video Cloud, additional data is provided by the Video Cloud. This data is not available or stored with the metadata of the file in Cumulus, but can be accessed via the Web Client or the Desktop Client.

• On the Web Client, this data is displayed in the Video Cloud tab which is added to a video’s details view as soon as the video is uploaded to the Video Cloud.

• On the Desktop Client, this data is displayed in the Video Cloud Data Window. To open this window, select a video file, then choose Asset > Video Cloud > Show Video Cloud Data.

The given information is split into 4 sections. Some settings can be changed. What’s actually displayed may vary depending on the configured Video Cloud.

NOTE: The contents of the Video Cloud tab and Video Cloud Data window, respectively, is not updated automatically! To initiate a refresh on the Web Client, perform a page reload, or switch to a different tab and back. On the Desktop Client, use the refresh icon in the upper left corner, or close and reopen the window.

• Embed Code – Used to directly embed the video into whatever web page - no further contact with Portals or any other Cumulus instance is required. The video is streamed to player as delivered from the Video Cloud. This player comes with a default player skin and a default resolution (“responsive”, that is, the resolution adapts to the size and the abilities of the device and browser used by the viewer). However, users may be able to select form different player skins available at the Video Cloud, and to select a custom resolution value, to be used instead of the default ones.

• Player Skin – To be used with the embed code; drop-down list to select a player skin from the skins provided by the Video Cloud.

NOTE: A player skin must be specified in the metadata of each video. If not, streaming of the videos from the Video Cloud will not work in Cumulus Portals or Cumulus Web Client.

• Size – To be used with the embed code; drop-down list to select a value for the size of the player from the sizes provided by Video Cloud, or to define a player size of your own.

• Embed Code – The code that you can insert into the source code of any web page in order to have the video displayed there. – Note that any modification to the Size or Player Skin values alters the embed code!

• Video Link – Used to call a landing page, which is delivered by Portals. This landing page contains a player with a default player skin and size, as delivered from the Video Cloud.

• Base URL – The base URL to your Cumulus Portals instance constitutes the first part of the video link. If there are multiple Portals instances at your disposition, you must select the appropriate one from the drop-down list.

• Derivatives – Links to the various derivatives of the original video, rendered by the Video Cloud for a bunch of different devices, resolutions etc. These links can be used in web pages or emails, etc, in order to provide download links for the video.

NOTE: As long as not all derivatives are generated at the Video Cloud, the title of this section is Processing...
Note also, that the generation of derivatives can take up to several hours, and that links to such derivatives may only be valid for a certain period of time.

• Statistics – Basic statistics information on the usage of the video.

NOTE: The information about player skins, derivatives and statistics is not displayed to users with the permission Video Cloud Consumer only!