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How to Add Hotspots to Your Video
Hotspots are user clickable areas you can create to link out to external websites on top of your video. Login to your account Go to My Media Either click on the Entry’s Edit icon and then click Launch Editor or click on the video thumbnail and then select Launch Editor […]
How to Publish Your Media and Video Permissions
Whenever you upload media, you have the option to choose how your media is published. Publish settings control who has viewing permissions and access to your media. You do not need to create a channel to share your videos. It’s also important to note that if you do publish your […]
Why aren’t my videos showing in Avenue to Learn?
If you have embedded your videos into Avenue to Learn but they aren’t appearing, ensure that your video permissions are set correctly. It is recommended to publish your videos as “unlisted“. When your videos are published as unlisted, only those with a direct link to the video, or access to […]
How to Add Collaborators to Your Media
If you’re working with others on a project, having collaborators is a possibility within MacVideo. In order to add collaborators to your media, you must the be owner of the content. If you’re collaborating through Channels, please note that members will not be able to embed specific videos using the […]
How to Change Media Owner
Within MacVideo you can switch ownership of the media to another account. Go to the media entry and go to the Edit page. You will now see a Collaboration tab. Select it and underneath you will find a Change media owner button to the right. Once you hit the Change […]
How to Edit Captions
MacVideo has the option to edit captions that were either automatically generated or through individual upload of SRT files. If you are making edits to your captions, remember to set the appropriate caption file as the default (check mark icon) . Also ensure that not more than one […]
How to Add and Delete Slides
Using Slides to Enhance the Kaltura Video Experience Slides are part of the video content, and viewers can view the slides in the player simultaneoulsly with the video. Using the Navigation Panel, you can navigate the video using the slides. Slides are automatically created when the presentation is recorded using […]
What file types are supported?
The following file types and codecs have been tested and optimized for optimal transcoding input: Media File Formats: Mpeg-4 and QuickTime Formats (MP4, MOV, QT, and M4V), Flash Video (FLV and F4V), Microsoft Windows Formats (AVI, ASF, WMV and WMA), MPEG-1/2 (MPG, M1V, M2V, MP3), WAV, Matroska (MKV), OGG OGM & OGV, WEBM, 3GP, RM, Webex (ARF), MXF […]
Are there recommended conventions for tagging media?
Tags are used to help you find media when searching. You should make tags as meaningful and relevant to the media as possible so that they will be useful in a search. And, you can add as many tags as you want. Tags can be a useful way to group […]