What is a Video CMS? A video CMS provides simplified workflows for enterprises to store, organize and share their videos. Top online CMS today are WordPress, Drupal, Joomla and Moodle. These CMS are designed largely to publish dynamic web pages. Because of its ease-of-use, WordPress powers over 25% of websites on the internet today. These CMS are however unable to host videos by themselves. This is because videos add complex workflows that these minimalist CMS frameworks do not handle on their own. VdoCipher augments these CMS with its video plugin. VdoCipher provides the video storage and organization features that complement the publishing…
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Import videos from Box.com
We have just added support for Box.com imports. If you can upload your videos to Box.com, you can import videos directly from Box.com. Steps to Import Videos from Box.Com In your dashboard, go to Import from and choose "Add from Box". This will open a new pop-up window on Box.com. You should be able to choose your video file by selecting the check box. You can select multiple files at the same time. On clicking choose, we shall take up the list of videos and add it to your dashboard. The video will come with Queued status at the beginning.…
Secure Hosting for Flipped Classroom Videos
The model of flipped learning has the potential to revolutionize classroom teaching. In this methodology learners are assigned videos to watch before a class. By delivering basic instructions through a flipped classroom video, students are much more informed about the subject before class begins. This makes for a much more engaging classroom discussion, ensuring that the passive learning in the traditional classroom is now replaced by a much more active model of learning. In this blog post, I seek to explain factors you should consider when hosting Flipped Classroom videos. Designing flipped classroom videos is not straightforward. Prior to flipping you need…
Set IP Geo restriction on videos via API/Dashboard: VdoCipher DRM
VdoCipher provides a complete DRM with encryption, backend licensing and viewer specific watermarking to safeguard video content. Sometimes owing to the rights and permissions to distribute a video, businesses look to white-list or blacklist content for certain geographies & IPs. Here is an API guide to do IP & Geo restriction for your VdoCipher account. This should allow you to configure any complicated setting of IP and country restrictions. Rules are defined by a JSON string called rule-set. This JSON contains an array of rule objects: Every rule is an object containing action, ipSet and countrySet Each matching rule overrides the previous matching rule.…
Streaming Video Hosting to Improve Market Reach
Streaming video hosting is a great way for you to communicate with your clients. Videos offer a way to increase the interactivity of your content, besides helping you develop a personal connection with your customers. Authentically presenting yourself and your product to the customer helps develop customer trust. Customer trust is one of the most important elements of ensuring customer retention. When should you consider Streaming Video Hosting? For starters, you should try to understand how effective the combination of visual, audio and narrative is in delivering your message. Does a video send across a better message qualitatively than just text? You can also explore whether if the…
Import Videos From Vimeo Pro, Google Drive and Dropbox
VdoCipher's secure video hosting platform enables educators, publishers and marketers to host their video content online for business use. Our award-winning DRM creates multiple layers of security. These include secure video storage, encrypted video streaming, backend authentication and dynamic watermark, ensuring that your videos are completely secure from illegal downloading. A large number of our customers have shifted from other video hosting sites. This is mostly because the feature-set of many other online video platforms does not completely satisfy customers' requirements. We are committed to ensuring that your transition from another OVP to VdoCipher is smooth and seamless. For this we have set up…