In its raw or uncompressed form, the video can be quite heavy. It’s quite difficult to upload and share videos in their raw form. Also video streaming protocols are quite dependent on the type of device/browser where the video is playing. This is where video encoding comes into play. As the heavy raw files are compressed into a lighter version while maintaining most of the original quality and different protocols are encoded to adhere to the streaming protocols required. What is Video Encoding? Video encoding is basically the process of converting raw or uncompressed video files into the required format.…
Types of Video Hosting Services & Use Cases
Videos are one of the most consumed content online. YouTube reports that it registers about one billion hours of video every single day. According to industry forecasts, in 2019, video content became the most significant marketing trend and will alone take over 82 percent of all internet traffic by 2021. With both increases in demand and consumption of content online, there is an exponential growth seen in the video content. After all, why wouldn’t it be, videos serve as a great tool to increase engagement, educate users, and to provide entertainment as well. (more…)
Video Embedding using WordPress LMS Plugins
VdoCipher offers seamless integration with online course platforms and LMS platforms like Teachable, Thinkific & Kajabi. However, if you've got a WordPress site, in that case, we provide a Wordpress plugin that works with the most popular WordPress LMSes and can be used to secure course videos in the WordPress LMS platforms. Here we take examples of 5 WordPress LMS platforms - LifterLMS, WpCourseLMS LearnPress, TutorLMS, Learndash and explain steps to embed. LifterLMS WpCourseLMS LearnPress TutorLMS LearnDash First Step -By now you must have installed and activated the VdoCipher's wordpress video hosting plugin in your wordpress account and have entered…
VdoCipher Embed in Kajabi LMS using Script
We already did a detailed comparison of Kajabi with other Learning Management System like Teachable vs Kajabi & Thinkific vs Kajabi. However, if you've decided to stay with Kajabi and are looking to embed videos, you are just in the right space. Video Embed on Kajabi (using Script instead of Iframe) Step 1: Visit kajabi.com and create/login your account. Step 2: Once done, you’ll land on the dashboard, select the Products tab from the left panel. Step 3: Click into an existing Product or create a new one by clicking on the New Product button on the top-right corner. Step 4:…
Video Level Domain Restriction Settings Guidelines
Kindly put simple domain name in the restriction setting. Do not use https, HTTP , www, // etc. E.g mysite.com or mysite.com/course (and not https://www.mysite.com ) For multiple domains to be restricted -It is possible to specify multiple URLs, but the structure is a little different. You need to specify multiple domains separated by the | (pipe character) and enclose it in parentheses. Example: (example0.com|example1.com|example2.com) Use the above as a string. The parenthesis is also part of that string. Any change in domain restriction setting here will be automatically effective for future API and wordpress/moodle plugin based playbacks. For iframe…
Video Embedding using 4 wordpress LMS Plugins
First, you should have installed and activated the VdoCipher plugin in your wordpress account and have entered the API Secret Key as shown in the below screenshot. We will now learn how to embed videos with Wordpress using some other LMS plugins like Learndash, Cluevo LMS, WP Course plugin. Just follow the below steps to make sure you complete your video embedding successfully. Here we go... Video Embedding with Cluevo LMS: Step 1: After Cluevo the plugin is installed open the plugin from the left panel and you will land on the screen shown in the screenshot below. Here…