Goals of video management
The main admin goal in regard to the video management is to make sure that videos are streamed correctly. This is also an important prerequisite for video editing to work as expected.
How videos are streamed in Censhare
In Censhare, videos are embedded into the HTML5 code as a video tag. In Censhare Web, the HTML5 code is accessed by the browser directly. Java Client uses a native operative system browser to run HTML5 and play video assets.
MP4 has proven to be the most reliable file format for video streaming. For this reason, video assets should be converted to MP4, i.e., a separate preview file should be created for this purpose out of the asset master file. Such conversion can happen on the fly if you use a video transcoding service. It is also important to convert videos using a preset that makes sense for your use case.
Censhare does not have a native transcoder. This is not necessary as there are enough good solutions to choose from.
Important configurations
There are a few areas where something needs to be done by the Censhare administrator, in the following order.
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Choose a transcoding service | Overview of transcoding services
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Set up and configure a transcoding service, including video presets:
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Configure the video editor | Configure Video Editor
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Optionally, set up XSLT transformations for automatic trimming or other simple video editing
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Optionally, in case of an upgrade, rebuild previews for existing video assets (run Create Previews server action from the asset menu)
In addition to that, you can also enable the Google Video Intelligence API module. No special configuration is required.