At VdoCipher we are committed to building the best platform for hosting premium content. While our security features ensure that our secure video hosting beats all competition, we have also made our platform intuitive and easy to use. Here you can find our tutorial videos on upload/import and various other features in detail. Detailed tutorial videos are included below - Upload/Import + Embed overview Dashboard features & video setting details Multi-User addition to account & permission levels Adding more accounts/projects to same dashboard Get all videos data in csv (title, id, status, time added) Generating video page url to share…
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[This article is based on API v2 as documented here.] The Upload API workflow and overview can be found here. Please find below a sample code for enabling video upload from your PHP website's users. Note that this is sample code and you will need to configure it according to the controller-view structure in your application. It is not a recommended to put Controller logic and HTML output in a single file. (more…)
Why Not to Host Your Own Videos? Challenges in Self-hosting videos
At VdoCipher, we have worked with thousands of online businesses for their secure video hosting. In this period we have developed a broad understanding of the video hosting requirements that businesses have. A number of our customers had previously tried to self-host video content. Here we share our learnings from working with our customers. We see that in many cases, the first idea that comes to the video creator is to self-host videos. This means having an in-house team to handle video streaming & hosting technology. However, handling the video hosting on their own end is often not technically and…
Change video poster image in your VdoCipher’s secure video
We have added an easy way to change the video poster image for your videos. New images can now be uploaded right from your dashboard. A video's poster image changes how the user engages with the video. The poster image is the image that is displayed right before the video. The user has to click on this poster image or a play button over it to start playing the video. It is usually the first thing viewer will notice on the page or the screen and will affect their engagement. A good poster image shows ample information about the content…
C# sample API for video upload from browser to VdoCipher
To automate your video website platform, you need video upload directly through your website. Read this for details about this method. The following code gives an example written in C#. C# Sample Code for VdoCipher OTP Generation In this example, the sample videoID is 1234567890, and the API Secret Key is a1b2c3d4e5. The time-to-live for OTP validity is set to 300s in the sample code. You can reference the API documentation for more info. var client = new RestClient("https://dev.vdocipher.com/api/videos/1234567890/otp"); var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST); request.AddHeader("Accept", "application/json"); request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json"); request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Apisecret a1b2c3d4e5"); request.AddParameter("undefined", "{\n\t\"ttl\":300\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody); IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request); The controller makes an API request to…
PHP implementation of VdoCipher API for Video Security
Update 5 June 2018 This implementation of VdoCipher Secure Streaming API is updated for latest API version v3, and for latest player version 1.6.4. A previous version of the blog used API v2. While we still support API version v2 we recommend that you use API v3 as part of your video workflow. If you have any queries regarding API v2 please do get in touch with us at support@vdocipher.com. The complete VdoCipher API reference is available here. A sample video-based workflow for your website is suggested here. Here is a PHP code to use VdoCipher API along with dynamic watermarking.…