Released on: October 19, 2011
Apple HLS encryption (Limited Availability)
Video Cloud supports encryption of video renditions for Apple HLS, so that publishers can protect their long-form video content on Apple mobile devices including the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Our Apple HLS encryption uses the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) as well as other technologies to seamlessly protect content from non-authorized streaming, piracy, and redistribution by others, with no detectable difference to video playback. Read more.
Player API support for adaptive bitrate capping
Now publishers can create custom controls in or around players that let viewers choose a maximum or minimum bit rate. Using the new setBitRateRange and requestRenditionChange methods in the Video Player module of the Player API, you can tailor Video Cloud’s rendition selection algorithm and provide a way to keep costs under control for viewers charged by bandwidth.
Cue point and seek support for the Universal Player API (Limited Availability)
We added powerful functionality to the Video Cloud Universal Player API to support dynamically setting and clearing cue points, and seeking to a specific time position in a video. Using the events, classes, and types, of the Cue Point module, you can dynamically add cue points to fire events such as adding chapter titles within playback or updating banner ads on the page hosting a player. The seek method, a property of the Video Player module, enables solutions like setting controls that scrub to a specific scene or chapter.
The Universal Player API is a singular application programming interface for creating solutions in JavaScript for smart players that work consistently for both Flash and HTML. To find out more and get access, contact your account manager.
DoubleClick for Publishers ad translator update
We have updated the Video Cloud ad translators that integrate with DoubleClick for Publishers and given them new names that better indicate which to use. The default DoubleClick ad translator is now named DFP XML. The ad translator formerly named DFP Video & Rich Media v2 is now named DFP IMA. Publishers integrating with DFP Video and DFP Rich Media should in most cases use the DFP IMA ad translator. The ad translator formerly named DFP Video & Rich Media v1 is now named DFP Legacy and can be used by publishers using an older version of DFP. Read more.
Metadata assurance applies to media sharing
The metadata assurance feature, which lets you prevent videos from being playable unless they have all their required metadata fields, now also covers videos that came to your account through media sharing. Read more.
Download rendition URL for UDS accounts
Now publishers delivering videos via UDS can download any rendition of their videos from the Video Cloud Media module for record keeping, mobile applications, or other purposes. This feature allows publishers to copy a link to the video, and to save or download from there. Read more.
Enabling HTML5 players when Flash is not installed
You can show videos in HTML5 players on desktop machines and devices that support Flash, but do not have Flash installed. By default, Video Cloud players prompt viewers to install Flash when Flash is not installed, but now publishers who don’t want viewers to install Flash, or who have known audiences at organizations that prohibit the installation of Flash, can show their videos in HTML5 players when supported. Read more.
