Videos

You manage videos on the Videospage.

To open the Videos page, in the main menu in the upper part of the screen, click Content » Videos.
The Videos page appears, displaying a list of all created libraries together with actions you can perform on them.
Use this page to manage image libraries and upload and edit videos.

The following tables summarizes the main properties and actions for Videos.

Property/Action

Description 

Widget to use and configure 

  • [Video widget](slug://video-widget-mvc)
  • [Video gallery widget](slug://video-gallery-widget-mvc)

Display on pages 

[Display content on your website](slug://display-content-on-your-website)

To display the videos you have uploaded on your website, you must use the Video widget or the Video gallery widget and configure them to display videos. The supported file formats are:

  • WebM (.webm)
  • Ogv (.ogv)
  • MP4 (.mp4)

Custom fields 

You can add a custom field to all videos. A custom field is a field that you create. For each video there are default fields, such as author, title, etc. If you need to add different than the already existing fields, you must create a custom field.

To manage the custom fields of videos, on Videos page, click Settings (Settings for videos). Then, in the right pane, click Custom fields for videos.
For more information, see Custom fields.  

Permissions 

You can set permission for all videos and video libraries and you can set individual permissions for each video or library. For more information, see Grant permissions for content

Link and embed 

[Link or embed media or documents](slug://media-content#-link-or-embed-media-and-documents-)

Libraries 

Video libraries

This section contains

Video actions
Learn all the single actions you can perform on a video file
Bulk operations
Learn how to perform bulk operations on videos.
Display, sort, filter, reorder and find videos
Learn how to change the display mode, sort, filter, reorder and search for videos.
Translate videos
If you have more than one language translations of your website, you may want to translate a video.
Move videos
You can move videos to another library, change the parent library of a video library, or change the storage of a library.
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