Preview videos in a Video Viewer previewing-videos-in-a-video-viewer
You can preview what a video looks like and how it plays in the Video Viewer.
See Add and edit Viewer Presets.
To preview videos in a Video Viewer:
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In the Asset Library panel on the left side, in the Show drop-down list, select Video (single-encoded videos) or Adaptive Video Set. When the Adaptive Video encoding preset is used, it results in a set of multi-bitrate encoded videos.
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In the Asset Library panel on the left side, navigate the asset folders to select the video that you want to preview.
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Do any one of the following:
- Above the Assets window, on the right side of the toolbar, select List View. In the Asset window, hover on an asset, and then select Preview.
- Above the Assets window, on the right side of the toolbar, select Grid View. In the Asset window, in an asset thumbnail window, select Preview.
- Above the Assets window, on the right side of the toolbar, select Detail View. On the same toolbar, select Preview.
- In the Asset window, select an asset. In the toolbar, go to File > Preview.
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(Optional) In the Preview window, in the drop-down list at the bottom, select the URL encoding that to apply to the asset’s URL when it is copied.
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Select the Preview link so you can review the asset in the selected viewer.
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Close the displayed viewer.
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Select Close to return to the Assets screen.
Work with Video Viewer Presets working-with-video-viewer-presets
Users watch videos in the Video Viewer. How the Video Viewer behaves, what it looks like, and how its playback controls work depends on the Viewer Preset you choose for playing the video. You choose a Viewer Preset on the Preview screen. After choosing a preset, you can obtain the URL, or the Embed Code, for playing the video using the Viewer Preset you chose.
ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ Dynamic Media Classic comes with many predefined Viewer Presets for playing video, and if you are an administrator, you can create custom Viewer Presets. There are more than 12 different settings for configuring the Video Viewer. You can configure its size, color, video and audio controls, progress bar, user-interface skin, and social features.
See Preview videos in a Video Viewer.
See also training video.
Add or edit a Video Viewer Preset adding-or-editing-a-video-viewer-preset
You can use Viewer Presets to see various viewer types and their pre-defined settings. You can also add and edit your own customized Viewer Presets or edit existing Viewer Presets that come with ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ Dynamic Media Classic.
In Viewer Presets, you can activate, filter, sort, and preview Viewer Presets.
See Viewer Presets.
See also training video.
To add or edit a Video Viewer Preset:
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Near the upper-right corner of ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ Dynamic Media Classic, go to Setup > Viewer Presets.
You can choose to see only presets for Video Viewers. In the toolbar directly above the table, select Video Viewer from the open Viewers drop-down list.
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Add or edit a Viewer Preset for showing video:
- Add: Select Add in the toolbar. In the Add Viewer Preset dialog box, choose a platform and viewer from the respective drop-down lists, and then select Add.
See also Add and edit Viewer Presets.
- Add by starting from an existing Viewer Preset: In the table, select a Video Viewer Preset, and then select Edit in the toolbar.
After you reconfigure the Video Viewer, select Save As to save the preset using a different name in the Preset Name text field.
- Edit: Select a Video Viewer Preset, and then select Edit.
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In the
Configure Viewerpage, in the Preset Name field, enter, or edit the preset name. -
Set the remaining options that you want.
To see a description of an option, select its Info Tip icon.
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Do one of the following:
- Select Save As if you added a Viewer Preset by starting from an existing preset.
- Select Save if you added or edited a Viewer Preset.