VideoPress
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The VideoPress upgrade allows you to upload videos from your computer for hosting and playback directly within your blog and its familiar administrative interface. The VideoPress upgrade costs $59.97 per year and per blog, and is available for purchase from the Upgrades panel of your administrative dashboard.
Upload a video from your computer
Click the small video icon from the “Upload” toolbar, which brings up the media upload screen.
Click the “Select Files” button, and select the video file on your computer.
After you’ve selected a video file, the upload process begins. A progress bar on your screen communicates the current status of your video upload. Upload speeds vary by network provider. It may take a while to upload a large video file. Do not close your upload screen while your file is transferred to WordPress servers.
When the video has been successfully transferred to WordPress, you’ll receive a message saying “Your video is being processed. Please check back later in Media Library”. Behind the scenes VideoPress is creating new video files based on your upload for maximum compatibility with popular forms of playback. We also duplicate your video across our many data centers for maximum availability and accessibility.
After processing is complete, click the “Gallery” or “Media Library” tab, locate the video you just uploaded, and click “Show”, which displays the details of the video. After processing has finished you will see the preview area and the video’s shortcode.
Click “Insert into Post” to insert the video shortcode into your post. Or, you can copy the shortcode and paste it into your post directly.
For the above example, [wpvideo w0MiG12E] is inserted into the post.
w0MiG12Eis the globally unique video identifier and should not be modified.
Our player chooses the best video for your blog’s content column. If your default content width is 400 pixels the following video is displayed:
doneIf you like, you can specify the video player’s width inside the shortcode. Example:
[wpvideo 6nd4Jsq7 w=640]
You may set video width to a larger or smaller size, as long as it fits the width of your theme’s post column.
Finally, the video should be live on your blog when you publish your post. For the above example, you can watch the HD version in full screen mode.
VideoPress Stats
All VideoPress videos come with stats tracking which can be viewed from the Stats screen in your Dashboard.
Stats are shown for the current month, but the title Video Plays can be used to dig deeper into VideoPress stats. An Impression is counted your video is loaded on an embedded web page. Plays are counted when a visitor actually clicks the play button on the Flash video player. Minutes display the total time videos have been watched. Bandwidth is the amount of data that has been transferred while viewers watched your videos.
The last two days of play activity will be displayed. Clicking on the chart icon to the right of a video name will display a chart showing daily activity for the video. It will also list the URLs where the video has been embedded.
Additional Info
What is the format of video being played?
VideoPress converts your uploaded video file into MP4 and Ogg formats. Our MP4 files are encoded with H.264 video and AAC audio lossy compression codecs. Ogg files are encoded with Theora video and Vorbis audio lossy compression codecs.
All files are optimized for progressive loading, enabling viewers to play your video while it downloads.
What is the bit rate of the video?
Audio tracks are encoded at a 128 kb/s bit rate across all videos.
“Standard” video has a 400 pixel width and a 668 kb/s video bit rate.
“DVD” video has a 640 pixel width and a 1400 kb/s video bit rate.
“HD” video has a 1280 pixel width and a 3000 kb/s video bit rate.
A “standard” video file is created by default for all uploaded videos. If the width of your uploaded video is greater than or equal to 640 pixels we will create a “DVD” format video. If the width of your uploaded video is greater than or equal to 1280 pixels we will create an “HD” quality video. We always preserve the aspect ratio (width related to height) of the original video.
Our Flash video player intelligently selects the best quality video based on the specified or default embed width. You may trigger higher resolution videos by choosing a pixel width greater than or equal to the video widths listed above. The “HD” is best viewed in full screen mode.
What file types can I upload?
Video files are a packaging format containing multiple files (similar to a zipped file on your computer). VideoPress checks for known video packages before upload and attempts to decode your file’s audio and video compression formats once your file arrives on our servers.
VideoPress supports MP4 (.mp4, .m4v), QuickTime movies (.mov), Windows Media Video (.wmv), Audio Video Interleave (.avi) and MPEG (.mpg).
How big of a file can I upload?
We’ve had good success with file sizes up to 1 GB. You can try file sizes in the 1.5-2GB range, but your experience may vary. Remember, uploading big files can take a long time!
My upload dies before it finishes.
A slow or unreliable Internet connection can further limit the size of the video you can upload. Try uploading at a different time of day or from a computer with a faster internet connection. Keep trying (don’t worry, failed attempts don’t count against your storage space limit).
Can my videos be viewed anywhere else?
Yes, you can copy the embed code from the Flash player’s “Embed” menu (if it’s enabled) and embed the video on another WordPress blog or on any other Web site.
Can I give the video shortcode to my friends?
Yes, you can copy the code from “Embed” tab and use it to embed the video on another WordPress blog, or on any other website.
Does this feature cost a lot of bandwidth? Do I have a bandwidth limit for my site?
You don’t have to worry about the bandwidth, it’s on us :)
Can I change the size of the WordPress Video Player?
Sure can! The default width is the same as your blog theme’s content width. You can specify any width or height with the shortcode.
Example: If you wanted the video player to be 500 pixels wide, you’d change
wpvideo 123
to
wpvideo 123 w=500
If you wanted the video player to be 500 pixels wide, and 320 pixels high, you’d change
wpvideo 123
to
wpvideo 123 w=500 h=320
Can I change the WordPress Video Player style?
With Custom CSS you can change the styling of the video player a little, but most of the “look” is in the Flash file itself.
WordPress.com VIP customers may customize their video player with custom logos and colors.
Can I change the default thumbnail image for my video?
Yes. From media library, play a video, wait till you find a desirable frame, then click “Capture Thumbnail” button. The video will pause and display “uploading…”. Then it will display “Thumbnail saved”. Click the “OK” button and your thumbnail image (also known as a poster frame) is updated automatically.
How much space do I get for videos?
You get as much space as is available on your blog. Free blogs come with 3 GB of space. More space can be added using the Space Upgrade option.
Last modified: November 15, 2009
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