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Handle a single-page application (SPA) chunk loading error

May 23, 2024

Detect an error loading a JavaScript chunk and then reload the application

Schedule a video release date

February 5, 2023

Specify the time your video should be available to watch

HTTP status codes

November 24, 2022

The status code lets you know whether a request should be retried

Automated video transcription using speech recognition

October 3, 2022

Save time and costs by generating subtitles automatically

Integrate with Mailchimp or Campaign Monitor

March 14, 2022

Videos can be a valuable part of email marketing

Subtitles and closed captions in HLS using WebVTT

November 18, 2021

Improve accessibility and increase your audience by using subtitles

The new player API and SDK

November 12, 2021

The new player API and SDK is now available

The September update

September 15, 2021

Additional changes to improve speed and performance

Using JSON-LD for video SEO

July 13, 2021

We add JSON-LD to help search engines recognise your video

Introducing dark mode

July 1, 2021

A new dark colour palette can help improve battery life when using an OLED screen

The latest improvements

June 30, 2021

We have made some behind-the-scenes improvements

Lazy load an iframe

March 22, 2021

Add lazy loading to your iframes so that they only load when they need to

Our new look

March 2, 2021

We have refreshed our site, with a new dashboard and API

Why not use YouTube?

March 1, 2021

Some people ask why not just use YouTube for all our videos, as it is free?

What is video SEO?

February 25, 2021

Utilize your video content to stand out and increase organic traffic from search engines

New icons, new player and assorted improvements

December 15, 2020

We have been busy improving the video CMS, redesigning the player and fixing various small problems

The weekend update HLS fMP4 and a new uploader

May 14, 2018

The latest update brings many improvements, large and small.

The weekend update brings a new analytics system

February 28, 2018

This weekend we released some key updates to the system

The new video player

January 17, 2018

A brand new video player is being rolled out for 2018. It has many improvements over the old one.

A new transcoding system

October 19, 2017

The transcoding pipeline has been completely rebuilt. Jobs are now queued more efficiently.

Dynamic thumbnails, and many other improvements ...

July 31, 2017

We've been busy making changes to the video CMS

A new homepage and improved analytics

June 20, 2017

When a user signs in, they can now see more of your videos

An improved interface, a new type of user, plus more changes

April 27, 2017

The latest update introduces a new type of user, along with assorted improvements to the system

Introducing our new, faster and modular player

March 22, 2017

Our video player has been redesigned. It now has a modular design, extra features and an improved interface.

HTML5 DASH and buffering options

March 5, 2017

Continued work on the back-end has further improved performance, with the addition of new options

DASH, HLS and HLS fMP4

March 1, 2017

We've been working on the video transcoding pipeline and have made some big improvements

The weekend update

February 4, 2017

This week's update brought mainly behind-the-scenes improvements to analytics and other parts of the back-end

The elves have been busy, bringing new encoding profiles

January 7, 2017

The New Year update brings new encoding profiles, along with some useful minor changes

Customise your video player

December 17, 2016

Our standard player should suit most requirements however you can adjust its appearance to match your brand

Events

December 13, 2016

As we roll-out events, a new report has been added to show them

The weekend update, including two new reports

December 5, 2016

The latest update includes many small changes to the admin panel, along with two new types of report

Native HLS, content groups and a new Q&A overlay

November 25, 2016

New features being rolled out this week include native HLS support, grouping content - and a new Q/A format of overlay

Pre-roll gates, plus other minor changes

November 11, 2016

You can now set your overlays, such as gates, to be shown before the video loads

Video gating

November 7, 2016

Our latest update adds support for video gating and iframe-based overlays, along with general design improvements

Introducing 360 video and VR

October 28, 2016

If you have a video filmed in 360, our player supports that option

Our video player has been updated

October 28, 2016

This weekend we rolled out a new version of our player. It includes many improvements.

Video DRM, Widevine and PlayReady

October 25, 2016

Protect your videos using Digital Rights Management

Adaptive streaming for all

October 24, 2016

Adaptive streaming (HLS and DASH) is our default method for delivering video content

Embed responsively

October 7, 2016

Upload a video, we process it, then, once complete, we provide a snippet of code you can simply copy and paste

Improved commenting and improved documentation

October 4, 2016

The latest update includes a new way to let viewers comment on your videos, and improvements to our documentation

What is HTTP 2?

September 20, 2016

Web pages are more resource-intensive than ever. The protocol used to deliver those resources - HTTP - needed an upgrade to match.

We have rebuilt live streaming

July 29, 2016

The latest update includes many improvements. The main one being the completely rebuilt live streaming system.

The new JavaScript video embed code

July 11, 2016

In common with all major video platforms, we use an iframe to let you embed a video player on your own pages

HLS vs DASH

June 30, 2016

HLS and DASH are two rival formats for delivering video over the web

HLS, signed cookies ... and a new player

June 29, 2016

The latest update includes the roll-out of HLS, support for signed cookies and even a brand new HTML5 video player

Updated video CMS

May 24, 2016

We have made managing video content even easier within our online video platform

New video thumbnail URLs

March 8, 2016

If you would like to incorporate a frame from one of your hosted videos (usually for a thumbnail image), it is now even easier

What is AMP HTML?

March 7, 2016

AMP stands for Accelerated Mobile Pages. It is an open source initiative to optimise pages for mobile devices.

Control access to the admin panel

February 22, 2016

When you invite a new user, you can now choose whether they can sign in to the admin panel

Channels

February 15, 2016

Since the platform is a video CMS, each account includes a channel which acts as a front-end to your content

API pagination

December 23, 2015

If you have built an application that uses our video CMS API, you can use pagination to handle a large set of results

General platform improvements

December 21, 2015

We have made some improvements - many behind-the-scenes, but some more obvious

Additional single sign-on attributes

December 16, 2015

We support passing some additional attributes in a SAML Assertion

Replace a video

December 15, 2015

You may spot a problem with a video after embedding it. You can replace it.

Tag groups

December 8, 2015

Organise your content using groups. These are like folders, but with the flexibility of tags.

Video pre-rolls

December 4, 2015

You might like to briefly show your logo at the start of your videos ... you can with pre-rolls.

Automated, smart playlists

November 26, 2015

If you would like the system to build a playlist for you, you can specify how

Daily analytics report

November 16, 2015

You can be emailed a report that summarises recent views of your content

Redesigned admin panel

November 3, 2015

We have redesigned the admin panel based on Google's own design guidelines to make it even easier to use

New analytics report

September 10, 2015

We have added a new report to let you quickly see how many views each of your videos has had

New player

July 13, 2015

As part of this week's update, we have added a new player

Two-step verification (MFA)

July 6, 2015

Enable two-step verification (also known as multi-factor authentication) to add another layer of security

Grouped account settings

June 30, 2015

Rather than being split over multiple sections, we've added a new combined account section

New dashboard page

June 24, 2015

We are rolling out a new dashboard page that we think you will like

New roles

June 15, 2015

As part of our latest update to the platform, we have provided a selection of new roles

Choose your own frame

June 8, 2015

The platform automatically generates a selection of images but you can pick your own

Introducing Insights

May 21, 2015

We have made it easier to query your video analytics ... introducing Vidbeo Insights

Live streaming

May 11, 2015

If you need to stream a live event over the web, you can easily do so within our online video platform

Improved captions editor

April 24, 2015

The Vidbeo video CMS has always supported captions in multiple languages, but now it is even easier to add them

Moderate uploaded videos

April 13, 2015

If you permit someone (or an application) to add videos to your account, you can set their videos as needing approval

Pay online

March 23, 2015

We have updated our payment options

Improved bandwidth report

March 19, 2015

It is useful to be able to see how much data has been transferred and we've made it even easier

The just-discovered FREAK attack

March 4, 2015

Yesterday researchers disclosed a new vulnerability with encrypted connections. This is known as the FREAK attack.

Password-protect your videos

February 24, 2015

If you would like only certain people to be able to watch a video, you could ask them to enter a password.

Private, unbranded URLs

February 18, 2015

If you are using a custom domain, you will see we also make use of private unbranded URLs

Use single sign-on

February 9, 2015

Since configuring single sign on (authenticating using a SAML identity provider or Microsoft's Active Directory) is complicated, we've written a guid

Keep the same sitemap URL

February 5, 2015

We now let you rebuild video sitemaps, rather than having to request a new one. This means that you can keep the same URL

How do I use roles?

January 19, 2015

Assigning a role to a user is how you control what actions they can perform. We've written a guide to help explain how they work

New help tab

January 19, 2015

On selected pages within the Vidbeo admin panel you will now see a help tab on the right of the page. Click that to find out more about the various options.

Quickly see how much data has been transferred

January 16, 2015

It is now even easier for you to see how much data has been transferred each month

Preview frames are now available

January 14, 2015

When you watch a video within our player, you should now find that when you put the cursor over the progress bar that a small frame appears

You can now transfer your videos

January 9, 2015

Previously you could only upload a video file from your computer's local drive. Now, you can simply provide a URL.

Dealing with Internet Explorer

January 7, 2015

We thought we would share an example of the technical problems we encounter dealing with Internet Explorer

We have a new site for developers

January 5, 2015

If you would like to incorporate the Vidbeo platform within your own application, we have fully documented our Data API and Player API