We have just released the ability for you to skin your own self-hosted videos. So let’s say you have a video that is not permitted on YouTube for whatever reason, you can set up your own server on your own CDN or web host to serve the mp4 video through your custom Empora video player …
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Updating video player in bulk
To cater for users who have hundreds of videos, editing each of them one at a time gets a little tedious (understatement). There is now a checkbox that allows you to update all videos with the same skin in bulk. This way all the videos that you have deployed all over your website will have …
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Animating the Play Button
Animating triangle This will make the inner play triangle animate (increase in size and fade). There are a few options here… you can set the length of the animation by changing the 1500ms to a different number. You can change the animation timing to any of the following: linear, ease, ease-in, ease-out, ease-in-out. You can …
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Bonus Videos
For a limited time, receive 20% more videos for each plan Bonus Videos sales! This means that instead of 20 videos allowed on our basic plan, you will receive 24. Instead of 50 videos in our professional plan, you will receive 60 videos. Note that your plan may take up to 24 hours to reflect …
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Live Chat Sales/Support
You may have noticed that we now have a live chat feature on our website. In the bottom right corner of the page, you should see the following image: Click on that and you’ll get a pop up to enter your name and your question. We’ll then assign you a specialist who will help you …
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New player style, Sea
We have just added another style for you to use. This time we decided to call it Sea. The above is a sample of what it looks like. As with the other styles, you are able to customize the colors as you like to match the branding on your site. Any questions? Leave a comment.
Empora API for Advanced Users
The long-awaited Empora API is now in Beta. Anyone wishing to join in the beta of the API, please let me know through the contact form. I’ll then set you up with an API Key and Secret so you can use the API with your account. Note that the API is only available for paid …
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Test if your YouTube videos will work with Empora
I have noticed that users have been attempting to use videos that simply won’t work. I have seen users trying to use live videos, or private videos. Some have even tried loading playlists or URLs that are not even from YouTube. So I decided to write about the quickest way to know if the video …
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Autoplay Videos and Custom Thumbnails
We have just released some new functionality allowing users to set their videos to automatically play on load. If you already have your video deployed on your site, make sure you get the updated HTML code that will allow autoplay. We have also been asked about the resolution of the video thumbnails – that sometimes …
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