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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Auto adjust video height
I have received reports that the video height is not auto-optimised based on user devices. For example, setting a height of 360px might look ok on the desktop, but on a mobile, it would leave a lot of whitespace below the video. Updating the height to 200px, might look fine on the mobile but the …
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How to embed Empora Player into WordPress
WordPress is probably the most common tool in the world to create websites and blogs, so here are some instructions on embedding the player into your blog or page. There are actually multiple ways to add Custom HTML to your blog. I’ll go through a couple of them. First thing you need to do is …
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New player style, Flix
We have just released a new player style and have decided to call it Flix because it is based on the Netflix player. The above is a sample of what the player style looks like. As with other styles, you can configure the colors to suit the branding of your website. Any questions? Leave a …
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