So we noticed that if a video is uploaded to YouTube in a low resolution (360p), that the title does not seem to come across when skinning through Empora. As a result, the video is “Untitled” even if there is a title for the video in YouTube. If you have 10 different videos that you …
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Category:Feature Release
Searchable videos in your list
We currently have users who have hundreds of videos in their account. Scrolling through the hundreds of videos in the account to find a specific one is therefore not practical. As such, we have developed the ability to quickly search for a video based on the title of the video. This should make it a …
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Playback Speed Adjustment
Finally, after long last, we have released a new feature that will allow your users to control the playback speed of the video. There is a new checkbox to show/hide this option to your users: To modify the style of the playback speed button, you will need to have some basic knowledge of CSS. If …
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Adding self-hosted videos (not on YouTube)
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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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.
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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