Get Uploader on Your Own Website

Author admin acount on July 6, 2010 | Print | Bookmark

To generate an external uploader go to My Panel > Single Players > New Video.

Click on the New Video button on the left.

When you click on the button,the Upload Video Panel will appear.

From this point you have to choose from the 4 options: UPLOAD NEW VIDEO , LIVE VIDEODUPLICATE AN EXISTING VIDEO and UPLOADER ON YOUR WEBSITE


Embedded External Java Uploader / Recommended /

The Java uploader is a java applet allowing file uploads of up to 10GB.

Please allow the applet to start if you are prompted by your browser. The Java Uploader has connection resuming feature allowing the user to resume the uploading process from the moment of interruption. (connection lost or unexpected computer failure).

If the uploading process fails, try to upload again and the process will resume automatically.

CHOOSE EMBED CODE TYPE  - Choose Embedded External Uploader to generate this type.

UPLOADER WIDTH - Width of the Iframe where the uploader is going to be placed. 

UPLOADER HEIGHT - Height of the Iframe where the uploader is going to be placed.

VIDEO TITLE (optional)  -  Enter video title for all videos uploaded throughout this external uploader.

TAG # (optional) - Enter a tag number here that will be auto assigned to all uploaded videos throughout this external uploader. The tag is displayed in the SVP panel, just next to the uploaded videos and can be also used for filtering the video list results throughout the Publisher API. 

TAG (optional) - Enter separate tags in a form of text that will be auto assigned to all uploaded videos throughout this external uploader. The tag(s) is displayed in the SVP panel, just next to the uploaded videos and can be also used for filtering the video list results throughout the Publisher API.

VIDEO TITLE, TAG # and TAG will help you easily distinguish and filter the videos uploader from this external uploader.

AFTER ACTION - This action will happen afthe the uploading process is complete. Only Redirect to URL option is available for now.

REDIRECT URL - Enter the redirect url here.

  • URL Example: http://mysite.com/myscript.php?my_param=my_value
  • The following parameters will be appended into your "Redirect URL" (Method: GET).

    ref_code=

    Final URL: http://mysite.com/myscript.php?my_param=my_value&ref_code=xxx     -    Where xxx is a reference code of uploaded video.

When your setup is complete, click on Preview and Generate Code button. Copy the generated code and place it somewhere in between the BODY tags of your website.

Click here to check out a live demo of this uploader.


Embedded External Pop-Up Uploader / Recommended /

Embedding an external pop-up uploader works the same way as the external java uploader. THe main difference is that the external uploader will appear in a new pop-up browser window, rather than the same page.

CHOOSE EMBED CODE TYPE - Please select "Pop-up External Uploader" from the menu in order to use this uploader type.

Simply fill out the required information and click on Preview and Generate Code button when you are finished.

Click on Test button to test your pop-up uploader. It should look like this:

For more information on how to upload a video using the uploader please read our detailed article Upload Video.


External HTTP Uploader

HTTP uploader supports files with size of maximum 100MB. HTTP is generally a slower uploader and if the uploading process is once broken you will have to start uploading the file again. For larger files, please use the Java Uploader descripbed previously.

Just like the External Java Uploader, the HTTP Uploader has Embedded and Pop-Up mode. This is how the HTTP Uploader looks like:

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