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How can I use embedded links to my media?See our Share Your Media page.How are thumbnails generated?Thumbnails are generated automatically and are taken from the start of the video.
What is the intended application or use of this service?Cornell’s Video on Demand service enables any university faculty or staff members to upload, edit, manage and host videos, images and audio files. It provides a hosted presence or embedded code for streaming of the videos to a web venue of…
User ExperienceWhile viewing the My Media page, I get “Media not ready” when selecting a video.How to Solve this ProblemRapidly navigating between videos within the interface can sometimes cause this error as the system tries to rapidly load a player for each video (when you select a video, the…
User ExperienceAfter copying and pasting the embed code, your video does not appear (or is not playable) on the web page where you want it.How to Solve this ProblemFirst, if you have recently uploaded the video, make sure that the video is not still being converted. Video playback via embed…
User ExperienceAfter uploading a video, you see the message: “This Media Is Still Being Converted.”How to Solve this ProblemThis is normal. Each video is converted into several formats to automatically support a wide variety of playback options. Video conversion can take several minutes. The…
User ExperienceAfter I uploaded my video the dialog box where I fill in the title and other information did not appear. The upload looked successful, but after clicking Next, I’m taken back to the My Media page, and I don’t see the new video listed there.
User ExperienceWhile uploading, you see this error message:No Files Uploaded - An error occurred during the upload. Please try again.How to Solve this ProblemThis is most often a transient problem that can occur due to network congestion or system load. Waiting a few minutes and…
Contact the support team via e-mail at server-farm-fac@cornell.edu
To arrange access to the server farm or node rooms during business hours, use one of the following procedures. They are listed in preferred order.
User ExperienceI’m trying to upload a video in the m4v format, but it doesn’t appear when I’m selecting the file to upload.How to Solve this ProblemThe m4v video file format is specific to Apple iTunes and is not supported for upload as this format…
For Colocation
One-time installation fee: $132 per server.
Monthly fee: $7.60 per U.
A U is defined as 1 3/4" vertical height and is calculated on all equipment, including the server and all associated peripheral equipment such as external hard drive(s), etc.
To obtain a server and contract server management with the Systems Support group, send an e-mail to systems-support@cornell.edu. See the Managed Servers pages for more information.
To register a server for colocation installation in the CIT Data Center, send an email to server-farm-fac@…
Create a New PlaylistAfter logging in to Video on Demand, open your My Media page from the user dropdown menu or the horizontal navigation bar.
Add Content to a ChannelOpen the channel that you wish to add content to.To add media to one of your channels, click the user drop-down menu and select My Channels. Click the channel’s thumbnail to open the channel.
A load balancer can be used to direct traffic to one or more servers behind the load balancer. Three ways a load balancer is useful are:
Channels are collections of your content and may contain video, audio, and image files. You may create many channels and duplicate content in channels. A channel’s thumbnail image that is displayed in the Channels tab is created from the most recently added media and updates periodically.
User ExperienceAfter embedding the Video on Demand code on a page in Wikispaces, you find that the video does not embed properly.How to Solve this ProblemThe work-around is to manually edit the embed code to remove three elements:xmlns:dc=“url”xmlns:media=“url”rel=“media:video” resource=“url”…
In addition to being able to upload video files to Video on Demand, you can also record videos directly using your webcam.If necessary, log in to Video on Demand.For best performance, CIT recommends using Chrome with the Webcam Recording feature.Click Add New, then from the menu click…
View the instruction booklet for your phone from the list below:
Log InOpen a web browser and navigate to Video on Demand for Cornell University.Select Guest in the upper right corner of the window.Select Login.Sign in with your Cornell NetID and password.
You may upload captions file(s) to be displayed when someone views your video. After you add captions, the captions option menu will appear in the player when someone hovers their mouse over the video. Viewers may use the player’s captions menu to select captions and to turn captions on or off. If…