BlendVision One provides three methods to deliver your content to your audience: Showroom, iframe Player, and the Player SDK.
Each publishing method has its own advantages and unique features. You should choose the delivery method that best suits your needs.
This article details the above mentioned publishing methods and detailed steps for publishing in the following sections:
Showroom
The showroom is an easy way to deliver content as a customized website. It provides a highly customizable theme and is controllable for viewer access.
You can quickly set up your custom design showroom, set up a customized player style, before simply sharing the URL with your audience.
Publishing steps
To publish your VOD content through the showroom, please follow the instructions below:
1. Set up Showroom Settings and Player Settings when editing VOD content. You can refer to the articles below for more information:
- Set up Showroom Features on customizing your showroom UI (Login and Main Page).
- Set up Player Features on selecting a player template for your VOD content.
- Customize Player Template on creating and editing the selectable player template.
2. Copy your Showroom URL.
- Access the “VOD List” by clicking on the “VOD” item in the left sidebar.
- Click the publishing tool icon on right side of your VOD content in the VOD List
- Select “Showroom” and copy the URL
3. Share the Showroom URL with your audience.
- For content with visibility set to “Token”:
You will need to generate and share access codes (tokens) for accessing the showroom with your audiences. For further information on how to generate access codes, please refer to Set up Security Features.
iframe Player
BlendVision can provide an auto-generated iframe player for you to embed a customized iframe player with configuration content protections onto your website.
Note: You may need to integrate the BlendVision API when publishing with an iframe player.
Access tokens will be required for content protection using this method. Please refer to Integrate Existing Membership Systems for Private Content and Set up Security Features for more information.
Publishing steps
To publish your VOD content through the iframe player, please follow the instructions below:
1. Set up Player Settings when editing VOD content. You can refer to the articles below for more information:
- Set up Player Features on selecting a player template for your VOD content.
- Customize Player Template on creating and editing the selectable player template.
2. Copy your iframe embed code.
- Access the “VOD List” by clicking on the “VOD” item in the left sidebar.
- Click the publishing tool icon on right side of your VOD content in the VOD List
- Select “iframe” and copy the iframe Embed code
3. Embed the iframe code into your own website or platform.
- For content with visibility set to “Token”:
You will need to generate access tokens and integrate it into the embed iframe code to enable security features. Please refer to our developer guide: Embed into Your Web/App
Player SDK (Web/iOS/Android)
If you require further customization and deep integration in your application or service, you may consider using the BlendVision Player SDK for Web/iOS/Android.
Please refer to our developer guide for more details.
Note:
- Player Template / Chapter settings / most security features (such as visibility, domain control, etc) on BlendVision One Web console only apply on the showroom and embed iframe Player. You need to develop the relevant functions within your system and integrate it with Player SDK. Refer to Integrate Existing Membership Systems for Private Content and Set up Security Features for more details.