Videos (VOD)

Create an online library of videos your audience can view on their own timeline through our video on demand (VOD) offering. You can upload videos which are automatically encoded to meet web video standards, add captions and chapter markers ,...

Wowza Video encoding supports most video formats and can handle them well, but, to optimize your video quality, there are technical recommendations you should follow. Recommended container: MP4 We recommend using the MP4 container....

To ensure optimal video quality, follow our guidelines for optimal video quality  when you create your source video files. To upload a video: Click Videos in the navigation. Click  + Add videos   in the upper right corner of the...

Video metadata includes additional information about your video that puts the video file into context and enhances its presentation. Metadata includes, among other things, title, description, geo blocking, and publishing time.  Wowza Video in...

Wowza Video creates several images from your video during the encoding process and assigns one as the default. The video poster image displays in a video before it starts playing. You can change the video poster three ways: Select a ...

Animated previews in Wowza Video help viewers quickly assess content by providing a short clip that showcases a key scene or a highlight when the viewer hovers over the video screen or a thumbnail of the video. This enhances user engagement and deci...

Wowza Video supports the display of chapters and multiple subtitles/captions in WebVTT format. Wowza Video embeds will automatically display the chapters to users and offer a subtitle option/menu as well once you’ve created them for a video. ...

Wowza Video offers AI-driven speech to text transcriptions that automatically add the transcript as a vtt subtitle to the video and displays it in the player. There are two ways to automatically transcribe videos: Configure Org Se...

Clipping (Trimming) allows you to edit existing videos into shorter clips and save them, while stitching allows you to combine two or more videos/clips into a new video. A use case is stitching a video clip of your company logo at the beginning of...

In Wowza Video you can replace the original source file of a video and properly encode the new version. This is useful in cases when, for example, there’s a problem with the original or you have a newer version of the content and don’t want to crea...

Wowza Video generates several viewing formats for your stream, giving you flexibility in presentation. You can use one viewing format or combine them for a more robust viewing experience.  Review the Video Details page article to learn m...

This guide refers to advanced video publishing use cases.  To publish a video in Wowza Video and take advantage of the most advanced use cases, you need a: Video file that is properly encoded. Video player that is configured for your u...