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VBoss v2.0Admin GuideApril 1, 20104410-0248-0001VBrick SystemsVBrick Online Streaming Services

2 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.VBoss is a complete service package that enables you to stream, manage, monetize, and deliver your video content. This en

IntroductionVBoss Admin Guide 3used as video input. This might be live video from a sporting event or a full-length movie from a DVD player. You can h

4 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.Logging InAfter you purchase VBoss, VBrick will create a dedicated publisher account on the host server and provide you w

IntroductionVBoss Admin Guide 5Figure 5. Content Manager Page Showing Portal and Webinar URLs Viewing URLsThe Portal URL and Webinar URL links (Figur

6 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.modify. For example if you have three different channel accounts with the same password as the publisher, a window simila

VBoss Admin Guide 7Chapter 2Quick StartGetting StartedUse the following steps (in the order shown) to quickly get started using VBoss. You are encoura

8 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.2. Select whether the video input to your VBrick appliance uses the Composite port or S-Video port. 3. Select whether you

Quick StartVBoss Admin Guide 93. Select the existing Video Playlist you want this player to use. 4. From the Player Template tab, select the template

10 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.Step 8. View Reports 1. Go to the Report Manager, and sign in to your Interactive Reports. This will show you full accou

VBoss Admin Guide 11Chapter 3Channel AdministratorThe Channel Administrator can access and manage channel accounts and can create and present webinars

Copyright© 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.12 Beaumont RoadWallingford, Connecticut 06492, USAwww.VBrick.comThis publication contains co

12 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.Edit UsersUse this page to edit information about the users who are registered as viewers of your channel. You can add a

Channel AdministratorVBoss Admin Guide 13Bulk ImportUse this page to import users from an Excel spreadsheet in the format shown below.NotificationUse

14 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.is a fully-featured word processor some functions (e.g. the Flash Manager) are not currently supported and reserved for

Channel AdministratorVBoss Admin Guide 15Use Edit to modify a specific group; use User Group Management to work with a list of all groups.Change Passw

16 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.Live WebcastingA Live Webcast is the stream from a VBrick Windows Media encoder that launches in the player window when

Channel AdministratorVBoss Admin Guide 17When uploading files, you can generally enter a title, description, searchable meta data tags, categories, an

18 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.automatically generate thumbnails for each video. Select Random Frames and choose a thumbnail or User Defined Frames and

Channel AdministratorVBoss Admin Guide 19Direct Video Path Use this option to enter the complete path to a local or remote video. Separate options are

20 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.Asset LibraryThis page shows all uploaded video that is currently associated available on your channel. You can use this

Channel AdministratorVBoss Admin Guide 21Encoder SettingsVBoss can send up to three streams of varying quality to your service provider. Your viewers

VBoss Admin Guide iiiContentsWelcomeVBoss v2.0 Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

22 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.Events SchedulingThis page displays all currently scheduled live events. Use this page to create or remove upcoming live

Channel AdministratorVBoss Admin Guide 23Event DetailsUse this page to describe the event, set the Stream Recording Duration (if you will be recording

24 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.You can record one or all of the streams shown on this page. However the streams you select are encoded as one file and

Channel AdministratorVBoss Admin Guide 25Video Playlists In VBoss one video player is active at any time and it must be associated with a playlist. A

26 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.Playlist PaymentUse this page to set monetize options for the video(s) associated with a playlist.Playlist AccessUse thi

Channel AdministratorVBoss Admin Guide 27Playlist ContentUse this page to define and manage the stored content available to this playlist. Click on an

28 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.Playlist ScheduleUse Add Event or Remove Event on this page to add or remove scheduled events from the playlist associat

Channel AdministratorVBoss Admin Guide 29Figure 7. Customized "Super" Player Add New PlayerUse the following pages to create and customize

30 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.Use the Immediate Live option to launch a live stream at any time. You can launch the live stream by enabling the On Air

Channel AdministratorVBoss Admin Guide 31Thumbnail size player (234x252 px) Simple player, no branding (640x552 px)Simple player, with branding (640x7

iv ContentsDirect Video Path. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Asset Library . .

32 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.Player StylesUse this page to define the font and colors used on the player page. Select one font from the dropdown that

Channel AdministratorVBoss Admin Guide 33Figure 8. Color PickerPlayer ContentThe content on this page dynamically changes depending on which template

34 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.Rating †Rate the video by assigning one (left) to five (right) stars. To rate a video, a viewer must be registered as a

Channel AdministratorVBoss Admin Guide 35† All templates except Thumbnail. †† Super player only.Player SyndicationUse this page to enable or disable a

36 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.View DetailsThe information on this page is populated by the syndication request submitted by a viewer. Use this window

Channel AdministratorVBoss Admin Guide 37Figure 9. Syndication Embed CodeManage SyndicationSyndication simplifies remote video management for sites a

38 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.Webinar Manager The Webinar Manager let's you create a customized, interactive "webinar" presentation (Fi

Channel AdministratorVBoss Admin Guide 39Figure 10. Live Webinar Page (Lights On) Figure 11. Live Webinar Page (Lights Off)Session Scheduling Use

40 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.Session Scheduling Use this page to set a Start date and time and an End date and time.Session Details The Test stream s

Channel AdministratorVBoss Admin Guide 41Encoder Setup Use this page to set recording, video quality, and FTP options. Archive Session Video Use this

VBoss Admin Guide v4. Publisher AdministratorPublishing Manager > Asset Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

42 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.Reference Material Reference material is displayed on the Resources tab of the webinar page. Use this page to add refere

Channel AdministratorVBoss Admin Guide 43Webinar PlaylistsUse this page to add a new webinar playlist. You can also create a clone of any existing pla

44 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.Webinar Payment Use this page to set the Webinar Payment Mode as shown on the Add Webinar Playlist page.Webinar Access U

Channel AdministratorVBoss Admin Guide 45Webinar URL. There is one template which you can customize by changing the Font Style, Background Color, etc.

46 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.Player Template There is currently one presentation template available (990x620 px). Player Styles Use this page to cust

Channel AdministratorVBoss Admin Guide 47enter a Dedicated Live Source that will override the Live Webcasting settings in the Content Manager. Player

48 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.Comments Manager If comments are enabled on the Player Content page, you can use the Comment Manager to delete comments

Channel AdministratorVBoss Admin Guide 49Click Add New Survey to create a survey poll. A poll consists of one 50-character question and up to five 15-

50 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.Syndication Request A webinar syndication represents a complete webinar object (including all options and customizations

Channel AdministratorVBoss Admin Guide 51Report Manager The Report Manager provides detailed and summary reports about channel usage. It includes repo

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52 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.T To launch the Interactive Report: 1. Use Ctrl-C to copy the unique Username shown near the top of the page to the clip

Channel AdministratorVBoss Admin Guide 534. Select a date range, a reporting period, and click the refresh button.5. The resulting report pages use

54 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.Revenue ReportThis report shows all pay-per-view videos, in the selected viewing period, for which a payment was receive

VBoss Admin Guide 55Chapter 4Publisher AdministratorTopics in this sectionPublishing Manager > Asset Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

56 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.Aggregate Library ContentThis page lets you aggregate library content that has been uploaded to channels and display tha

Publisher AdministratorVBoss Admin Guide 57Aggregate Schedule ContentThis page lets you aggregate schedule content that has been created on the channe

58 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.View SummaryThis read-only report provides a comprehensive list of details about the selected channel. It is divided int

VBoss Admin Guide 59Chapter 5Admin Knowledge BaseChannel AdministratorsI forgot my username and password and cannot log in to my channel account.If yo

60 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.From here, you may choose to add this video to your Asset Library. You will then add metatags to this video, adding titl

Admin Knowledge BaseVBoss Admin Guide 61How do I return from full screen video to normal size video viewer? Hit the ESC key. Can I use the Netscape br

VBoss Admin Guide viiWelcomeThis online help is best viewed with Internet Explorer 7.0 (Windows), Safari 3.0 (Macintosh), or Firefox 2.1 (Linux) at a

62 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.associated video or audio program. For instance, 300k requires a minimum of a 300 kbps connection to the Internet. The c

Admin Knowledge BaseVBoss Admin Guide 63viewing experience, we recommend a high speed Internet connection such as DSL or Cable Modem. It is important

64 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.Why is the VBoss video viewer cutoff at the bottom of my monitor?1. The bottom of VBoss video viewer may appear cutoff i

Admin Knowledge BaseVBoss Admin Guide 65your network administrator grant your logon account local administrative rights on your office computer. I can

66 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.3. Make sure that you have removed your lens cap from the camera4. Make sure that the camera is not in Demo mode. Some c

Admin Knowledge BaseVBoss Admin Guide 67No errors are displaying on my VBrick appliance’s LCD panel, but I am unable to view my live video on my porta

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VBoss Admin Guide 69Chapter 6User Knowledge BaseEnd UsersI am on a Mac computer, and cannot view the videos in my player.Mac viewers may need to downl

70 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.Can I download videos from the VBoss sites to my computer? All videos are currently available in a streaming format only

User Knowledge BaseVBoss Admin Guide 71rate of the video clip, the better the quality. However, the speed of your Internet connection will limit which

viii WelcomeSupport Services "On-Line Support" page at www.vbrick.com/support/index.asp or call 1 203 303-0222 in Wallingford, CT, USA to sp

72 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.WM encoder to the Internet the most likely cause is that the Publisher of the site you are visiting is not streaming any

User Knowledge BaseVBoss Admin Guide 73administrator install Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 on your computer (or the Microsoft Windows Media Player

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VBoss Admin Guide 75Chapter 7FAQsFrequently Asked QuestionsWhat is VBoss? VBoss is VBrick Online Streaming Service. VBoss empowers anyone to deliver p

76 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.Is my VBoss video source portable? Yes. Unlike other complex solutions, you may relocate the VBrick appliance at will. Y

FAQsVBoss Admin Guide 77bandwidth required to stream all 3 bitrates is 1.74 Mbps, plus a small amount of network overhead bandwidth. Streaming all 3 b

78 © 2010 VBrick Systems, Inc.Can I use an existing CDN account with VBoss? Not exactly. VBoss uses and meters specific streaming media network provid

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VBoss Admin Guide 1Chapter 1IntroductionTopics in this sectionIntroduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .