Videos in Cloud Video
With Cloud Video, you can upload videos to your channel for subsequent publication on external resources.
You can upload videos in various supported formats, such as MP4, AVI, MKV, FLV, MOV, WebM, etc. You can download videos either one by one or several at a time.
By default, video playback starts only after processing if the browser supports the source file. You can change this in the channel settings. Then the source file will be played immediately, without changes, and will contain the original metadata.
You can upload videos with multiple audio tracks or add them after uploading using neural translation. Select the tracks in the player menu; read more in Selecting audio track.
Cloud Video limits the resolution of the videos you are publishing.
You can upload custom covers for your videos. The cover will appear in the Cloud Video interface and the player on the website hosting the video.
The following cover formats are supported: JPG, PNG, and GIF.
You can publish a video and select its access type:
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By temporary link: Available via a dedicated link.
The video is available via a temporary link for a maximum of 12 hours.
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All users: Available indefinitely to anyone with a link to it.
On the website, you can post both single videos and playlists with videos in a particular order. In playlists, only videos with permanent links will be available for viewing. For details on publishing playlists, see Getting an embed code or link to a playlist.
Statuses
Video statuses
Uploading: Original video file is being uploaded to a Yandex Cloud storage.Processing: Original video file is transcoded into several video versions with different bitrates and resolutions. When viewing the video on client devices, the video player selects the best version for smooth playback at a given internet connection speed.Ready: Transcoding is complete. The video is ready for viewing.Error: Error uploading a file or transcoding a video. Check the stability of your internet connection, the integrity and format of the file and try again.
Publication statuses
Published: Video is published.Unpublished: Video is not published.
Video publishing parameters
You can change the following basic video playback settings when generating a direct link or website embed code:
- Muted playback by default.
- Auto playback on opening.
- Displaying controls in the player.
With Cloud Video Player SDK for IFrame, you can specify additional player control and video playback settings for an HTML page, e.g., video size and looping, volume, etc.
Also, you can use presets to configure some of the player settings, e.g., widget color palette and layout.
Video viewing statistics
You can view statistics for each video. To customize the statistics, select the calculation period and time interval. The difference from the previous period will help you estimate the growth or decline of interest in the video.
The following data is available:
- Number of views: Total number of views, integer.
- Number of viewers: Number of unique viewers, integer.
- Total viewing time: Total viewing time in hours and minutes.
- Average viewing time: Average viewing time in hours and minutes.
- Linear chart with total views and users plotted per unit of time.
To analyze your audience, you can use:
- Pie chart with distribution of views by device type.
- Pie chart with distribution of views by OS.
To estimate engagement, use a line chart with data on the number of views of fragments of the video.
AI features
To provide users with more options and expand your video audience, enable AI features built on Yandex ML models. For more information about AI features, see this article in the Yandex blog.
Summarization
Summarization automatically creates a short summary of your video conveying its main points and key message. Summarization is available for videos with duration of no longer than four hours. With summarization enabled, the system automatically adds timecodes to videos. You can adjust the suggested timecodes or add custom ones manually.
Neural translation
Neural translation enables the automatic translation of video content into multiple languages and voiceover with diverse voice options. View the list of supported languages in the Cloud Video UI.
Subtitles
Neural subtitles not only include spoken text but also provide speaker differentiation. Each speaker switch is indicated by a dash and new line, making the dialogue easier to follow. View the list of supported languages in the Cloud Video UI.
You can also upload custom subtitles in SRT and VTT formats. The maximum subtitle file size is 500 MB. You can load several subtitle files in one or more languages for one video.
Timecodes
Timecodes allow you to break the video into chapters that you can navigate while watching. The time and chapter name formats are as follows:
00:00:00 Episode 1 title
hh:mm:ss Episode 2 title
...
Note
Timecodes must begin with 00:00 or 00:00:00. The time is separated from the episode title by a space. Each timecode begins from a new line.
You can also generate timecodes automatically by enabling video summarization.