Getting started with video hosting in Yandex Cloud Video

To upload a video to a service channel:

1. Prepare your cloud environment.
2. Create a channel.
3. Upload a video.
4. Publish your video.
5. Check if the video is available.

For information about using the service via the API, see How to get started with the Yandex Cloud Video API.

Get your cloud readyGet your cloud ready

1. Go to the management console and log in to Yandex Cloud or sign up if not signed up yet.
2. On the Yandex Cloud Billing page, make sure you have a billing account linked and it has the ACTIVE or TRIAL_ACTIVE status. If you do not have a billing account yet, create one.
3. Open the Cloud Video home page.
4. Select the organization to work with Cloud Video in or create a new one.

5. To turn Cloud Video on, request access from the home page. You can also request access from support.

6. Make sure you have the minimum role, video.editor, in the organization.

Create a channelCreate a channel

1. Open the Cloud Video home page.
2. Click Create a channel.
3. On the channel creation page, enter:
   • Name.
   • (Optional) Description.
4. Click Create.

Once the channel is created, you will find yourself inside it on the Video tab.

Learn more about channels

Upload your videoUpload your video

1. In the Video tab, click Upload video.

2. Click Select file on the upload page and choose the video you want to upload.

   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.

   Cloud Video limits the resolution of the videos you are publishing.

3. Name your video. The title will be displayed on all the resources hosting the video.

4. (Optional) Under Description, specify the timecodes for your video in the following format:

   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.

5. In the Access list, select the access type for the video:

   • By temporary link: Video will be available via a dedicated link.

     The video is available via a temporary link for a maximum of 12 hours.

   • All users: Available indefinitely to anyone with a link to it.

6. Optionally, to add a cover for a video, in the Thumbnail field, click Select file and choose a cover image.

   The following cover formats are supported: JPG, PNG, and GIF.

7. (Optional) To add subtitles to a video, in the Subtitles field, click Add:

   1. In the window that opens, select the subtitle language.

   2. Click Select file and select the file with subtitles.

   3. Click Create.

      Wait for the file to upload.

8. Click Save.

Learn more about videos

Publish your videoPublish your video

In the video settings window that opens, wait until the video is completely uploaded, processed, and gets the Ready status. The Public access field value will change toPublished.

By default, all videos are published after uploading, changing their status to Published.

If you want to unpublish a video, disable the Grant access option. The Public access field value will change to Unpublished and your video will become unreachable via links.

Check if the video is availableCheck if the video is available

1. On the video settings page, select the link tab under Past code.

2. Click Copy.

   With Cloud Video Player SDK for IFrame, you can specify additional video player management settings and video playback parameters for the HTML page, such as video size and looping, volume, etc.

3. Open a new browser page and paste the obtained URL to the address bar.

4. Click the Play button.

See alsoSee also

• Getting started with video broadcasts in Yandex Cloud Video
• Yandex Cloud Video overview
• Troubleshooting in Cloud Video