Editing videos

Editing properties and adding details to a video

1. To edit and add details to an already uploaded video, on Videos page perform one of the following:
   • Click the video you want to edit.
   • Click the Actions link of the respective video and then click Edit Properties.
   • The Edit video page appears.

     NOTE: In the right of the page you can see the current status of the video that you have opened for editing. You can also see the author, the time and date of the last update, the publication date, and a link to all existing versions of the item.

2. Change the title of the video, by entering the new title in Title input field.
3. Play the videos using the integrated player below the Title field.

   NOTE: You can also play the video in your own player or save the video on your computer.
   To do this, click Open the file button.
   In the dialog box that appears, select if you want to Save or Open the video.

4. Change the video with another video by clicking Replace the file.
   The Select video link appears.
   
   1. Click Select video.
   2. Browse your computer to find the video you want to upload and click Open.
      Uploading status bar appears on the page and after the system uploads the video, you can play it in the integrated player.
5. Change the video thumbnail by clicking Change button in Thumbnail section.
   The Generate thumbnails window appears where the system plays the videos.
   
   1. Whenever you want to capture an image for the video thumbnail, click Get currently displayed frame button.
      You can capture as many thumbnails as you want and you can replay the video, if needed.
   2. Select the image that you want to display in the thumbnail and click Done.
      The system returns you to Edit video page and changes the thumbnail.
6. Change the library which the video belongs to, by clicking Change library button and selecting the new library from the dropdown box that appears.
7. Change the categories and the tags which the video is assigned to, by clicking Categories and tags.
   For more information, see Adding categories and tags to a content item.
8. To add details to the video, click Details.
   The following input fields appear:
   • Author
     Enter an author of the video.
   • Description
     The description you enter in the input field appears as a tooltip for the video in browsers that support ToolTips feature. When the video is opened, the description appears under the video.
9. By clicking Advanced, you can change the following:
   • The automatically generated URL of the video.
     To change it, click Change and enter a new URL name.
   • Configure multiple URLs for the video.
     1. To configure a video to have more than one URL, select Allow multiple URLs for this item... checkbox.
     2. In the input box, enter the additional URLs that you want this video to have.
        Enter one URL per line.
     3. If you want all the URLs that you have entered to point to the default URL of the video, select All additional URLs redirect to the default one checkbox.
        If you uncheck the checkbox, each URL will display the video without redirecting.
10. If you have added any custom fields for videos, the Custom fields section, displaying all created fields, appears.

    IMPORTANT: Some of the above fields may not be displayed when you edit the properties of a video, because they have been hidden.

    For more information about creating custom fields and hiding default fields, see Adding custom fields to content items.

11. When you are finished, perform the following:
    • If you have opened for editing a video in status Draft, Unpublished, or Rejected, perform procedure Setting the status of a new page or content item.
    • If you have opened for approving a video in status Awaiting approval, perform procedure Managing a page or content item that is Awaiting approval.
    • If you have opened for publishing a video in status Awaiting publishing, perform procedure Managing a content item or page that is Awaiting publishing.
    • If you have opened for editing a video in status Published or Scheduled, perform procedures Managing a page or content item that is Published or Managing a page or content item that is Scheduled respectively.If you are editing a published video, the system saves a draft of that video, but the published version is still visible on the webpage. To see which version is the currently published one, see Revision History.

Edit many videos at the same time

You can edit the properties of many videos at the same time. To do this, perform the following:

1. On Videos page, select the videos you want to edit and click More actions » Bulk edit titles, categories, tags.
   The Bulk edit page appears displaying all the selected videos.
2. You can apply the following to all selected videos:
   • Common library
     Click Change library and select a library from the dropdown box that appears.
     All videos are moved to that library.
   • Common categories
     Click Click to add common categories link.
     For more information, see Adding categories.
   • Common tags
     Click Click to add common tags.
     For more information, see Adding tags.
3. For each of the selected videos, you can change the following:
   • Title
   • Description
     The description you enter in the input field appears as a tooltip for the video in browsers that support ToolTips feature.
4. When finished, click Upload.
   The system returns you to Videos page.

Moving and deleting a video

• To move one or more videos to another library, on Videos page, select the videos and in the toolbar, click More actions » Move to other library.
  A window appears where you select the library where you want to move the videos and click Move.
• To delete videos, perform one of the following:
  • On Videos page, select one or more videos you want to delete and click Delete button in the toolbar.
  • On Videos page, click the Actions link of the video you want to delete and then click Delete.
  • A dialog box appears where you must confirm the deletion.