Uploaded Video
With HotMic, you can upload videos to share with your viewers in streams. When you upload videos, we automatically convert them to high-quality HLS streams that you can share simultaneously with your viewers.
We support uploading videos in a variety of formats. Once uploaded, all videos will be converted to an HLS stream for playback on all devices.
Here are a list of the supported upload filetypes.
Container | Video codecs supported with container |
|---|---|
No Container | DV/DVCPRO, AVC (H.264), HEVC (H.265), MPEG-1, MPEG-2 |
3G2 | AVC (H.264), H.263, MPEG-4 part 2 |
3GP | AVC (H.264), H.263, MPEG-4 part 2 |
Advanced Systems Format (ASF, also known as WMV) | VC-1 |
Audio Video Interleave (AVI) | Uncompressed, Canopus HQ, DivX/Xvid, DV/DVCPRO, MJPEG |
Adobe Flash | AVC (H.264), Flash 9 File, H.263 |
HLS (MPEG-2 TS segments) | AVC (H.264), HEVC (H.265), MPEG-2 |
IMF | Apple ProRes, JPEG 2000 (J2K) |
Matroska | AVC (H.264), PCM, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 part 2, VC-1 |
MPEG Program Streams (MPEG-PS) | MPEG-2 |
MPEG Transport Streams (MPEG-TS) | AVC (H.264), HEVC (H.265), MPEG-2, VC-1 |
MPEG-1 System Streams | MPEG-1, MPEG-2 |
MPEG-4 | Uncompressed, AVC Intra 50/100, DivX/Xvid, H.261, H.262, H.263, AVC (H.264), HEVC (H.265), JPEG 2000, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 part 2, VC-1 |
MXF | Uncompressed, Apple ProRes (supported types), AVC Intra 50/100, VC-3, DV/DVCPRO, DV25, DV50, DVCPro HD, AVC (H.264), JPEG 2000 (J2K), MPEG-2, Panasonic P2, SonyXDCam, SonyXDCam MPEG-4 Proxy |
QuickTime | Uncompressed, Apple ProRes (supported types), AVC Intra 50/100, DivX/Xvid, DV/DVCPRO, H.261, H.262, H.263, AVC (H.264), HEVC (H.265), JPEG 2000 (J2K), MJPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 part 2, QuickTime Animation (RLE) |
WebM | VP8, VP9 |
All videos must be self contained
We do not support uploading videos in fragments at this time. In other words, if your video is in bunch of files, we probably
In the "Uploaded Videos" section, if you tap on any of the previouly uploaded videos, you can open them to view them. After uploading videos, you can edit the name of the video, or the tags on the video. You can also delete the video. Deleting a video deletes it for everyone in your org.
Currently, after you upload a video, you or any member of your org can use the video in their stream. We do have advanced permissions coming soon, to give you more control over these videos. This will allow you to designate only certain users to be able to view and use content.
After you upload the video and it has finished converting, you can use the videos in your streams. To use an uploaded video in your stream:
- Go to the "Video" tab
- Search for the video you want to play. Search works on both tags and the name.
- Tap the video to open it.
- Start playing the video, and your viewers will see it!
- Take other actions on the player, and those actions will be synced with your viewers. Actions you can take include:
- Play
- Pause
- Seek (change position in the video)
- Change volume
- Mute
- Close player
- When you close the player, your viewers will no longer see the video.
