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Manage Your Video Content

Upload your videos, create playlists, design players, whitelabel the dashboard and track analytics within our easy to use online dashboard.
Tagging
Organize your video library with our easy to use tagging system, tag your videos upon upload and create rule-based playlists for these tags. As a bonus - tags are also submitted to Google for video SEO.
Manage Your Video Content - Tagging
CMS Integrations
Use our System API to build video management capabilities into your own website or CMS. Our custom Drupal and WordPress plugins make the integration seamless.
Manage Your Video Content - CMS Integrations
Playlist Support
Group your videos into playlists, select them manually or generate rule based lists. Publish entire playlists using a player embed, or opt for publishing via RSS (for e.g. iTunes or Boxee).
Manage Your Video Content - Playlist Support
Preview Thumbnails
Give each of your videos a custom preview image. Upload your own JPG, PNG or GIF image, or choose a frame directly from the video. Preview thumbnails can be individually loaded from our servers.
Manage Your Video Content - Preview Thumbnails
Android/iPhone Apps
Download our Android or iPhone mobile apps to manage your videos on-the-go. Perform basic tasks such as video tagging, previewing. Publish directly to Facebook, Twitter or your own site/blog.
» Download Android App
» Download iPhone App
Manage Your Video Content - Android/iPhone Apps
Captioning
Upload captions in the SRT and DFXP formats. Publish your videos with closed captions for accessibility and Section 508 compliancy. Or publish them with multiple subtitle tracks, allowing your viewers to select their language.
Manage Your Video Content - Captioning
Custom MetaData
Improve your video SEO by assigning basic metadata such as title, date and description to every video and playlist. Amend your own metadata and store information specific to your library.
Manage Your Video Content - Custom MetaData

Upload & Encode From Any Source

Upload your video (and audio) files from your desktop, FTP client, mobile phone or API integration. Create custom encodes, embed watermarks or bypass our encoders alltogether.
Mobile Uploads
Use our mobile apps to upload videos from your mobile phone. We support both the iPhone and Android platforms. Our transcoders automatically correct for rotated videos.
Upload & Create Custom Encodes - Mobile Uploads
FTP Batch Uploads
Use FTP to upload large videos or batches to Bits on the Run. Any FTP client can be used, file resuming is supported and your FTP login is the same as your Bits on the Run Dashboard login. Metadata can also be batch ingested through CSV files.
Upload & Create Custom Encodes - FTP Batch Uploads
Upload API
Use our Upload API to build video upload functionalities into your own website or application. Our easy to deploy upload tool (PHP/JavaScript) gets you running in minutes. Our full-featured Drupal and WordPress plugins have upload functionality already built-in.
Upload & Create Custom Encodes - Upload API
Transcoding Profiles
Tweak the settings of your transcoding profiles to your own quality/filesize preference. Create additional transcoding profiles in the MP4, WebM and FLV file formats. Render new transcodes automatically or on-demand.
Upload & Create Custom Encodes - Transcoding Profiles
Passthrough Transcoding
Are your original videos already optimized for web playback? Use our Passthrough functionality to bypass the transcoders and have our players directly playback your uploads. Works for FLV and MP4 videos.
Upload & Create Custom Encodes - Passthrough Transcoding
Video Watermarking
Brand or protect your content by placing a watermark into your videos. Upload any JPG, GIF or PNG image, then set desired positioning and transparancy.
Upload & Create Custom Encodes - Video Watermarking
Audio Support
Upload and manage audio too! Transcode audio into the AAC, Vorbis and MP3 formats. Publish your audio files using the player or by via RSS (podcasts).
Upload & Create Custom Encodes - Audio Support

Deliver Your Videos in Stunning HD

Deliver stunning HD quality video using our Adaptive Streaming technology & our built-in Content Delivery Network.
Universal Players
Publish your player with a single line of embed code and watch as it work seemlessly in both Flash and HTML5. Sit back and watch videos on your desktop or from a mobile platform such as the iPad, iPhone and Android - we've taken care of the cross-platform and multi-device support.
Deliver Your Videos in Stunning HD - Universal Players
Adaptive Streaming
Our adaptive streaming technology delivers optimized video quality to every single viewer, adjusting appropriately for device and connection speed. Video quality adapts during playback when necessary.
Deliver Your Videos in Stunning HD - Adaptive Streaming
HD Toggling
Not interested in adaptive streaming? No problem - we offer a manual HD toggle, so users can decide for themselves which quality (low or high) they prefer to stream the video in.
Deliver Your Videos in Stunning HD - HD Toggling
Global CDN Delivery
We work with multiple Tier-1 CDNs to ensure your video experiences smooth delivery around the globe. Expect short buffering delays and high-quality video, no matter where you (and your viewers) are located.
Deliver Your Videos in Stunning HD - Global CDN Delivery
Encryption & Signing
By default, your video streams are encrypted using the RTMPe protocol to prevent content theft. Leeching of your videos (unauthorized linking from other sites) can be prevented with our Content Signing protocol; we also support HTTPS.
Deliver Your Videos in Stunning HD - Encryption & Signing
Direct Asset Access
In addition to video players, you can link or embed other assets in your own website or application: video downloads, preview thumbnails, RSS feeds and iFrame friendly preview pages.
Deliver Your Videos in Stunning HD - Direct Asset Access

Design Your Video Experience

Take advantage of our built in tools and design the perfect video viewing experience for your audience. Bits on the Run offers a built-in version of the JW Player, access to the JW Player plugins and skins, and direct integrations with the most popular social networks.
Point & Click Styling
Create custom video players with ease by setting dimensions, layout, playback options and additional features in our Dashboard. All features and options of the popular JW Player are at your disposal.
Design Your Video Experience - Point & Click Styling
Pixel Perfect Skinning
Change the style of your video players with one of our sleek, pre-installed player skins. Alternatively, design your own player skin to support your Brand's look and feel. Use any image editor to build the skin, and uploaded directly to Bits on the Run.
Design Your Video Experience - Pixel Perfect Skinning
Integrated Playlists
Publish entire playlists with a single player using our built-in visual playlist feature. Metadata for each individual video is displayed along with the preview thumbnail. Set repeat and/or shuffle options for desired playback behavior.
Design Your Video Experience - Integrated Playlists
Social Sharing
Make the most of our social sharing options for your video players. Allow your visitors to share the video link or the embed code. Shortcuts are provided for sharing to Facebook and Twitter.
Design Your Video Experience - Social Sharing
Player Watermarking
Increase your brand awareness with a player watermark (logo). Any GIF, PNG and JPG image can be used. Customize the watermark position within the player and/or add a click URL with a link back to your site.
Design Your Video Experience - Player Watermarking
Javascript API
Leverage our extensive JavaScript API to build custom interactions between your players and webpages. Pop-up time-based information, send analytics to your backend or load content into players without reloading the page.
Design Your Video Experience - Javascript API
Pre-roll Advertising
Interested in ads? Bits on the Run includes advertising support using the VAST/VPAID standards and a custom Google IMA integration. Ads can be delivered to both desktop browsers and mobile devices like the iPhone/iPad or Android. Please contact us for more info about advertising specifically.
Design Your Video Experience - Pre-roll Advertising

Distribute Across the Cloud

Publish your videos to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube with a single click. Use RSS Feeds to publish videos to Boxee, iTunes and Google.
Facebook and Twitter
Get your videos on Facebook and Twitter with a single click from our Dashboard or Android/iPhone Apps. Our video players display share shortcuts within the dock to facilitate viral content sharing.
Distribute Across the Cloud - Facebook and Twitter
Facebook Whitelisting
Facebook has whitelisted Bits on the Run for direct inclusion of video players. This means your videos will play inside your players on Facebook. When a viewer shares your videos within Facebook, additional metadata is sent to ensure a rich preview (with thumbnail and description) is shown.
Distribute Across the Cloud - Facebook Whitelisting
Upload to YouTube
Bits on the Run can upload your videos directly to your YouTube account for you. This prevents multiple uploads and ensures a transfer of video metadata such as video title and tags.
Distribute Across the Cloud - Upload to YouTube
RSS Syndication
Publish the RSS feed of your playlists to services such as iTunes and Boxee. RSS is also useful to distribute your content to syndication partners. With our playlist functionalities, you control which videos can and cannot be syndicated.
Distribute Across the Cloud - RSS Syndication
Google Search
Use Our Video Sitemap SDK to easily generate a video sitemap on your website. This video sitemap provides Google and other search engines with the location and metadata of your videos, so they show up in search results.
Distribute Across the Cloud - Google Search
DNS Masking
Remove the reference to Bits on the Run from your embed codes by DNS Masking our servers with your own sub-domain. In addition to video players, this works for video downloads, preview thumbnails, RSS feeds and preview pages.
Distribute Across the Cloud - DNS Masking

Analyze Performance with Detailed Analytics

Rich analytics are as important for video as for any other online content. Bits on the Run offers a full set of built-in video analytics.
Real-Time Analytics
Track the performance of your videos in real-time. We report the number of page embeds, the number of video plays and the total time viewed per account, per video and per day.
Analyze Performance with Detailed Analytics - Real-Time Analytics
Google Analytics
Insert your Google Analytics account ID to have our players send analytics data to Google. This helpful integration helps you match your video analytics to your regular page analytics. We send page embeds, video plays and total time viewed.
Analyze Performance with Detailed Analytics - Google Analytics
Video Engagement
Drill down into the engagement chart of a video to assess its performance. Where do viewers drop off? Which sections are they replaying? Correct for drop-off points by re-uploading a new edit of a video. Leverage high engagement sections and drop in a video ad.
Analyze Performance with Detailed Analytics - Video Engagement
Export to Excel
Export analytics data to Excel (or any other CSV-capable package) for offline analysis. Set custom date ranges and leverage an additional level of detail (such as a split between player streams and video downloads).
Analyze Performance with Detailed Analytics - Export to Excel
Analytics API
Use our API to import video analytics into your own website or application. Data can be exported for any date range, by day and by video, aggregated and raw. Engagement data is available as well.
Analyze Performance with Detailed Analytics - Analytics API