A few weeks ago we quietly released a major upgrade to the way videos are handled in Wunderkind Pro.
We’ve integrated our own video transcoding engine and plugged into Amazon’s global content distribution network. In simple terms this means:
- You can now upload any type of video – you can upload just about any video up to a maximum size of 200 megabytes. Our transcoding system will convert it from whatever format you upload it as, to the industry standard MP4 format and then securely distribute it to our network of streaming servers.
- Videos now stream - Without streaming you have to wait until the video fully loads in before you can skip to the end. With our streaming servers you could have a 30 minute video and instantly skip to the end, perhaps where you were last watching before you got interrupted, without having to wait for the entire video to load. This is very useful for longer training videos where your learners may not be able to complete it in a single session.
- Videos are fast from anywhere in the world – Using Amazon’s CloudFront global content distribution network means that whether your learners are in London, New York, or Singapore they will automatically stream the video in full speed from a server geographically close to them. This means that the video will load fast and stream seamlessly no matter where they are in the world. CloudFront has 16 locations throughout America, Europe and Asia.
You will notice a few changes to the content creation interface:
- When uploading videos, you are no longer restricted to only selecting .FLV videos. You can now choose any video to upload and our system will take care of the conversion behind the scenes.
- After uploading a video, you will now see a “Processing” message. This continues to be displayed while our system converts the video. You can continue to create content and even save out of the topic before the processing is complete, and the video will just automatically start working once it’s ready. Processing can take as little as 30 seconds or as long as 10 minutes or more depending on the size of the original video file you uploaded.
- The video player now also shows a buffering spinner when it starts to play and also when a bad internet connection causes it to load slowly.
Before you upload a video
Processing - after you upload a video
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