New Video content

Note: Currently, only Youtube and Vimeo are fully supported with NYU Stream partically supported. We're looking into support other video hosting services in the future. Also, while you can upload the video to the DAM and then embed it on the page, please consider the following benefits when hosting the video on the dedicated online video hosting services such as NYU Stream, Youtube, or Vimeo:

  • Online video hosting services are designed specifically to stream videos efficiently, they have better capabilities to serve multiple viewers at the same time compared to a CMS.
  • You have more controls (Video control, privacy, comment, etc.) on the video.
  • It is easier to share the video on social media with video thumbnail, description, and ready-to-play function on the social media page.
  1. Create a new page by selecting the appropriate template. (Fig. 1)
    1. Navigate to the location in which you want to create a new page
    2. Click Create Page
    3. Select a Template.
    4. Fill in Title.

  2. Start working on the page by adding component(s). (Fig. 2) There are two ways to add a video to a page. You can use either the Video Block component or the Gallery component to add the video to the page. Please note that the Gallery component is only accepting the Vimeo .mp4 files at the moment.
    1. With the page open, toggle the side panel open
    2. Select the Component tab.
    3. Drag and drop either the Video Block component or the Gallery component onto any one of the parsys boxes.

  3. If you choose to use the Video Block component to add the video: (Fig. 3)
    1. Click on the component and then click on Configure icon (wrench) to open the Configure panel.
    2. Fill out all necessary fields.
    3. Fill out the Video Source URL: copy and paste the video embed path from NYU Stream, Vimeo, or Youtube. To obtain the video embed path, please follow these steps.
      Note: Make sure the video is shareable. The component is not able to display video that is NOT shareable.
    4. Drag and drop a cover image to the Banner Image field.
    5. Click the Done icon (checkmark) to save your progress. This should close the Configure panel and display the authored video block.

  4. If you choose to use the Gallery component to add the video: (Fig. 4)
    1. Click on the component and then click on Configure icon (wrench) to open the Configure panel.
    2. Configure the component's header in the Gallery tab.
    3. Configure/add video information in the Gallery Items tab.
    4. Click on the + icon to add a gallery set.
    5. Provide a gallery set header in the Identifier field.
    6. Drag and drop a thumbnail for the video.
    7. Provide Title or Sub Title for the video.
    8. Select Video in the Presentation Type drop-down menu.
    9. Provide URL to the media in the Link URL to the presentation field. The link should be Vimeo (e.g. https://player.vimeo.com/external/1234567890.hd.mp4?s=26028c4d09d66e83511109146c9ef720026cde30&profile_id=000). Click here to learn more how to obtain .mp4 link from Vimeo.
    10. Repeat as needed. To add a new gallery set, start from step 4. Please note that users can only add a maximum of 4 gallery sets.
    11. Click Done icon (checkmark) to save your progress. This should close the configure panel and display the component as authored.

  5. Publish the page.