Video Platform

Features

Ensemble Video is Open and FlexibleEnsemble Video's Self-Hosted Solution and our Cloud-Hosted Solution are designed to be flexible enough to meet the needs of a small group of users or an entire organization. Ensemble Video's flexible framework provides a variety of user-controls and an easy-to-use publishing and sharing system that supports centralized and distributed Web-based publishing.

You can publish to learning management systems, HTML pages, blogs, portals and other content management systems. Lastly, you can easily integrate Ensemble Video with a wide range of third-party video and Web technologies.

Self-Hosted Features

Annual/Perpetual Licensing

Transcoding, Storage and Delivery

Uploaded video content automatically converted to standard format suitable for streaming or progressive download to embedded player.

  • Video Streaming
  • Progressive Download
  • Custom Transcoding Profiles

Administration

Administer and configure Ensemble Video to support diverse applications, content, audiences, and sharing capabilities – to ensure maximum return on investment across all of your institutional media assets.

  • Organizations
  • Departments
  • Media Sources
  • User Accounts, Roles and Privileges
  • Sharing Permissions
  • Content Types and Embedded Players
  • LDAP Authentication
  • Active Directory (auto-provisioning)
  • Shibboleth (auto-provisioning and SSO)
  • Default Logos, Previews, and Thumbnails
  • Web Publishing
  • Upload Size Limits
  • Upload File Types
  • Upload Policy Message
  • Audit Log
  • System Activity Reports
  • Content Activity Reports
  • Content Views Reports
  • Storage Reports
  • User Reports
  • Annotations/Chapter Points

Media Management

Create any number of independent video libraries, integrate any mix of media servers, and use almost many media file format.

  • Audio/Video Content Management
  • Image Asset Management
  • Attachments
  • Robust Meta-Data Descriptions
  • Content Sharing
  • Content Copy
  • Content Transfer
  • Content Scheduling
  • Manage/Define Content Types (unlimited)
  • Live Streaming
  • Integrated Transcoding with Rhozet ProMedia
  • Custom Transcoding Profiles
  • Multiple Central or Distributed Media Servers
  • Wowza Media Server
  • IIS
  • MPEG-4, Flash Video, Windows Media, Quick Time, Real, Flash Video, and MP3
  • JPG, GIF, PNG, PSD, SVG and TIFF
  • SWF, PPT, DOC, XLS, PDF, ZIP, and many others
  • Add/Customize File Formats
  • Searchable Video Annotations
  • Searchable Media Meta-Data
  • Captioning Integration with Automatic Sync

Media Sources

Flexible mechanisms for uploading/importing content that fits with your content acquisition tools, media format preferences, and rich media applications mix.

  • Web-based Upload
  • Video Dropbox
  • Watch Directory
  • XML Shadow File
  • Batch Import
  • Media Source Templates
  • Specialized Sources – Camtasia Relay, Podcast Producer, Cisco Telepresence Server, NCast, Digital Rapids, VBrick and TANDBERG Content Server

Publishing

Library Publishing model enables collaborative content syndication and sharing in a powerful, cost-effective manner.

  • Easily Embed Media Library in any LMS, Portal, or Web site
  • Portal with Playlist
  • Media Publishing and Sharing
  • Quick Publish Video Website/Page
  • HTML Plug-in Galleries
  • HTML Plug-in Templates
  • Simple Publishing API
  • Customizable HTML/CSS
  • Embed Codes
  • iTunes/iTunes U compatible RSS feed
  • HTML5 Video Player
  • Video Player Branding
  • Image Galleries
  • Restrict Access/Security
  • iDevice Support
  • Reports
  • Collaborative Content Publishing
  • Copy/Transfer Between Video Libraries
  • Syndication
  • Showcases
  • Closed Caption/Transcript Support
  • Include Attachments and Links
  • Blackboard Building Block
  • Moodle Activity Block

Cloud-Hosted Features

Monthly/Annual Agreement

Transcoding, Storage and Delivery

Uploaded video content automatically converted to standard format suitable for streaming or progressive download to embedded player.

  • Video Streaming
  • Progressive Download
  • Custom Transcoding Profiles

Administration

Administer and configure Ensemble Video to support diverse applications, content, audiences, and sharing capabilities – to ensure maximum return on investment across all of your institutional media assets.

  • Departments
  • Media Sources
  • User Accounts, Roles and Privileges
  • Sharing Permissions
  • Content Types and Embedded Players
  • LDAP Authentication
  • Active Directory (auto-provisioning)
  • Shibboleth (auto-provisioning and SSO)
  • Web Publishing
  • Upload Size Limits
  • Upload File Types
  • Audit Log
  • System Activity Reports
  • Content Activity Reports
  • Content Views Reports
  • Storage Reports
  • User Reports
  • Annotation/Chapter Points

Media Management

Create any number of independent video libraries, integrate any mix of media servers, and use almost many media file format.

  • Audio/Video Content Management
  • Image Asset Management
  • Attachments
  • Robust Meta-Data Descriptions
  • Content Sharing
  • Content Copy
  • Content Transfer
  • Content Scheduling
  • Wowza Media Server
  • Integrated Transcoding with Rhozet ProMedia
  • Multiple Transcoding Profiles
  • MPEG-4, Flash Video, Windows Media, Quick Time, Real, Flash Video, and MP3
  • JPG, GIF, PNG, PSD, SVG and TIFF
  • SWF, PPT, DOC, XLS, PDF, ZIP, and many others
  • Add/Customize File Formats
  • Searchable Video Annotations
  • Searchable Media Meta-Data
  • Captioning Integration with Automatic Sync

Media Sources

Flexible mechanisms for uploading/importing content that fits with your content acquisition tools, media format preferences, and rich media applications mix.

  • Web-based Upload
  • Video Dropbox
  • Watch Directory
  • XML Shadow File
  • Batch Import
  • Media Source Templates
  • Specialized Sources – Camtasia Relay, Podcast Producer, Cisco Telepresence Server, NCast, Digital Rapids, VBrick and TANDBERG Content Server

Publishing

Library Publishing model enables collaborative content syndication and sharing in a powerful, cost-effective manner.

  • Easily Embed Media Library in any LMS, Portal, or Web site
  • Portal with Playlist
  • Media Publishing and Sharing
  • Quick Publish Video Website/Page
  • HTML Plug-in Galleries
  • HTML Plug-in Templates
  • Simple Publishing API
  • Customizable HTML/CSS
  • Embed Codes
  • iTunes/iTunes U compatible RSS feed
  • HTML5 Video Player
  • Video Player Branding
  • Image Galleries
  • Restrict Access/Security
  • iDevice Support
  • Reports
  • Collaborative Content Publishing
  • Copy/Transfer Between Video Libraries
  • Syndication
  • Showcases
  • Closed Caption/Transcript Support
  • Include Attachments and Links
  • Blackboard Building Block
  • Moodle Activity Block