VidZapper v3 Is Here

This week we launched the new version of VidZapper with a huge number of improvements and enhancements. Here are some:

Improved Navigation – navigation has been improved and simplified; views are more consistent.

Improved Grids – grids now sort over the whole data set and it is possible to sort by columns.

User Management – the user management and permissioning has been improved and extended.

New Search Function – most views now have a filtered search function that enables all content in the data set to be searched dynamically; the search covers all main metadata fields.

Keyword Management – it is possible to centrally manage the keywords used on a channel by channel basis and there is an auto-suggest to prevent duplication in the metadata view field.

Custom fields – it is now possible to add custom fields to the metadata.

Improved Category Management – the category management has been enhanced and improved.

Multiple CDN & Cloud Support – it is now possible to set up accounts on multiple sources and directly import content into the system from any repository.

New Upload Tool – StreamZapper is being discontinued and the ability to access and upload content is now integrated into VidZapper. Multiple accounts on different CDNs can be supported:

Improved Security – the security model for the application has been overhauled and improved with the introduction of session management.

Player Builder Enhancements – the player builder features new skins, additional fields and configurations and the ability to generate cross-platform code that will automate delivery to mobile, tablet and PC platforms. The base code to VZPlayer has been updated.

iTunes Export – it is now possible to export playlists directly to an iTunes account; there have been other improvements to the Distribution function, including the addition of Atom support.

Facebook Player – the system now supports a Facebook Player app.

VAST Support – VidZapper now supports video advertising standard templates as specified by the IAB, bringing direct support for the latest ad serving software such as Tremor, Liverail and systems such as DART, Adtech and Atlas. A new Content type ‘VAST’ has been added.

Pre-roll Improvements – the pre-roll function now forces a pre-roll anywhere an ad is placed in front of a content item.

Live Mobile Support – a tool has been developed to enable live events to be distributed over a wide range of mobile networks concurrently by implementing real time transcoding of the rtmp stream into formats such as rtsp, m3u8 and sure streaming.

Previews – the system now features video and player previews throughout the system, including at CDN level.

Audio Support – the system now supports audio content, with the player able to play MP3 files and combine MP3 files with video content; audio pre-roll ads can also be included and support for live audio streams.

API – the API has been improved and extended.

Distribution To Third Party Video Services

You can submit your videos to a wide range of search, portal and aggregation sites using VidZapper's inbuilt distribution function:

Blinkx - http://www.blinkx.com/rssupload

Truveo - a video distribution engine - http://developer.truveo.com/

Yahoo! Video - http://video.search.yahoo.com/mrss/submit

The abilities to submit to YouTube (http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=80472) and iTunes are natively supported by VidZapper.