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Multi-Device: Seamless HTML5 + Flash Video

Our solution works seamless with HTML5 + Flash, for maximum compatibility with different playback devices (PCs, Mobiles, Tablets, etc.). You can select which technology do you prefer as default and which one as fallback and the WebTV will use the most appropriate one according to the capability of the users devices.

Some of WS.WebTV video player features:
• Seamless HTML5 + Flash playback (MP4 H.264 + AAC and WebM sopported).
• High Definition (HD) video playback.
• 360° + VR video playback10.
• "Full screen" capability.
• Video thumbnails (preview/tooltip thumbnails).
• Playlist visualization.
• Support for time-synced playlists (fake lives).
• Multiple video qualities (with automatic bandwidth detection4).
• Aspect ratio correction (4:3, 16:9, 9:16 -portrait/vertical-, anamorphic, etc.).
• 3D video playback5.

» Important information regarding HTML5: Compatibility, iPhone/iPod limitations, etc.
» Information regarding supported video formats, playback technologies and protocols.
» Information regarding 360° + VR video playback support.
» Information regarding 3D video playback support.

Video Channels (Playlists: including time synced playlists for doing "fake lives")

Video channels are playlists where the included videos are played back in sequence.

You can create any number of video channels and sort out the playlists, the way you want, using drag and drop.

Playlists synced with the time*
Playlists synced with time allows you to simulate a TV Channel broadcast (fake live). The player will start playing back the corresponding video according to the start time as well as the current time. Please note that this functionality is much more limited respect the included in WS.WebTV Pro.

Video Transcoding (FFmpeg Support) ...if you want

If your server/hosting supports FFmpeg* 1.2, or higher, WS.WebTV allows you to transcode videos automatically: From a single video source file the system will automatically generate the corresponding poster/thumbnail, video thumbnails (sprite), and will encode the different WebTV video qualities. All is managed from an encoding task manager where only one task is processed at a time (one after another). It is worth mentioning that the FFmpeg commands use "nice" to slightly reduce the load on the server's CPU; additionally, the commands can be edited in case you want to add parameters that -for example- reduce the number of "threads" used during the encoding, etc.

What if my server does not have FFmpeg or if I don't want to use it?
In this case you can use the "standard" Clip type which allows you to upload video files which are already Web encoded/optimized.

*Check the requirements section for FFmpeg specific requieremts.

More than Video: Include Text/HTML Pages and Image Gallery

You can also create image galleries and pages with textual/HTML content using the integrated WYSIWYG editor. This is great for including any non-video content like your contact information, services, privacy policy and more. Additionally, the WebTV includes a basic contact form template, which can be customized (with HTML code) to add or remove data fields.

Note that WS.WebTV Free only allows you to create one image Gallery in your WebTV. WS.WebTV Pro is required to remove the Gallery creation limitation.

Build your Website with WS.WebTV
If you don't already have a Website, then you can build it with WS.WebTV!.

Categories and Subcategories

Organize your videos, channels, pages, galleries, news8 and events8 with categories and subcategories. You can create any number of categories, additionally, each category can have up to three subcategory levels.

For each category, you can provide a poster image as well as a detailed description with HTML content, using the integrated WYSIWYG editor. Additionally, categories can include a slider with the latest content added to it.

Menu Editor, "Portal" Pages & Configurable Home Page

Menus
Design the main and footer menus the way you want: including buttons for video channels, pages, categories and links.
Menus can have submenus (up to 4 nesting levels). Additionally, the menu items can be sorted out, easily, using drag and drop.

"Portal" Pages
You can create "Portal" pages which include an image slider and an overview with the latest items of the WebTV (videos, channels, galleries, news8 and events8). This kind of page if ideal to be used as Home Page.

Home Page
You have several options to set the Home Page of your WebTV: You can select a specific Channel/Page, Latest Videos or Latest News8 as the Home Page of your WebTV.

Social features: Sharing, Comments Features. RSS Syndication. Easy chat widget integration.

Sharing
• Include links to your social network profiles in the WebTV.
• Auto generation of Link and Embed codes for every video.
• Buttons for sharing videos on several social networks.
• "Like" and "Dislike" rating buttons for every video.

RSS
RSS Feeds for the WebTV, video channels, categories, etc.

Comments
• Facebook Comments system integration. When this feature is enabled, your visitors will be able to comment on Channels, Videos, Galleries, etc. using the Facebook Comments plugin. You will be able to associate your Facebook user ID or App ID in order to moderate the published comments.
• Disqus Comments system integration. When this feature is enabled, you will be able to associate your Site "shortname" (Disqus unique URL) to allow your visitors comment on Channels, Videos, Galleries, etc. using this system.

Easy chat widget integration
Do you want to include a chat into your WebTV? No problem. It is very easy to integrate solutions like LiveChat (tutorial here), Samrtsupp, Chatango, Chatwee, RumbleTalk, etc..

Customizable & Web Designer Friendly

Selectable Styles
WS.WebTV Free comes with two visual styles.

Custom Logo and Background
Iinclude your own logo, and background image/color, to give it your personal touch

Positionable Widgets
WS.WebTV also includes several widget types that allow to insert arbitrary HTML code, video/channel/category lists, tag cloud, etc. By default, the WebTV has a widget zone located in the sidebar; however, additional zones can be added by editing the templates and theme file.

But that's not all; our solution has been developed with Web designers in mind, so if you have HTML and CSS knowledge you can create your own themes, template variations and styles.

"Speaks" Your Language (UTF-8) / RTL Support

The Interface is available in several languages*; however, you can easily create and edit language packs. Additionally, WS.WebTV's Front-End supports RTL languages.

Front-End languages (15): English, Español, العربية (Arabic), Català/Valencià, Dansk, Čeština (Czech), Deutsch (German), Française, Italiano, Japanese, Português, Português (Brasil), Română, ภาษาไทย (Thai), Türkçe

Back-End languages (4): English, Español, Română, ภาษาไทย (Thai)**

*Translation credits at the end of this page.
**Available from third party (at extra cost). Contact us for more info.

Statistics

The solution incorporates a basic statistics system which collects information about complete and partial playbacks, channel/videos/category page views, interactivity views/clicks, ad views/clicks, searches, etc. Additionally, you can easily integrate Google Analytics or any other third-party (javascript-based) analytics system with WS.WebTV.

SEO: Search Engine "Friendly"

WS.WebTV has been designed for easy search engine indexing. You can provide descriptions and tags for every video, channel and page. It also includes a standard and a video-specific sitemap generators.
Our solution can also generate the Strutured Data ("Organization", "Video", etc.) required for the Google's "Rich Snippets".

User Management

User Management
The application has a basic User management system that allows creating multiple Webmaster and Administrator accounts.

Built-in GDPR tools
Recently, we have integrated tools to help you comply with the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), applicable from May 25, 2018.

These tools allows you to specify which page corresponds to the "terms and conditions" and which one to the "privacy policy", then you can configure the WebTV to require the Users to accept them in order to send forms. On top of the previous, you can also configure the WebTV to display a basic "cookies notice" which includes a link to your "privacy policy" page.

Additionally, in the case of having the Advanced User Management extension, you can also configure the WebTV to encrypt the personal User information (like E-Mail, name, etc.).
NOTE: Data encryption requires PHP 5.4 + PHP OpenSSL.

Security
- Passwords
The passwords for the user accounts are securely stored as "hashes". A "hash" is a representation of a text which is not reversible; this means that it is not possible to recover the original password (in plain text) from a hash; therefore, it is a very safe way of storing such sensitive information.

Upgradeable to WS.WebTV Professional

WS.WebTV Free can be upgraded to WS.WebTV Professionl, anytime.

Easy to Use Back-End (Video CMS)

• Easy to use and modern interface.
• Create, edit, batch-edit, activate, deactivate and delete Clips.
• Create, edit, activate, deactivate, group, delete Channels and Pages.
• Channel playlist editing and programming (setting starting point based on time and day of the week).
• Create, edit, activate, deactivate, delete Users.
• Extensive WebTV configuration section.
• Statistics section: With statistical information regarding Clips, Channels, Searches and more.
• Session concurrency check: Two users can not use the same credentials to log in, at the same time.

Administration Interface Screen Captures (Pro version with all extensions)
Here are some screen captures for you to see how the Administration interface looks like (click to zoom):

Other Features Worth Noting

• Caching system for pages, sitemaps, feeds and playlists.
• SSL support (https).
• Diagnostic tool for getting information about the Server (PHP) settings.
• Installer Script for quick and easy installation.