Today we are introducing the Overlay Player. This new player allows you to add links to your videos in a really simple and effective way.

Check the introduction video:

Enrich your video with links to your Twitter or Facebook account, or give your viewers a link to an interesting entry on Wikipedia. Link to anything you want! So what are you waiting for? Try it out!

Furthermore we did a complete redesign of the VIDDIX website. We hope you like the new and colorful VIDDIX. Let us know what you think!

From the start the VIDDIX player became known for its ‘tabs’ which were used to navigate between iPanel material, comments and video information. As of today, we are getting rid of those tabs to simplify the player. By doing this we aim to provide you with a cleaner player to integrate seamlessly into your website and improve on usability at the same time.

Old player

New player

As you can see there are several other subtle differences like the new controls and the placement of the two screens.
The comments and video information can be found on the VIDDIX platform, on the improved ‘watch’ pages.

We hope you like the update and will get back to you soon with the announcement of new products!

Together with one of our first partners (Frankwatching) we created the first Dutch VIDDIX show called BehindTheWeb. Every two weeks we visit a Dutch internet company and interview the CEO. The show is published on VIDDIX and Frankwatching. The iPanel is used to display facts & figures, graphs, photos, polls and all kinds of other stuff mentioned in the episode.

Check out these episodes with CreatAd, YouWish, Battle of Concepts, Dik.nl, Eduhub, Rijschool Network, Myngle, Zomoto and Wuzzon.

We hope you enjoy the show and will keep you posted on new initiatives!

You can now build your own templates to show the branding of your company or your personal style around your video! Check out the example and the screenshots below.

This opens up news ways of working with VIDDIX professionally. As of today, the functionality is available to all our Business Account users.

Some time ago, we implemented an update which was focused on the readability of our URLs. This brings along some nice side-effects.

First of all, we created channels for everyone! Your channel can be reached at:

http://www.viddix.com/channel/{username}

We will be adding new features in the coming months to enable you to create great channels.

Your videos will also benefit with the introduction of this update. Not only will it help search engines index your video higher, but your audience can actually make up what kind of video they’ve watched or saved in their bookmarks by looking at the URL.

If you encounter any problems in regards to this new update (or general), please let us know by commenting or using the feedback form.

A new option is available to pause your video at a specific cuepoint, to let your viewers focus on what you want to show them. Go ahead and try it!

Let us know what you think, comment here or send us your feedback using the form. Thanks!

As of today it is possible to ‘recycle’ cuepoints.

In the ‘Add Cuepoint’ screen, you now have 2 options (see screenshot below).

This means you can use the same piece of content several times within your video. Editing the original cuepoint will affect all recycled ones.

We hope you enjoy this new option and will surprise you soon with more!

Today we introduced a completely new embed object. It has improved browser compatibility and a sleeker design.

Clicking on the object will trigger ThickBox, which will show the VIDDIX production of your choice in full glory. It’s a great way to enhance your website or blog.

If you’ve got any questions and/or feedback, please let us know.

After 4 weeks of development we're introducing a completely new & improved dashboard for our registered users. By taking the dashboard out of the VIDDIX player, we created a more user-friendly interface and room for additional functionality.

The VIDDIX team will implement new dashboard updates/upgrades regularly, so check the blog if you want to know how to get the most out of VIDDIX.

We hope you'll enjoy the new dashboard and welcome your feedback.

From now on, everyone has two options to integrate VIDDIX into their website: video-only or the full VIDDIX player.

 

Full embed
Get the complete VIDDIX experience on your own website. This configuration is powered by ThickBox. Make sure you have it included in your webpages before using the full embed code. To learn how to activate ThickBox on your pages check: http://jquery.com/demo/thickbox/.
ThickBox is not only great for VIDDIX, but for a lot of other applications too. It’s another free and valuable addition to your website.

After installing ThickBox, simply copy and paste the full-embed code of your video (in the videoinfo screen) to your website. A small preview image of your video will appear, and when clicked, an overlay will open and show the full player. Not only stylish but practical as well, as it will fit into any website (the full player is quite large).

This is an example of the result:

Wordpress
For people using Wordpress there is a useful plugin (powered by Gavin Barker), making it even more easy to use Thickbox. Just extract the file, upload it to your plugins folder, activate it. Now you can use the embedcode on your site.

Video-only
The simple & easy option without the iPanel. To use this embed option, copy and paste the embed code to your website (you can find this code in the videoinfo screen of your video).

This is an example of the result:

For the complete VIDDIX experience, the full embed solution is the way to go.
 
 

Use these embed versions to show your VIDDIX videos everywhere!
If you encounter any problems please let us know.