How to add uPLAY Streaming link to one of your movies?
uPLAY is an usheru product which allows our partners to upload their movies to Vimeo for users to buy or rent via their website. The funds are then transferred directly to your bank account via Stripe.
If you have uPLAY included in your contract, the option will be available in the left hand menu of your usheru dashboard and in the film edit menu as shown below.
(If this option isn't available please contact clientsupport@usheru.com for more info)
To use uPLAY you must have a Vimeo account as the first thing you must do to add uPLAY to one of your movies, is upload your film to Vimeo with the recommended privacy settings. If you are unsure about how to do this please check out this article. Once done you can begin the dashboard setup as detailed below.
STEPS
1.) Find Your Film - In your usheru dashboard, search for the film you want to edit. Click the pencil icon to edit and you will see edit menu. Click on uPLAY and then the yellow "Add Video" button.
2.) Create the Player - Next you need to enter the following details of the the movie.
- Website Name: First select your website name
- Video Source UL: Add your Vimeo URL which will look something like this: https://player.vimeo.com/video/[012345678]?h=[1z11z1z11z]
- Captions File -You can add a captions file here optionally.
- Video Title
- Language & Video Quality: Use the Language and Video Quality drop downs to select the quality and language of the film. You can add multiple versions of the video in different qualities and languages.
3.) Create your Availability - Now that the player has been created you now need to create an "Availability" to allow users to purchase the film with certain restrictions.
- Countries are the countries the video player and purchase process can be seen in
- Available from date: use this to set a date from which the player will be live on your site. E.g. you can add the video now for people to purchase but it will only become available to watch from next Friday.
- Available to - an end date when the video will be hidden from your site and purchasers will no longer be able to view it.
- Availability duration - the number of hours a purchaser has to watch the film after purchasing.
- Price - the price for this availability.