Video Uploading Procedure

Please do not include special characters on the file that is uploaded. Letters, numbers, hyphens and underscores are the only characters accepted.

Back-end video management URL (for searching)

Procedure for uploading a video

  1. A new video can be added directly by visiting the following URL: https://ww1.namm.org/admin/content/video/add. Alternatively, a video can be added/connected within another piece of content like NAMM U, Oral History via those content edit forms.
  2. Populate the fields:
    -- Category: Tag the video with the appropriate category. Upload fields will not be available unless a category is selected.
    -- Title: Do not use a video title like "NS17 Sizzle Video". These titles are exposed on the website and should not be titled the way we would name our video .project -- internally.
    -- Description: Give the video a description. This description will be exposed if the video is viewed in the context of a homepage video or the /video listing.
    -- Upload a Video: Upload your video file (Make sure the file name is web friendly! IE: No spaces or special characters.)*
    -- Upload a poster image: Upload the poster image that will display before the play button is pressed.
    -- You can ignore duration, HLS URL and Progressive URL fields.
  3. Leave the video unpublished initially then click Save. The video needs several minutes (depending on the length of the video) to process. YOU WILL SEE AN ERROR RIGHT AFTER THE INITIAL SAVING OF THE VIDEO. This is normal.
  4. After you have confirmed video is playing back correctly, you can edit the video, check publish and re-save.
  5. 'Promote to front page' is currently only used to place video on the homepage during the homepage takeover. We can add this criteria eventually for non homepage takeover featured videos.