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Tutorials · 3 min read

Helpful PHP Scripts Pt 5: Update Video Settings in Bulk Without a CSV File

If you need to update the mp4Support setting and privacy settings for your videos, this script will let you do that in bulk.

Erikka Innes · February 11, 2021

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Tutorials · 4 min read

Helpful PHP Scripts Pt 4: Update Metadata for api.video Videos Using CSV

Update metadata for your videos in bulk using this script that uses a .csv file to make the changes!

Erikka Innes · February 10, 2021

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Tutorials · 5 min read

Building record.a.video part 4: Using the WebSpeech API for live captioning

The Web Speech API converts audio into text, in near real time, allowing to create 'instant' captions for any video being created in the app. This is an experimental API that only works in Chrome, but was so neat, I included it in record.a.video, because the idea of live captions was just too hard to resist!

Doug Sillars · April 9, 2021

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Video trends · 5 min read

How to be like Netflix with the power of api.video Analytics

Netflix has an incredible content recommendation system. Learn a little bit about what goes into how they make their recommendations, then browse api.video's analytics data tutorials.

Erikka Innes · April 10, 2021

A map showing viewer density per city using api.video data, Observable, Geocoding, and Open Layers

Tutorials · 6 min read

Api.video Analytics: Add markers representing viewer density per city to a map with Observable

Learn how to add a circle representing live stream viewership per city on a map using api.video, Open Layers, and Observable.

Erikka Innes · April 11, 2021

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Tutorials · 6 min read

Api.video Analytics: Build a Choropleth Map (and find out what one is)

Build a choropleth showing viewer density by country with Python and Observable!

Erikka Innes · April 8, 2021

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Video trends · 6 min read

Sample apps using api.video: a.video

Here at api.video we want to make it easy for people to share and distribute video, ensuring video is the **way** to communicate. But we are often asked - “what can I do with your API?” Read on to see some of the demos we have created!

Doug Sillars · April 15, 2021

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Product updates · 5 min read

2021: Wrapping up a great Q1 at api.video

We’re wrapping up a huge Q1 at api.video! This is the perfect moment for a review of what happened these last weeks and what our next milestones are.

Cédric Montet · April 20, 2021

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Tutorials · 4 min read

How to create Video Playlists with api.video's Player SDK

Use the api.video player and the player SDK to create a video playlist.

Doug Sillars · January 7, 2021

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Tutorials · 9 min read

Resume a video

Would you like to use session data to resume videos for your users? You can use the resume a video application to track each user's progress with the video, and then start the video at the last point their viewing was tracked.

Doug Sillars · January 12, 2021