You can license use of Clipstream Video 3 on
a website or series of websites over a length of time by using
Term
Licensing. With Term Licensing you can purchase a CodeKey referenced
by each Clipstream Video clip hosted on a domain or domains. License
terms can vary depending upon your project. This is different from
Publishing
(per-clip) licenses.
A discussion comparing all the licensing methods for Clipstream™ Video
is available here:
Note: This is the method of licensing used in all previous
versions of Clipstream Video.
How Term Licensing works
Clipstream™ Video is licensed per
server (domain or IP).
When you purchase license, you will be sent a
Codekey. Any
Clipstream™ Video applet that references that key on your server will
play without the flashing logo.
Contact a sales representative
To obtain a Codekey, contact
Clipstream™ Sales to
discuss your needs. There are two ways to get in touch with us:
When you have worked out the details with your Clipstream™ Sales
representative, you will be sent a Codekey. A Codekey
is a string of numbers and letters that the Clipstream™ applet matches
to your server (domain or IP).
It looks like this:
VPQ36SH57889CFH9LZ2M
- save this Codekey in a safe location. There is an administrative charge
for looking up or replacing lost codekeys.
Creating the Codekeys.txt file
Clipstream™ Video 3 refers to codekeys in a text (.txt) file called
the
codekeys.txt. Simply put, this is just a text file
that you have pasted your codekey into which you have uploaded to the same
server as your videos. A line of code in each applet refers to this text
file. If you change your licensing or add time-restricted campaigns (such
as ad campaigns) all you do is add the new codekeys into the same .txt file.
- Locate the email containing the Codekey.
- Use Notepad to create a .txt file. (Notepad can
be found under the Accessories submenu in your Start menu)
- Paste the Codekey into the .txt file. (each new Codekey should be
on a new line)
Note: you can comment keys by typing a # symbol. Anything
to the right of that symbol is ignored
- Save the file as codekeys.txt.
Upload the codekeys.txt
Now upload the codekeys.txt and then authorize your applet so that it refers
to the codekey.
- Use an FTP program to upload the codekeys.txt
to a central location on your web server.
- Make note of its URL location.
Note: you only need one codekeys.txt. All of your video applets
can refer to a single .txt file.
Authorize your existing applets
- Open a web page where you have an existing Clipstream™ Video
applet.
- Use Notepad or a HTML editor so that you can adjust the applet
code.
- Locate the applet code. Search for where it says:
<!-- Begin Clipstream Video applet code -->
You will see a number of lines that begin with <param name=...
- Create a new line anywhere in the applet and paste the following
line:
<param name="KeyURL" value="[absolutelink]codekeys.txt">
- Where it says [absolutelink], replace it (including the square brackets)
with an absolute link to where you uploaded your codekeys.txt.
ex.
<param name="KeyURL" value="http://www.clipstream.com/codekeys.txt">
- Save the page and upload it using your FTP program.
View the page remotely
The applet on that page should now be licensed to play without the flashing
logo.
- Go the page which you just uploaded.
- To play the video, click anywhere on the video frame
or click the flashing play button.
It should play now without the flashing logo.
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