ArtfulBits Videofor Microsoft® SharePoint®

User Guide
Overview .................................................................................................................................................................... 2
Feature List ............................................................................................................................................................. 3
Why ArtfulBits Video? ................................................................................................................................................. 3
How to Use ................................................................................................................................................................. 4
ArtfulBits Video Web Part.................................................................................................................................... 4
ArtfulBits Video Column ...................................................................................................................................... 6
Release Notes ............................................................................................................................................................. 7
See Also ...................................................................................................................................................................... 8Remarks...................................................................................................................................................................... 9

OverviewVideo Column and Video Web Part are powerful controls made for uploading, managing, linking and playing video
files. These controls support variety of video files that can be uploaded from computer, or linked from SharePoint
library or streamed from direct URL.

Feature ListFeature

SharePoint
Foundation 2010

Microsoft SharePoint
Server 2010

Supports large number of video file formats(AVI, WMV, SWF, FLV, MP4, MPEG and any other ones supportedby the Windows Media Player)
Linking to external video source
Allow chose video from SharePoint Library
Ability to upload video file from computer
Quick-play from list view
Ability to set default video size

Why ArtfulBits Video?
Standard SharePoint Media Web Part and Media column presents only in SharePoint Server and can be used only toplay WMV video and WMA, MP3 audio files. ArtfulBits Video allows you easy to organize your rich media the way itwas meant to be.

How to Use
ArtfulBits Video Web PartYou can use the Media Web Part to play audio or video clips on a page. To use the ArtfulBits Video Web Part you
must first add it to your desired page as any standard Web Part.

Click on player to configure it. The ribbon "Media Options" tab with player settings will appear.

To configure the Video Web Part to display a specific audio or video file, point to "Change Media", and then selectone of the following:
1. "From Computer" – allows upload a file from your computer.
2. "From SharePoint" – open File Picker dialog box through which you can select a video file from SharePoint
Document Library, such as Assets Library, of any site within site collection.
3. "From Address" – chose this option to embed a video from a video-sharing website, and then type the URL
for the file you want to use.
By "Start media automatically" option you can specify whether you want the file to play automatically or not.
In the "Size" group on the ribbon, you can optionally specify any changes you want to make to the Horizontal andVertical size of the player.

ArtfulBits Video Column
ArtfulBits Video column enables users to embed video to list. Using this column, you link to a video file the same way
you link an image.

Release Notes
Versionv1.0(June 01, 2011)

Notes
Initial ReleaseSee Also
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Remarks
Information in this document may be outdated. Please, visit www.artfulbits.com for the latest product version.