Quick Start

After Web Video Machine is installed you are ready to go - the package include everything you need to start uploading, encoding and showing videos on the web.

Step 1 - Install the Sample Website

Note: this step is optional if you want already have your website running or if you want to start from scratch. The Machine does not need this step to work.

Web Video Machine includes a sample website which you can use as a starting point to develop your video website.

The sample website is usually located at (it depends on where the Machine is installed):

C:\Program Files\Web Video Machine\website\

In order to use this sample, you have to make sure you have it installed in IIS by creating a virtual directory.

IIS must have write permissions for the directory where you are going to upload video ("in" directory). Otherwise you won't be able to upload video.

To finish the website installation you must check if it is working:

• Open the website in your preferred web browser by using a URL with the form:
  http://yoursitedomain.com/website/default.html
• Click the "Upload Video" link on the left side and try to upload a video. The upload was successful if you can see the uploaded video inside the "in" directory.

Step 2 - Start the Machine

Open the Dashboard by going to the the Windows Start Menu.

Open the settings file "FLV.XML" located in: C:\Program Files\Web Video Machine\settings\

Select the third tab "Workers":

Change the "Files" section according to the directories of the website:

• "Input Queue Folder" should point to C:\Program Files\Web Video Machine\website\in
• "Encoded Files Folder" should point to C:\Program Files\Web Video Machine\website\out
• "Processed Files Folder" should point to C:\Program Files\Web Video Machine\website\done
• "Error Files Folder" should point to C:\Program Files\Web Video Machine\website\error
• Leave "Encoding Config" as it is.

Click the "Start" button on the first tab:

Once you click it, the machine will start working and the button's label will change to "Stop".

Step 3 - Enjoy!

After the machine is working, you'll notice that it starts encoding a video as soon as you upload a new video.

You can now close the Dashboard as the Machine will continue working in the background as a Windows Service.