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How To: VIMP – Initial setup

28. August 2019
How To: VIMP – Erstkonfiguration

In our “How-to” blogposts series we explain step by step how to use significant functions of VIMP and configure them accordingly to your requirements. This article gives you an overview of the initial configuration of VIMP – from presets to the integration of your logo.

Presets

After the installation of VIMP you can start directly with the configuration of the online video portal in the backend. To facilitate the entry for you, VIMP has predefined presets, which help you with the first adjustment. When using the portal for the first time, an overlay will open with which you can directly select the presets by clicking on “show presets”. This is also possible by clicking on the “presets” link in the top navigation of the backend. Now you can choose the preset that is most suitable for your online video portal. When you select a preset, the current configuration is always saved. However, you can also save your adjustment via the submenu item “save configuration”. If you want to return to the previous state, you can do this simply by selecting “restore configuration”.

Template

In the VIMP backend you can select different setting options via the menu item “Configuration” > “Templates”. With the Pacific template, by default the menu bar appears vertically next to your media. On the other hand, the menu bar of our Atlantic template is arranged horizontally above all media. The tile views of your media are also much larger. The Atlantic template is therefore perfectly suited for a Video on Demand platform, with even more focus on your content.

Would you like to customize the template according to the requirements of your corporate design? By means of HTML & CSS this can be realized pixel by pixel.

Logo

With little effort you can make the first adjustments to your corporate design using our logo upload. For this you have the possibility to upload your logo easily and uncomplicated through the VIMP backend (Backend > Configuration > Portal > Portal logo). Your Logo will then appear in the upper left corner of the frontend. Thus your video portal can receive a first individual recognition fast and simply. The uploaded logo also serves as a link to the homepage.

By these different functions VIMP enables you a complete adaptation of media and contents of your portal to your Corporate Design.

In the next part of our “How-To: VIMP” series we present you all important information and functions of our VIMP Player.

For further information or questions please contact us directly via phone (+49 (0)89 1200 1020) or via our contact form.

VIMP Installation Service

Leave the complete installation process of your VIMP platform to us.

 

The VIMP installation service includes:

To access your server from the outside, we need the following:

We recommend Linux as operating system. An installation under UNIX, BSD or Windows is also possible, but is not officially supported by us.

Minimum server requirements for installing VIMP:

Webserver

PHP

MySQL/MariaDB

Transcoding
Please install the transcoding tools exactly as described in the documentation. Installing the standard packages is not sufficient due to patent regulations.

CSS modifications
To concatenate modified CSS files, npm must be installed.

Hardware

As a minimum requirement we recommend:

For productive use we recommend:

We recommend using a RAID controller for additional data security.

VIMP Installationsservice

Überlassen Sie den kompletten Installationsprozess Ihrer VIMP-Plattform uns.

 

Der VIMP Installationsservice beinhaltet:

  • Vorbereitung Ihres Servers
  • Installation der erworbenen VIMP Software
  • Installation der Transcoding Tools

Um von außen auf Ihren Server zugreifen zu können, benötigen wir folgendes:

  • SSH-Zugriff auf Ihren Server (idealerweise als root)
  • Vorinstalliertes Hosting (Apache + MySQL/MariaDB)

Wir empfehlen Linux als Betriebssystem. Eine Installation unter UNIX, BSD oder Windows ist ebenfalls möglich, wird von uns aber nicht offiziell unterstützt.

Minimale Servervoraussetzungen für die Installation von VIMP:

Webserver

  • Apache2
    • Version 2.4 empfohlen
  • oder NGINX

PHP

  • Version 7.1 – 8.0
  • GD-Bibliothek, openssl, cURL, MySQL, mbstring, PDO, pdo_mysql und XSL-Erweiterungen müssen installiert sein
  • PHP CLI (Command Line Interface) muss installiert sein
  • SourceGuardian Extension (außer für ViMP Ultimate Extended)

MySQL/MariaDB

  • MySQL: Version 5.7 – 8.0
  • MariaDB: Mindestens Version 10.2
  • InnoDB muss installiert sein

Transcoding
Die Transcoding-Tools bitte genau wie in der Dokumentation beschrieben installieren. Die Installation der Standardpakete ist aufgrund patentrechtlicher Bestimmungen nicht ausreichend.

  • FFmpeg
  • FFProbe
  • exiftool (>10.8)
  • time

CSS-Anpassungen
Um modifizierte CSS-Dateien zu verketten, muss npm installiert sein.

Hardware

Als Mindestanforderung empfehlen wir:

  • Quad-Core-Prozessor
  • 8 GB RAM
  • 500 GB Festplattenspeicher (die benötigte Größe hängt im Wesentlichen von der Medienzahl ab)

Für den produktiven Einsatz empfehlen wir:

  • Hexa-Core-Prozessor oder besser (mehr Kerne ermöglichen insbesondere eine schnellere Transcodierung der Medien)
  • 32 GB RAM oder mehr
  • 2000 GB Festplattenspeicher oder mehr (die benötigte Größe hängt im Wesentlichen von der Medienzahl ab)

Wir empfehlen die Verwendung eines RAID-Controllers für zusätzliche Datensicherheit.

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