Before uploading your video, please make sure it meets our recommended guidelines to ensure proper display. Click here to view our Image/Video Format Guidelines.
There are 3 things you'll need to do to add a video using Slipstream:
Install a new video template to add your video to
Edit the template and put your video into it
Add the template to your Slipstream playlist
STEP 1: Install a new video template to your playlist
- Click Slipstream in the Menu on the left side of the screen:
- click New Job so that you can view the template library
- Click on Template Library:
- Search and Find the template called "Full Screen Video"
- Once you've found Full Screen Video, click it and select Install:
Once the Template installs, you will be brought back to My Templates, you just need to edit the template to add your video.
STEP 2: Add the video to the Full Screen Video template
Now that you have a new Full Screen Video template, you need to edit it to add your video.
- Click on the Full Screen Video template to open the menu, and select Edit:
You should now see a preview of the template.
- Click on Edit Template in the top left of the page
- You should now see a window called "Edit Video Player Plus". Here is where we can upload our video file.
- Click the Upload button
- Then select the video from your computer and click Open
The video should now appear in the Media Library.
- 1. Remove the placeholder video by selecting the (-)Minus sign, then
- 2. drag and drop your video into the Video Playlist on the left:
- You can add multiple videos to one video template. When you have added all your videos, click the blue Save button:
Now you need to save the changes to the entire template.
- Hover over the Save Changes button in the top left, and click Save Changes in the dropdown
- You should now see your video appear on the screen. Click the Back button to go back to Slipstream:
OPTIONAL: Rename your template
You may want to rename the template so you can distinguish it from other templates you have installed
- Click on the Full Screen Video to open the menu, and select Rename:
- For Example, since this template contains my sample video, I'll name it "Sample Video":
STEP 3: Add the video template to your Slipstream playlist
- drag the template from My Templates over to the Live Playlist
- Once you see it on the left under Slipstream, Click Next
- select which playlists from the Master List you want to add this Video to and move them to Selected Destinations
- select how you want the video to display in the playlist
Insert Before - Video will display before all other templates
Insert After - Video will display after all other templates
Replace - Only this video would display and it would clear any other templates.
- click Run Job
Your video has now been added to the selected playlists. Your players should automatically update and begin displaying it within the next 10-15 minutes.
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