Aurigma Video Uploader的使用一般情況非常簡單：

1.       用戶打開一個嵌入了Aurigma Video Uploader的頁面。

2.       通過他的文件夾和視頻導航而不需要離開瀏覽器。

3.       一旦找到合適的視頻，Video Uploader將它轉(zhuǎn)換為WMV文件格式。

4.       轉(zhuǎn)換后的視頻就會被上傳到您的網(wǎng)站。

5.       為了使該電影能夠在線播放，您需要使用基于Silverlight的視頻播放器。

Video Uploader與傳統(tǒng)的服務器端的FLV轉(zhuǎn)換編碼

Aurigma擁有的技術(shù)和法律上的優(yōu)勢已超越了在您的服務器上轉(zhuǎn)換視頻的傳統(tǒng)方法。

技術(shù)優(yōu)點

從技術(shù)的角度來看，您可以從服務器上轉(zhuǎn)移大量資源耗費型的視頻轉(zhuǎn)換操作到客戶端上。不需要分配強大的服務器，它除了視頻轉(zhuǎn)換其它什么也不做。它使得您可以顯著地降低您的IT成本。

法律上的優(yōu)勢

從法律的角度來看，Microsoft的視頻技術(shù)比起o Adobe FLV更為優(yōu)越。Adobe的視頻格式只支持專有的視頻編解碼器，它有相當嚴格的許可條款。這就是為什么FLV編碼許可需要用戶在轉(zhuǎn)換大量視頻或一個服務器基礎上交納大量的費用。與此相反，微軟不收取任何轉(zhuǎn)換成WMV視頻格式的費用。因此，您可以節(jié)省您需要支付給Adobe的大量的許可費用。

額外的視頻處理能力

Aurigma Video Uploader能完成的不僅僅是轉(zhuǎn)換任何視頻文件為WMV視頻格式。它還擁有的其他視頻處理功能您將會發(fā)現(xiàn)其非常有用。

視頻大小調(diào)整

使用Aurigma您可以在上傳過程中降低視頻的尺寸。如果您由于帶寬的限制，不想用戶上傳高清的視頻，那么您可以配置Video Uploader來調(diào)整視頻的大小，比如，640x480。

為視頻獲得一個縮略圖

當您在一個網(wǎng)站上顯示一個可用的視頻列表時，您需以某種方式確定某一個視頻文件。一個最好的主意是從一個視頻中顯示一個隨機的幀作為一個縮略圖。Video Uploader能夠抓取一個幀并伴隨編碼轉(zhuǎn)換后的視頻文件一起發(fā)送。

剪切視頻區(qū)間

您可以配置Video Uploader來抓取一個視頻影片中的一部分。例如，需要第10分鐘的片段，或者剪切從第5分鐘到第7分鐘的片段。如果您不想您的用戶提交過長的視頻，這一功能非常有用。

添加水印

如果您想防止您網(wǎng)站上的視頻沒有經(jīng)過您的許可被發(fā)布到其他網(wǎng)站上，一個好的辦法是在這些視頻上傳之前加上您的站標。Aurigma Video Uploade能夠做到這一點。

A general scenario of Aurigma Video Uploader usage is pretty simple:

1. A user opens a page with Aurigma Video Uploader embedded inside.
2. They navigate through their folders and videos without leaving a browser.
3. Once the right video file is found, Video Uploader converts it into WMV file format.
4. Converted video is uploaded to your website.
5. To play this movie online, you use Silverlight-based video player.

Video Uploader vs. Traditional Server-side FLV Transcoding

Aurigma has both technological and legal advantages over traditional methods of converting videos to FLV on your servers.

Technology Benefit

From technological point of view, you can shift very resource-intensive video conversion operation from servers to clients. No need to allocate powerful servers which will do nothing but video transcoding. It allows you to reduce your IT costs significantly.

Legal Benefit

From a legal point of view, Microsoft video technology is superior to Adobe FLV. Adobe video format supports only proprietary video codecs which have quite rigorous license terms. That's why FLV encoding license requires users to pay a lot of fees based on amount of converted videos or a pretty large flat per-server annual fee. By contrast, Microsoft does not charge anything for transcoding to WMV. Therefore you will save a lot of money on license fees you would pay to Adobe.

Extra Video Processing Capabilities

Aurigma Video Uploader can do more than just convert any video file to WMV. It has a number of other video processing features you may find extremely useful.

Video Resize

With Aurigma you can reduce video dimensions during upload. If you do not want your users to upload HD videos due to the limited bandwidth, you can configure Video Uploader to resize it to, say, 640x480.

Get A Thumbnail for Video

When you display a list of videos available on a website, you need to identify a video file in some way. A good idea is to display a random frame from a video as a thumbnail. Video Uploader is able to grab a frame and send it along with the transcoded video file.  

Cut Video Interval

You can configure Video Uploader to grab only a portion of a video movie. For example, take only first 10 minutes, or cut a fragment from 5th minute to 7th. This is useful if you do not want your users to post lengthly videos.

Add Watermarks

If you want to prevent the video from being distributed to other websites without reference to you, it is a good idea to put your logo on this video before upload. Aurigma Video Uploader can do this during