What is eZs3?

eZs3 is a Software-As-A-Service for media

By hosting your video and audio files at Amazon S3, you get fast, reliable and affordable hosting. To turn those files into players which you can embed and play on the web - you need eZs3 !
You get awesome player options and designs, you protect your intellectual property and most importantly, you can save time.

Use eZs3 to put video on your webpage in 3 simple steps:-

• Step 1 - upload your media to your own Amazon S3 account

• Step 2 - create your a player with eZs3's great player features

• Step 3 - paste the embed code and your video is on your webpage

And that's it!

Click on the buttons to the left to find out more about the great player features at eZs3!

Player Features

With eZs3 you can customize players to suit you

• Supported file types include:- .flv, .mp4, .mp3, .mov, .wmv, Camtasia Studio productions, .swf, .pdf, .gif, .png & .jpg

• Over 12 player styles for MP4/FLV files



• Over 12 player styles for MP3 files

• Set the dimensions of player - width and height - to fit your webpage

• Set player to autoplay - your video starts as soon as your page opens

• Add a start image - show any image you want before the start of your video

• Video bug - assert your IP like Oprah, Jerry Springer or Judge Judy by placing a video bug in the corner of your video

• Auto-update - any changes you make after embedding the player are automatically applied to the player, wherever it is

• Create an flv/mp4 playlist or an mp3 jukebox using your players - Example Playlists

• Increase security using the Timed Link and Encode URL settings

Social Media Player

The world's first SEO optimized social media player

Do you want to go viral? Do you want your viewers to Tweet, post and bookmark your video?

Use the Social Media Player

Bookmark links at the bottom of your video re-direct your viewer to a social network site and auto-fills their tweet or post, including a shortened link back to your video

The tweet or post uses the headline of your page as its content

Imagine how great this is now that Google loves Twitter - you can increase your page ranking by using the right keywords in your headline

And with the link back straight to your video - you can increase your audience

Then utilizing a premium feature such as the Underlay you can auto-redirect viewers to a sales page, a sign up form or a buy now button at the end of your video

Quick Players

After user feedback - we realised we needed a way to make players even quicker..
..so we created 'Quick Players'

Quick Players are templates that you can create, using all the usual player features, to suit your site

With a Quick Player template, you can create a player in one click!

The player can also be changed afterwards, if you wish to tailor it

Or you can change the original template..

Or you can create as many templates as you like..

This feature is great if you want to create lots of players for one site or a set of training videos which you want to all follow the same look

Vidgets

Do you want to add a comments box, banners or download option to your video?

Do you want to turn your videos into an RSS feed?

Well you can do all this and more by adding widgets to your video..

..a video with widgets = vidget

You can add any of these widgets, or a combination of them, to your video to create a truly interactive display

Widgets include:-

• social bookmarks (including Twitter and Facebook)
• comments box
• email to friend
• banner
• rotating banners
• rss feed
• download
• ratings
• favorites

Quick Vidgets

Quick Vidgets brings together the interactivity of vidgets with the speed of Quick Players

Using all the usual widget options for a vidget, you can create a template using all your favourite widgets

This template can then be selected to create a Vidget in a couple of clicks

Business Users

If you have a team of people, some uploading footage, others creating players and embedding on your site, you may need multiple access to your S3 account

But you don't want to share your log in details with a team - who can then access all of your files and folders in your account

To solve this problem eZs3 have created a Business User account - in 2 options

• up to 3 users
• up to 5 users

Both types allow you to manage your sub-users, cut off their access, hide your S3 keys and maintain your account security.

Sign up for a Business User Account

Premium Features

The Underlay

Use the Underlay to make your videos interactive. At the end of your video you can:-

• automatically re-direct viewers
• add a buy now button
• show an opt in form
• display a banner
• start a questionnaire
• include a survey

You can use any HTML code to appear at the end of your video, making a fully flexible tool

See the Underlay in action

Amazon S3 Account Management

With eZs3 you can manage all aspects of your Amazon S3 account

• Create folders

Create folders in your S3 account for any of the four data regions (US Standard, Northern California, EU and Singapore) and choose whether to make it public or private
• Upload media

Upload to your Amazon S3 account using either our Desktop File Manager, specifically created to avoid many content issues such as access permissions and file names
Or use our Java applet, ideal for when you are on the go as it doesn't require downloading
• Download media

Use a file download link or one of our uploaders to also download media from your account - great if you have a large team so you can easily share files pre- and post- editing
• Change access permissions

Allow your viewers to watch your videos but keep raw files or other media private - easy to use panel allows you to choose whatever settings you want
• Create CloudFronts

Create, delete, edit and update CloudFronts using eZs3 - see the CloudFront & Streaming section for more

Amazon CloudFront & Streaming

With eZs3 you can create and manage your CloudFronts

Amazon CloudFront is a way of delivering your media that reduces latency, loading time and stuttering - making your video better and faster!

Using Adobe technology, you can also create streaming cloudfronts

With a streaming cloudfront you can achieve all the same things as with a normal cloudfront, but the viewer can also jump to any point in the video, forwards or backwards. You can also deliver even larger, better quality videos - with the same speed and reliability.

Amazon CloudFront allows you to serve up your data from edge servers - which are closer to your viewer and so speed up video delivery.

Amazon CloudFront can also now be served up from secure locations (https pages) - adding more protection to your file

Free Version

The free version of eZs3 offers reduced functionality - for those who want a free service but have more time - as they won't benefit from time savers such as the Quick Players

With the free service you can only create players for MP3 audio and FLV/MP4 videos

The free service player uses the Social Media Player (see link above) which has links to social bookmarking sites - so you can go viral - with a 'powered by ezs3' tagline link

With the free version you can manage your S3 account, upload media, create players, embed players and manage CloudFronts.

Features not included in the free service:-

• quick players
• vidgets
• quick vidgets
• web uploader
• other file types (such as mov, pdf and wmv)
• other player styles
• jukeboxes and playlists

Sign up for the free service

Security & Protection

First things first - your video can never be completely secure

It seems shocking - but whatever lengths you go to - someone can always just screen record your video and then upload it to a sharing site

However, there are some ways to protect your files...

• Watermark

With eZs3 you can add a video bug or watermark to your video like Jerry Springer or Oprah, marking your intellectual property. Use any image you want and even turn it into a clickable link - redirecting to any website you want.
• Streaming

Choose to stream your content so that your video is not downloaded to your viewer's cache - making it more difficult for them to acquire a full copy of your video. eZs3 gives you full access to creating and managing streaming CloudFronts in your Amazon S3 account.
• Lock to URL

Use eZs3 player options to lock down your video player to one URL - so that it will only play on that one website. If someone copies your embed code and pastes it on another site, the video will not play, preventing you from paying to host content on other people's websites.
• Timed Link

An eZs3 feature created to stop people from hot linking to your content. Hot linking is where people are linked directly to your content - not only distributing your content, but making you pay for the downloads! The Timed Link allows you to make your content available for only an hour, reducing the impact of hot linking.