How to add a Brightcove account
- Select your USER icon in the top right-hand corner of the page
- Select SOCIAL ACCOUNTS from the drop down menu
- Select ADD ACCOUNT
- Select BRIGHTCOVE from the menu
- Enter a NAME
- Enter your ACCOUNT ID, CLIENT ID and CLIENT SECRET follow the steps below to access your API details
- Select SUBMIT to finish adding your account
Accessing your account Id, client Id and client secret
- Login to your BRIGHTCOVE account
- Select the MEDIA dropdown button, this will reveal your account name and ACCOUNT ID
- Select ADMIN then select API AUTHENTICATION
- Select REGISTER NEW APPLICATION and input details of the account
- Select CMS-VIDEO READ, CMS-VIDEO READ/WRITE, DYNAMIC INGEST-CREATE, DYNAMIC INGEST-PUSH FILES for your EXPOSED BRIGHTCOVE APIs
- Take note of the CLIENT ID and CLIENT SECRET
Note: Make sure you take a copy of your CLIENT ID and CLIENT SECRET as you are not able to access them after the initial creation
Tip: Please see this article for a video showing the process of obtaining your ACCOUNT ID, CLIENT ID and CLIENT SECRET
How to share to a Brightcove account
- Select LIVE CLIPPING on the stream that you want to clip from
- Select a CAMPAIGN from the drop-down menu on the right-hand side of the page
- Set the IN and OUT points of your content
- Select a CAMPAIGN and add a SOCIAL MESSAGE
- Select your BRIGHTCOVE SOCIAL ACCOUNT and select SAVE AND SHARE
- A modal will appear where you enter a TITLE and DESCRIPTION
- Add any TAGS
- Select an INGEST PROFILE and STATUS
- Select SHARE TO BRIGHTCOVE to finish
Note: Geo-targeting will only work if your Brightcove account has this feature enabled. Your upload will still work, but the geo-data will be ignored.