This is Part 1 of a series of articles to help you setup your own media player.

You’ve got videos, lots of them. Or you want users to upload video to your site.
In either case, how will you showcase all these videos on your site?

There are many options out there.
One of the more elegant + free solutions I like to use is provided by Brightcove.

To setup your own Brightcove media player and user-generated campaign, you’ll first need to setup an account.

OVERVIEW
1. Setup an account with BrightCove.tv
http://www.brightcove.tv/registration.jsp

2. Add your information here
http://www.brightcove.com/content_owners/network/add-account-form.cfm

3. Using your newly created account, sign in here
http://admin.brightcove.com/

4. After you have signed in, you can begin creating your media player.
To create your full media player, you will need to :

a. Upload your video
b. Create a title
c. Create a lineup
d. Customize your player

Next | Part 2 – UPLOADING YOUR VIDEO TO BRIGHTCOVE