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Important settings

You should adjust or make the following settings right at the beginning:

Change portal title and metadata​

At Configuration -> Basic -> Portal please change portal title, portal description, portal keywords, portal email address and copyright notice to your data.

Please also check the web address again. This must be according to your complete domain, under which the VIMP installation is accessible (incl. https://).

E-mail dispatch​

Set up the e-mail dispatch under Configuration -> Basic -> E-mail. Select between native sending (via the VIMP server) and sending via an external SMTP server. We recommend the latter variant. Configure the sending method using the other configuration parameters on the page.

Rich Text Editor​

For a more comfortable formatting of text in input fields you can activate a Rich Text Editor (RTE). Choose between the CKEditor and the TinyMCE at Configuration -> Components -> Component Settings -> Rich Text Editor.

Transcoding settings​

Decide for the transcoding between the default OpenSource transcoding or the external Transcoding WebService. Make the selection at Configuration -> Transcoding -> Transcoding settings -> Transcoder type.

The Transcoding WebService has to be installed separately. For further information please refer to our FAQ.

For OpenSource transcoding we recommend to enable Parallel Transcoding. Furthermore, we recommend to activate native HLS as follows:

Configuration -> Transcoding -> Transcoding Settings -> Transcoding OpenSource:

• Enable native HLS support

Configuration -> Streaming -> Streaming Settings:

• Enable streaming: On

• Streaming protocol: Native HLS

• Enable adaptive bitrate streaming: On

Native HLS provides many of the benefits of a real streaming server without having to have one installed.

Role permissions​

Please also check the role permissions right away, especially for the Administrator role. To do this, open the "Roles & Permissions" item in the upper link bar of the admin panel and edit the permissions of the Administrator role.

Since administrators should normally have access to all functions, it makes sense to activate all permissions in this role. You can do this with a click on “mark all” at the end of the permissions list.

Check the permissions of the other roles you want to use accordingly.

Favicon​

If possible, change the favicon of your VIMP installation to your own. The default favicon can be found in the web/ directory of your VIMP installation and can easily be replaced there with your favicon.

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