Clipstream™ Video is licensed per server (domain or IP). When you purchase license, you will be sent a Codekey. Any Clipstream™ Video applet that references that key on your server will play without the flashing logo.

To obtain a Codekey, contact Clipstream™ Sales to discuss your needs. There are two ways to get in touch with us:

• by phone
• by web form
  

When you have worked out the details with your Clipstream™ Sales representative, you will be sent a Codekey. A Codekey is a string of numbers and letters that the Clipstream™ applet matches to your server (domain or IP).

It looks like this:

• save this Codekey in a safe location. There is an administrative charge for looking up or replacing lost codekeys.
  

Clipstream™ Video 2.5 refers to codekeys in a text (.txt) file called the codekeys.txt. Simply put, this is just a text file that you have pasted your codekey into which you have uploaded to the same server as your videos. A line of code in each applet refers to this text file. If you change your licensing or add time-restricted campaigns (such as ad campaigns) all you do is add the new codekeys into the same .txt file.

1. Locate the email containing the Codekey.

2. Use Notepad to create a .txt file. (Notepad can be found under the Accessories submenu in your Start menu)


3. Paste the Codekey into the .txt file. (each new Codekey should be on a new line)


Note: you can comment keys by typing a # symbol. Anything to the right of that symbol is ignored

4. Save the file as codekeys.txt.



Now upload the codekeys.txt and then authorize your applet so that it refers to the codekey.

1. Use an FTP program to upload the codekeys.txt to a central location on your web server.

2. Make note of its URL location.

Note: you only need one codekeys.txt. All of your video applets can refer to a single .txt file.



1. Open a web page where you have an existing Clipstream™ Video applet.

2. Use Notepad or a HTML editor so that you can adjust the applet code.

3. Locate the applet code. Search for where it says:


You will see a number of lines that begin with <param name=...

4. Create a new line anywhere in the applet and paste the following line:


Where it says [absolutelink], replace it (including the square brackets) with an absolute link to where you uploaded your codekeys.txt.


5. Save the page and upload it using your FTP program.



The applet on that page should now be licensed to play without the flashing logo.

1. Go the page which you just uploaded.

2. To play the video, click anywhere on the video frame or click the flashing play button.

It should play now without the flashing logo.

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