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Share VOD / AOD media

Update 04/14/2026

This guide explains how to share video/audio files imported on an Infomaniak VOD/AOD service.

 

Preamble

  • When sharing a media hosted with Infomaniak, you have the possibility to specify, among other things:
    • the exact moment of the video (timestamp hour/minute/second) at which the viewer using the link in question will access
    • an expiration date for the share link
    • which of your Players should be used to play the media
    • the automatic start of the media once the share link is executed
    • the looped playback of the shared media
  • A share button (Whatsapp, X, etc.) can also be configured within the Player itself.

 

Share a VOD/AOD media from the Manager

To do this:

  1. Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
  2. Click directly on the name assigned to the product in question:
  3. Click on Media in the left sidebar menu.
  4. Click on Media Management in the left sidebar menu.
  5. Click on the action menu of the media in question in the table that appears.
  6. Click on Share:

 

You can also click on the media in question to have a more complete sharing solution:

  1. In point 5 above, click directly on the thumbnail of the media in question.
  2. Click on the blue Share button.
  3. Choose to create a share link:
  4. Set the desired options including the thumbnail of the shared video if necessary.
  5. Click the button to generate a share link:

 

Use the share link

Every time you click the button to generate or update the share link, you get a box proposing easy sharing to different platforms like Linkedin or Whatsapp:

To simply obtain a link leading directly to the media in question, click the link copy button.

Executing this link will display a simplified page broadcasting your media and the comment associated if you had indicated one:

A share button on this broadcast page allows you to reshare the video to other people or integrate it (including via an iframe code) directly on compatible platforms:

Modify or delete a share link

To do this:

  1. Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
  2. Click directly on the name assigned to the product concerned.
  3. Click on Media in the left sidebar menu.
  4. Click on Media Management in the left sidebar menu.
  5. Click directly on the thumbnail of the media concerned.
  6. Click on the blue Share button.
  7. Choose to modify a share link:
  8. From the page that appears, click on the action menu to the right of the link to modify or delete:

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