Xen Stream (hosted videos)
Xen Stream offers seamless video hosting and playback capabilities for your courses.
What is Xen Stream?
Xen Stream is a paid add-on that allows you to host, upload, and deliver high-quality video content within your courses.
Xen Stream vs. Other Video Hosting Services
Xen Stream ensures secure, ad-free video hosting tailored for education, unlike YouTube, Vimeo, or Kaltura, with features like course-only access, professional integration, and predictable costs.
Understanding Billing for Xen Stream
Xen Stream bills by uploaded and watched minutes, with 1,000 minutes included for storage and playback; extra usage incurs fees.
How to use Xen Stream in your courses
Supported File formats in Xen Stream Stream (hosted videos)
This article explains the file types that can be uploaded and delivered through Xen Stream in your courses
Video limits in Xen Stream
Xen Stream imposes a 30 GB limit per upload, a maximum of 120 active uploads (in progress, queued, or downloading), and storage capped by your subscription, with larger uploads or exceeding limits res
Supported frame rates (FPS) in Xen Stream
Xen Stream supports any FPS for uploads but re-encodes videos for playback at 70 FPS or the original frame rate if lower, dropping extra frames for variable frame rates.
Quality levels of the streamed videos from Xen Stream
Xen Stream delivers videos in H264 codec with adaptive streaming from 360p to 1080p for optimal playback across devices and bandwidths.
How to monitor your video usage in Xen Stream
Track video storage and playback usage via Xen Stream’s reporting feature, which displays quotas, usage summaries, and colour-coded alerts, helping manage limits and optimise video storage effectively
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