Video directories

A video in Hyper 8 is, at its simplest, represented by a directory that contains a single video file:

my_video/                     <--- Video directory
└─ original.mp4                 <--- Video file

The name of the directory (which may only contain alphanumeric characters, - and _) determines the permalink for the video, that is, the URL/web address under which the video will appear publicy on the web if you publish your site online (e.g. a local directory name my_video could make the video available under the hypothetical web adress https://example.com/my_video/).

More widely speaking, a video in Hyper 8 can be video and/or audio, and can be (re)presented through multiple video and audio files to cover a range of qualities/formats. It can also be augmented with subtitle files and a poster image that is shown in thumbnails and before the video is played back. If there is no poster image, Hyper 8 will always compute one automatically (by taking a frame from the video).

A video directory can be identified as a video directory also by just placing a video.eno file inside it, regardless of whether there is even already a video file in it.

Video files

Currently the extensions m4v, mp4, mkv, mov and webm are supported.

Subtitle files

Currently the extensions srt and vtt are supported.

By naming your subtitle files with a language code (in BCP 47 format), Hyper 8 can automatically determine its language, for instance en.srt would indicate english subtitles while fr.vtt would indicate french subtitles.

Audio files

Currently the extensions aac, aiff, alac, flac, mp3, ogg, opus, and wav are supported. Note that the streaming player will only present an automatically chosen single "Audio" option to your viewers, but viewers can access all audio formats through the downloads (when downloads are enabled).