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How it works

 



FilmFlyNet allows you to screen your video content worldwide through a controlled secure system and to know who has watched your screener and when.

FilmFlyNet allows you to screen your video content worldwide through a controlled secure system and to know who has watched your screener and when. The system is secure as you can limit the maximum number of times each screening invitation can be seen, each stream is encrypted and no local copy of the content is made in the process. FilmFlyNet is cheaper, faster, more effective and more secure than the current practice of mailing physical dvds through the post office.If you are a content owner all you need is a single dvd with the content, a pc and a broadband internet connection. Once you have that, you are only a few steps away from sending your screeners .

To start using all our services: upload videos, send screening invitations, add content to the market place just activate our free trial. You will be provided with an out box, message and screenings status and an amount of free storage. You can buy more space if you need it. So click on try it free and follow the steps:

 

Register
° Fill in the registration form
° You will receive an activation email
° Click on the link in the email to complete registration.
Choose currency
We have 2 available currency: euro and dollar. Choose which one is more convenient to you so that a price list can be assigned to you. The free trial will be given in the chosen currency.

 

Activate free trial
As soon as you activate the free trial you will have full access to all the functions of the FilmFlyNet site.



Download the FFN Uploader
To upload your video contents, you first need to download the software provided.

Go to http://www.filmflynet.com/en/video/upload and click on the download link on the right column.

Download the appropriate version for your platform, and go through the installation process. (Currently, only Windows and Mac OS X versions can be downloaded. However, various Linux versions are available upon request.)

Start the Uploader dashboard, go to the Configuration tab and click on the Start automatic token configuration button. Your browser should now switch to the FFN site, fetch an authentication token, and go back to the Uploader dashboard. You may be asked to enter your FFN credentials. If all works properly, your Uploader should now be properly configured, and a message should appear at the top of the page confirming the Uploader registered with the site.

Should the automatic process not complete successfully, go to http://www.filmflynet.com/en/video/upload, generate a new token, copy it, open the Uploader Configuration tab again and past it into the Auth token field. Then click Update.

Now you should be able to upload files.

 

Upload video content
Start the FFN Uploader on your computer and go to the Files tab to browse through the folders on your computer. Just click on the file you want to upload. The upload will start immediately. The status of the upload is shown on the Transfers tab and on the FFN site athttp://www.filmflynet.com/en/video/upload. You can also upload several files at the same time. You can now safely close the FFN Uploader: the upload will continue in the backgound.

When the upload is complete, FFN will start processing the file, converting it into the default High and Low quality formats used for streaming. When the processing is complete, the video will be in the list of available videos shown at http://www.filmflynet.com/en/video.

Once you have your content stored on FilmFlyNet you can send screening invitations by just a click. No need to upload the same content again.

Video formats

Filmflynet accepts a wide range of video formats and will convert them automatically to the default high and low resolution formats used for streaming.

However, to minimize quality loss due to format conversion, we suggest that you upload the video content in a format as close as possible to the High resolution streaming format, indicated below, as in this case we will avoid conversion into the High resolution and only perform conversion to Low resolution. In all cases do not upload video of lower quality than the format below, as this will limit streaming quality in high resolution: 

  • Video format: H.264
  • Pixel aspect ratio: 1:1
  • Average bitrate video: 1000 kbits
  • Frame per second: 25
  • Resolution:
    • Width: 720 or less
    • Height: 576 or less
  • Audio format: AAC
  • Audio bitrate: 160 Kbits.
  • Samplerate audio: 44.1 KHz
If you do not have the video content available in this format but have it on a non protected DVD, we suggest that you download Handbrake, an open source, GPL-licensed  DVD conversion package, available at http://handbrake.fr, and use it to convert the DVD in the format above. We suggest to keep the resolution given by Handbrake.

Please, take a look at this page for further instructions on Handrake output settings.

For manual upload you can mail us an unprotected DVD containing the material you need to upload. Normally each upload will cost € 100 and will include 100 screening invitations, now it 's free of charge! Please mail us your dvd at the following address: FilmFlyNet Help Desk. Via leopardi 9, 20123 Milano, Italy.

 

 

Create project
To send screening invitations and show your content, you first need to associate your video content to a project. The project is the container of your film with added info and optionally related secondary videos, pictures and documents. When you send your film you send the project. The receiver will then benefit from having the film and added promotional
material all at once.

 

Send screening invitations
To send your projects go to >manage your projects>send. Also you can go to >send screening invitations and follow the wizard.
FilmFlyNet will send an email to each of the contacts containing a link to view the screener, on high definition format. You can limit the number of times each recipient can view the screener. There's no download, your recipient can just click and watch in secure streaming.

Message and Screening status
To see which contacts have read the mail, and which have actually watched the screener go to the Message and Screening status and check it out!



Optionally you can add your projects to the marketplace
so that additional potential buyers will be able to ask you for a screening invitation. Just set the status “visible in the market place” in the project registration form.