Frequently Asked Questions
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General
How is this different from white label?
White label is the proposition that the service is yours rather than ours. Branding assets is the practical work of it: the specific files that have to exist, at the right sizes, for that to be true on every screen a viewer might see.
Content Management, General
What are the most common support requests on a streaming service?
Billing questions, playback on one particular device, and sign in problems. All three have factual answers already recorded in the platform, which is why keeping support close to those records shortens them so much.
Video Platform, General
What is conditional access on Vodlix?
Vodlix conditional access (CAS) is a system where each title carries rules on who can watch, in which countries, at what age rating and between which dates, and every play request is checked against them before a stream is issued.
Security & DRM, General
Can I sell bouquets alongside subscriptions?
Yes. Vodlix bundles work as add ons to a base subscription, as standalone purchases or as part of a premium tier, so a subscriber can hold a base plan plus one or more packs.
Live Streaming, General
What do viewers see when a search returns nothing?
A clear "No results" message for their query with a prompt to try a different title, genre or keyword, so they can adjust the search straight away instead of wondering whether it worked.
General
What is Continue Watching on Vodlix?
Vodlix Continue Watching is a home screen rail that resurfaces every partly watched title with a progress bar and a Resume button that returns the viewer to the exact second they stopped.
Video Platform, General
When does a title leave Continue Watching?
When the viewer passes the watched percentage or the seconds remaining mark set in Settings, such as 98 percent or 60 seconds left, whichever lands later. A finished episode can be replaced by the next one, ready to play from the start, and progress is kept for the number of days the operator chooses, counted from the last time the title was watched.
Video Platform, General
What happens to my original platform address after I add a custom domain?
It keeps working alongside your custom domain. If you later want a different domain, use Change Domain on the same screen; your current domain keeps serving viewers until the new one is verified.
General
Should I request custom development first on Vodlix?
No. Vodlix recommends first checking whether a requirement is a platform setting or an existing integration, since both cost far less than custom code and are often already available.
General, Integrations & API
Why is custom code expensive for a streaming platform?
Custom code must be maintained forever, survive every platform upgrade and be understood by whoever inherits it, whereas a Vodlix setting costs nothing after it is switched on.
General
What is the cheapest kind of feature on Vodlix?
A feature delivered as configuration is the cheapest, because it is already built, tested and maintained by Vodlix and costs nothing after it is enabled.
General, Integrations & API
How do I know if my requirement is real?
Ask whether it describes how something needs to work or how it used to work in a system you are replacing. A surprising share of bespoke requests are habits carried over rather than genuine constraints, and that is worth twenty minutes before it is worth a proposal.
Getting Started, General
Who maintains custom work afterwards?
That is the question worth settling before anything is built, along with what happens to it when the platform upgrades. It is the difference between custom work that pays for itself and custom work somebody later regrets.
General
How often should I change template?
Rarely, but the point is that you can. Services that find changing painful never change, which is how a front end quietly ages for three years and then needs an expensive rebuild all at once.
Content Management, General
Do I need to code to build a theme on Vodlix?
No. Vodlix custom themes are built with a visual editor that lets you adjust colours, typography, imagery and layout on a responsive template without writing any code.
General
Can I start from a template on Vodlix?
Yes. Vodlix provides a set of responsive theme templates as starting points, which you customise to your brand and preview live before applying.
General
Will a Vodlix theme look right on every device?
Yes. Vodlix themes are engineered to render correctly on web, mobile and TV, adapting to each device's screen size and input method while keeping your brand consistent.
General
Can I use my own colours and imagery in a Vodlix theme?
Yes. Your signature colours, logos and brand imagery apply throughout a Vodlix theme, across the website, mobile apps and TV apps, for a fully branded experience.
General
Where do I manage themes on Vodlix?
Themes are managed in the Vodlix Themes and Template Manager, which keeps all your theme options in one place so switching, refining or reverting a look is a quick, contained change.
General
Is the Vodlix video player branded as mine?
Yes. The Vodlix video player is white label and carries your logo, colours and controls, with no vendor logo in the frame.
Video Platform, General
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