Quick step-by-step instructions to manage your video content for Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and Web application using Vimeo for hosting videos:
Note: if you use Bunny CDN for video storage, refer to our OTTfeed Quickstart Guide (OTTfeed + Bunny CDN). For storage options other than Vimeo or BunnyCDN, follow the steps in our OTTfeed Quickstart Without Vimeo or BunnyCDN Account.
- Log into your OTTfeed account by going to https://my.ottfeed.com.
- Click on the Vimeo link in the top navigation.
Note: If you don’t have a Vimeo Pro/Standard account or higher, and you are hosting videos on a third-party server or a CDN, read OTTfeed Quickstart Without Vimeo Account.
- Connect your Vimeo account to OTTfeed by checking our step-by-step instructions on How to Connect Vimeo Pro/Standard Account to OTTfeed.
- Import your Vimeo videos metadata and select the video category you are importing (e.g., short-form video, movie, etc.).
For more information on video types, read our Different Video Content Types article. - Go back to the Homepage and click on each video.
- On the video detail page, make sure you have all the required metadata to publish your video (e.g., title, description, tags, etc.).
- After all your content is ready and published, go to “Manage categories.”
- On the Categories page, you can create your categories in two ways using titles or tags.
For more information about categories, read our Create Categories article. - When ready to publish your changes, navigate to the homepage and click “Publish Feed.” This action generates a static JSON file containing all your published content metadata, enabling your application (e.g., Roku) to access it.
- Launch your application (e.g., Roku) and check for the latest changes.