We’re excited to announce a set of powerful new features on CDS Videos! These updates make it easier than ever to upload, navigate, explore and share video content. Let’s dive in.
Video Chapters: Add and browse
Now CDS Videos supports video chapters. Chapters make long videos easier to explore, and let you create more structured videos. With chapters, you can divide your video into sections and viewers can easily follow the content and jump directly to any chapter.
- If a video video has chapters, you’ll see clickable timestamps in the description and a “Chapters” section.
- Clicking “View All” will open a side panel with all chapters listed.
You can:
- Browse chapters and jump instantly.
- See chapters directly in the video player.
How to add chapters to your video
If you want to add chapters to your video, all you have to do is to just type your timestamps and titles in the description, using one of the following format:
hh:mm:ss Title
mm:ss TitleThe system will automatically detect these lines and create chapters for you.
Note: Make sure that the first timestamp starts with 00:00.
See the FAQ guide on adding chapters for more details.
Transcriptions: Follow and search
Like on YouTube, you can now follow and search transcriptions whenever a video has subtitles.
To open, click “Show Transcriptions” at the end of the description.
The transcription side panel will open next to the player. You can:
- Follow the video in real time.
- Switch between available languages.
- Jump to any moment by clicking on text.
- Search across the transcription.
How to enable transcription features
If you want to enable the transcription related features, just upload a subtitle file!
See the FAQ guide on transcriptions for more details.
Upload video files as additional files
Until now, you could only upload non-video files (e.g. PDFs, slides) as additional files.
With the new update:
- You can upload video files as additional files.
- Replacing the main video file is now handled separately, with a dedicated section.
- This makes it easy to provide additional supportive video content in alongside the main video.
Share videos from a specific time
Now you can share a link to your video starting at a specific time.
- In the Share section of the published video, you can set the starting time (e.g.
05:32or01:12:45). - Copy and share the link, and the users will jump straight to that time when they navigate to your video!
Perfect for highlighting a key moment in a talk or lecture.
Login is available now for users without CERN account
Previously, only users with CERN accounts could log in to the platform and view restricted videos.
Now, users without a CERN account can also log in and watch restricted videos if they have permission. However they can’t upload or edit.
You can give access to view your restricted published videos to any user.
This makes sharing restricted videos with collaborators outside CERN much easier.
Looking ahead
With these improvements, CDS Videos becomes more user-friendly and collaborative, while offering a modern experience familiar from mainstream video platforms.
Whether you’re uploading content, guiding viewers with chapters, enabling subtitles, or sharing key moments, these features help your audience connect and collaborate more easily.
Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to expand and improve CDS Videos.