Smoothwall and Vimeo VOD Service

[fiza]

Has anyone used Smoothwall to allow through a Vimeo on Demand video? Our English Dept want to pay for a video that is behind the Vimeo VOD Service and we are not sure how to allow this through the Smoothwall.

[ibpalle]

We have a category for Vimeo - I would assume this needs to be not blocked as well as categories like Audio/Video. We do have a downloadable list of all the categories in our blocklist that you can find here: https://kb.smoothwall.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004511520 - take a look at the multimedia section. This is updated daily so it's a good idea to take a look every 3-4 months in case there are new categories that would be beneficial to use.

 

Is there any difference to a VOD service and the rest of Vimeo?

[fiza]

Is there any difference to a VOD service and the rest of Vimeo?

 

This is what I don't know. The VOD service is behind a paywall.

[nicholab]

This is what I don't know. The VOD service is behind a paywall.

 

Can you put a custom category together for staff?

[fiza]

Can you put a custom category together for staff?

 

I could but what would I put in it?

[ibpalle]

First find out why it's blocked. What's on the blockpage? What is the reason for the block?

 

Use the Vimeo category we have created in the blocklist under multimedia for an allow policy is one option but may not help depending on why it's getting blocked so find that out first.

[fiza]

First find out why it's blocked. What's on the blockpage? What is the reason for the block?

 

Use the Vimeo category we have created in the blocklist under multimedia for an allow policy is one option but may not help depending on why it's getting blocked so find that out first.

 

The situation is this : To see if the video gets blocked we have to pay to watch the video as it's behind the paywall at the link given

 

I wanted to know if Smoothwall treated paid for content on Vimeo differently?

[ibpalle]

Smoothwall does not know if content is paid for or not and it doesn't care really. It just cares about the content. If it gets blocked due to inappropriate content, you will have a URL you can allow.