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VOD Edit Beta

With Video Center 1.123, Arc XP introduced a modernized video editing experience. We’ve rebuilt this key workflow from the ground up with the following goals in mind for editorial users:

  • Make it more intuitive to create videos: This update will feel familiar to editorial users - we’re bringing Video Center’s video editing interface in line with the way you edit stories in Composer and create galleries in Photo Center. Once you know how to create and publish content in one Arc tool, you’ll be able to confidently use them all.

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    The new video editing interface integrates better with Composer and Photo Center

  • Publish videos faster: We’ve addressed core user experience pain points within Video Center. You’ll no longer need to constantly refresh the page, be overwhelmed by system notification popups, or scroll endlessly to add all your metadata. We’ve also added in small improvements to common actions - like adding a filmstrip to make it easier to select your thumbnail image.

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    The new video editing interface includes a filmstrip to help you choose a thumbnail from the video

Note

  • As of Video Center 1.123, the video editing experience is in a closed beta. See the roadmap for release details.

  • Some advanced features are not yet available in VOD Edit Beta. To minimize editorial disruption, Arc XP recommends customers who used these advanced features wait until they are available before joining the beta program.

Editing interfaces comparison

The following screenshots show the main differences between the VOD Edit Legacy and VOD Edit Beta interfaces:

VOD Edit Legacy 

This is the existing video editing experience. We refer to it in this documentation as “VOD Edit Legacy.”

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VOD Edit Beta 

This is the new video editing experience. We refer to it in this documentation as “VOD Edit Beta”

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What happens when VOD Edit Beta is enabled for my organization?

Once VOD Edit Beta is enabled for your organization, all users in your organization will see the following:

  • When creating a video, users see an updated modal that includes all required fields:

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  • When editing any video (either new or pre-existing), users see the VOD Edit Beta experience:

    VOD_edit_Beta1.png

How can I switch between VOD Edit Beta and VOD Edit Legacy?

Once VOD Edit Beta is enabled for your organization, all users see this new experience by default. However, there may be cases when you need to complete a task that’s only available in VOD Edit Legacy.

In this case, you can select the “Switch to legacy video editor” option in the ellipsis icon_ellipsis.png menu:

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To switch back to the VOD Edit Beta experience, cilck the Return to VOD Edit Beta button on the top-right of the screen:

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What features are not yet included in VOD Edit Beta?

This is a list of remaining features in VOD Edit Legacy that are not yet available in VOD Edit Beta. If you need to accomplish any of these tasks, you need to switch to VOD Edit Legacy:

Video Upload 

  • Upload new version of video (coming in Video Center 1.125)

  • Re-encode video (coming in Video Center 1.125)

  • Create clip from live (from VOD Edit page)

  • View the Streams information (coming in Video Center 1.125)

Thumbnail 

  • Crop existing photo from Photo Center to use as video thumbnail (coming in Video Center 1.125)

Video Details 

  • Change Type of video

Other actions  

  • Configure advertising settings

  • Publish video to YouTube

  • Clone a video

  • Manage some settings under Advanced

Arc XP will be adding these features to VOD Edit Beta over the coming months, and will update this page (and the release notes for Video Center) accordingly.

When will my organization have access to VOD Edit Beta?

Arc will make VOD Edit Beta available to customers on a rolling basis as functionality is added to the beta. Here’s a high-level view of the rollout phases:

Closed Beta begins

(October 2025)

TAMs invite customers to the Closed Beta. For these customers only, VOD Edit Beta is enabled in Sandbox and Production

Beta available in Sandbox

(December 2025)

Arc XP enables VOD Edit Beta in Sandbox for all customers

Note

Arc XP does not enable VOD Edit Beta in Production for all customers at this time - that will happen in subsequent phases below

Iterative updates released to VOD Edit Beta

(Q4 2025 to Q1 2026)

  • Arc XP will add features to VOD Edit Beta with each release.

  • TAMs will invite additional customers to join the beta as Arc XP add the features they use. For these customers, VOD Edit Beta will be enabled in Production.

General Availability

(Late Q1 2026)

  • Once VOD Edit Beta has parity with VOD Edit Legacy, the new experience will be considered Generally Available for all customers.

  • The new experience will be enabled in Production for any remaining customers who did not enable it during the beta program.

  • At this time, Arc will announce the end date for Legacy VOD Edit. That end date will be approximately 1 month in the future. 

End date for Legacy VOD Edit

(1 month after GA date)

  • On this date, users will no longer be able to switch back to Legacy VOD Edit.

Note

Dates are approximate and subject to change.

Does this beta change the experience for editing Live Events?

No, the editing experience for live events is not changing as part of this beta program.

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