Playbob - Simple Video Sharing

Playbob is a powerful, modern, and easy-to-use video hosting and sharing platform that lets you launch your own professional video hosting website in minutes.

Designed for speed, simplicity, and a seamless user experience, Playbob allows visitors and registered users to upload single or multiple videos effortlessly using drag-and-drop or traditional file selection. With real-time upload progress, automatic video thumbnails, and unique sharing links, uploading and sharing videos has never been easier.

Playbob offers smooth video playback, video downloads, embeddable video players, and automatic video conversion powered by FFmpeg to ensure compatibility across modern browsers and devices. Its flexible upload settings and video management features give you the tools to build and manage your own video hosting platform.

With powerful SEO features, customizable appearance settings, and a clean, fully responsive interface, Playbob delivers an excellent viewing experience across desktops, tablets, and mobile devices. Whether you’re creating a public video-sharing community or a private video hosting service, Playbob provides everything you need to get started.

Demo and documentation

• Frontend
• Link : https://demo.vironeer.com/playbob
• User Dashboard
• Link : https://demo.vironeer.com/playbob/login
• Email : user@vironeer.com
• Password : User1234
• Admin Dashboard
• Link : https://demo.vironeer.com/playbob/admin
• Email : admin@vironeer.com
• Password : Admin1234
• Documentation
• Link : https://docs.vironeer.com/playbob/index.html

Video Upload

• Drag and drop upload on the homepage and inside the user dashboard
• Upload multiple videos at once, with a live progress bar
• Chunk upload for large files
• Guest uploads and member uploads
• Separate limits for guests and members: storage, file size, files per upload, and expiry
• Password protection on upload
• Allowed video formats controlled from admin

Player

• HTML5 player on every watch page
• Embed player for any website
• Auto-generated thumbnail, used as the video poster
• MP4, WebM, and Ogg play immediately
• Other formats are converted to MP4 with FFmpeg
• Processing status while a video is being converted

Sharing

• Watch link and embed code, with one-click copy
• Share to Facebook, X, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Telegram, and Pinterest
• Public and private videos
• Optional password before playback
• Downloads can be enabled or disabled
• View counter and download counter
• Report a video

User Area

• Dashboard with storage usage and upload statistics
• Video library with search
• Edit title, description, keywords, privacy, and password
• Preview, share, download, and delete
• Registration, email verification, and password reset
• Login with email, Google, or Facebook
• Two-factor authentication

Storage

• Local server
• Amazon S3
• Wasabi
• Backblaze B2
• Set the default storage and test the connection
• Expired videos are deleted automatically

Monetization

• Ad placements on the homepage, watch page, and blog
• Ads above and below the player
• Show ads to guests, members, or both

Website

• Custom pages, FAQ, contact form, and how-it-works section
• Blog with categories and comments
• Header and footer menus
• Multi-language, including RTL
• GDPR cookie notice
• Fully responsive

SEO

• SEO title, description, and keywords for pages and videos
• Open Graph and Twitter cards
• Video structured data
• XML sitemap
• robots.txt and AI crawler control

Admin Panel

• Statistics for videos, users, and storage
• Manage member videos, guest videos, and reports
• Users, admins, login logs, and account blocking
• Logo, colors, and email settings
• Google Analytics, reCAPTCHA, and Tawk.to

Requirements

• Server Requirements
• PHP 8.4x
• Operating System : Linux or Windows
• Shared, VPS or Dedicated Server
• MySql: 5.7+
• Required Upgrades

These limits allow one video up to 1GB. To allow a larger file, raise post_max_size, upload_max_filesize, and memory_limit above that file size, and raise the time limits so the upload can finish.

• allow_url_fopen = on
• max_execution_time = 1200
• max_input_time = 1200
• post_max_size = 1024M
• memory_limit = 1024M
• upload_max_filesize = 1024M
• PHP Extensions
• BCMath
• Ctype
• Fileinfo
• JSON
• Mbstring
• OpenSSL
• PDO
• pdo_mysql
• Tokenizer
• XML
• cURL
• zip
• GD

News And Updates

ChangeLogs

 [NEW] Upgraded to Laravel 13 With PHP 8.4+ support [NEW] Redesigned the frontend with a clean paper/sheet look [NEW] Redesigned the admin panel with a clean paper/sheet look [NEW] Modern SEO: meta tags, Open Graph, Twitter cards, sitemap, robots.txt, llms.txt, and structured data [NEW] Dedicated SEO settings page for sitemap, robots.txt, llms.txt, and AI crawlers [NEW] Appearance settings: brand colors, logos, favicon, site icons, social image, and custom CSS [NEW] Custom Code settings for head and footer scripts [NEW] Site icons and web app manifest (Apple, Android, and Windows tile icons) [NEW] Optional title, description, and keywords for videos (editable by users and admins) [NEW] Automatic video thumbnails generated on upload [NEW] File System settings: allowed types and extensions as tags, chunk size moved here [NEW] FFmpeg conversion: non-browser video formats are converted to MP4 for watch pages and embeds [NEW] Processing status on watch/embed pages while a video is converting [NEW] How it works section (renamed from Features) with admin management [NEW] Private pages and routes are no longer indexed by search engines [NEW] Optional first/last name on registration (users can add them later in settings) [NEW] Smart avatars when no photo is uploaded (generated initials for users, Gravatar for admins) [NEW] Caching for settings, navigation, blogs, FAQs, how-it-works, and related public content [NEW] Custom branded error pages [NEW] Cookie notice and announcement popup components [NEW] Google Analytics 4 extension support [NEW] Google OAuth login (sign in with Google) [NEW] Blog uploads support WEBP and AVIF images [UPDATED] Cleaner admin page titles and video actions UI [UPDATED] Replaced language package with a simple cookie-based language switcher [UPDATED] Improved login page layout on desktop and mobile [UPDATED] Improved dashboard charts and recent videos [UPDATED] Improved advertisements and settings UI [UPDATED] Home page is now upload-first with an inline uploader [UPDATED] Frontend RTL support in the same stylesheet [UPDATED] Mobile menu opens with a smooth slide animation (right in LTR, left in RTL) [UPDATED] Blog article URLs are now /blog/{slug} [UPDATED] Removed the unused Blog Page Sidebar Top advertisement [FIXED] Several UI and RTL polish issues across auth, dashboard, watch page, and settings 

 [NEW] A completely new and improved version [NEW] RTL Supported 

 - Initial Release