The better you are acquainted with your software, the easier it will be to work with it. Please take the time tо read our products' manuals and familiarize yourself with the information we have complied for you before starting off with your power subtitling tool.
This guide will walk you through the basic steps needed to start using EVS — from enabling EVS to uploading and sharing videos with your team.
Before you can start using EVS, you need to enable EVS for your account.
If no preference is specified, your files will be uploaded by default to a storage container in our Cloud Space.
Note Although we may technically have access to uploaded files, all materials are encrypted at rest. Only authenticated users from your organization can actually play them.
Once we receive your request, our team will prepare the initial setup and contact you via email when everything is ready.
After your EVS access has been prepared, you can activate it from your account.
During activation, you will receive your Global Access Certificate (GAC).
Important Save your GAC code somewhere secure. It is used for encrypting your materials, and without it you may not be able to access your uploaded videos.
For security reasons, we do not store the GAC as plain text, which means we cannot recover it for you.
You will also receive Recovery Codes.
Important Save these codes. They allow you to restore access if you lose your phone or your authenticator app becomes unavailable.
EVS allows you to collaborate with other members of your organization.
To invite a new member:
<email> <display name>
Example:
John.Doe@example.com John Doe
As an Account Owner, you can assign the following roles:
You can click Learn more about account roles to see a description of the permissions for each role.
The invited user will receive an email notification with instructions on how to join your organization.
When a user is invited to your organization, they will receive an email containing an invitation link.
After following the link, one of the following scenarios will occur.
2FA is required when working with shared videos in EVS.
After completing the process, a member account within your EVS organization will be created automatically.
If the user wants to activate services for a different account, they can switch accounts using: User Profile → Switch Account
To upload videos to EVS, you will need the EVS Ingest application.
The upload process includes two steps:
Before uploading, the video is encrypted locally. This ensures that only authenticated users from your organization can play it in EZTitles.
Note Even though the files are stored in cloud storage, they remain encrypted at rest and cannot be accessed without proper authentication.
The encrypted file is then uploaded securely to your EVS account storage.
After a video is uploaded, you can share it with selected members of your organization.
Only the users you explicitly select will be able to access the video.
To share a video:
Here you can:
By default, access is granted for 14 days.
The selected member will receive an email notification that the video has been shared with them.
When a video is shared with a member, they will receive an email notification.
To open the video in EZTitles:
Once authentication is successful, a list of videos shared with you will appear.
Select the video you want to work with and open it.
The video will load in EZTitles, and you can start working with it just like any video file opened from your local computer.
✅ You are now ready to start working with EVS.