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Vimeo

Add tutorials, demos and recorded talks to your assistant using their Vimeo URLs. Biel.ai extracts a transcript when captions or accessible audio are available.

Video content is available in chat responses. It does not appear in the widget's default page search.

Add a video​

  1. In the Biel.ai dashboard, select your project.
  2. Go to Settings > Sources > Vimeo.
  3. Enter a Video URL, such as https://vimeo.com/76979871.
  4. To add more videos, click Add video.
  5. Click Save, then Refresh sources.

To change the transcript language or use saved credentials, click the video’s settings icon to open Advanced options. Choose a language, or select Other… and enter a Language code, such as fil or pt-BR. The default is English. Select another language if needed for the video.

Transcript and indexing​

Biel.ai indexes the full available transcript as passages with timestamps. Your assistant uses those passages to answer questions about specific details throughout the video. Biel.ai reads available captions or transcribes accessible audio.

Biel.ai keeps the extracted transcript privately with your project. This lets it rebuild the index without transcribing unchanged audio again, when a compatible transcript is available. Video access is still checked during refresh.

Visual details that appear only on screen are not included. Add slides or supporting documents as file sources if they contain essential information.

After Refresh sources finishes, test your assistant with a question about a specific part of the video. Biel.ai uses the transcript passages directly and does not generate a separate summary. Public video citations can link to the relevant time. Private video links are omitted from citations. Check the project’s Logs if processing fails.

Private or password-protected videos​

Private, password-protected and link-only videos are supported on all plans. Keep the complete URL when Vimeo provides a private link.

  1. Open the video’s Advanced options and click Create Vimeo credentials.
  2. In the new tab, enter a name, such as Training videos.
  3. Enter the Access token, Video password, or both, as needed for the videos.
  4. Click Save credentials and return to Sources.
  5. Select the credentials for each video that needs them. Click Save, then Refresh sources.

You can reuse saved credentials for several videos and projects in the same team. See Credentials to change credentials, limit availability, disable access or delete credentials.

The Vimeo account must have access to the video and its transcript or audio. Private video links are not shown in assistant citations.

Source credentials let Biel.ai read the video. To restrict who can query its content through your assistant, see project access control.

Remove a video​

Click the video’s delete icon, then Save. Click Undo before saving to cancel the removal.

Troubleshooting​

  • Use an individual video URL. Showcase and folder URLs are not supported.
  • If access fails, verify the complete link, password and account permissions.
  • A public video may still be unavailable if its captions and audio cannot be accessed.
  • Live streams, protected audio and videos over one hour are not supported.
  • Changing Transcript language requires Save and Refresh sources.
  • Refreshing unchanged content reuses its transcript where possible.