Bulk Actions

To take action – such as delete or purge – on one or more content files, use the checkboxes to select one or more files – or use the Select All checkbox to select all content on the current page(not necessarily all titles on the system) – and click on the Bulk Actions tab on the left side bar of the page. Choose one of the following actions from the drop-down list. Not all actions are available on all systems.

Note: If you used the Search features and want to take bulk action on all search results, use the drop-down list at the top of the page to display all the results (up to 100 titles).  This will help prevent you from performing a bulk action on only some of the titles you want.

• Normalize – (analog and HD-SDI servers) Normalization makes the audio levels in the content consistent throughout the file. The default normalization level is -15 dBFS, the ACM standard for PEG television.  You can choose other levels. To check the status of the normalization process, click on Normalization status. Normalized files are renamed with -15dBFS (or the level you chose) in the filename.  To set normalization levels by default, see page 85 in the Config section.

Note: The normalization feature is not available for MPEG1 files.

• Purge from Library – Purging files removes them from the content list, but keeps them on the server. Content that is scheduled, is used as continuity, or is part of any playlist cannot be purged. Purging unattached content (TBD files) has the same effect as deleting it, so you can reuse a TBD filename after purging it.

To purge files, select them and click the Purge button. The application asks for confirmation.If you are sure you want to purge these titles, click Yes (OK). The application removes the selected files from the list and unlocks the file on the server file system so it can be edited, written, and deleted. Otherwise click No (Cancel), and the application leaves the content list unchanged.

• Delete from Library and Filesystem – Deleting files removes them from the content database and the server. Use this option to remove outdated content from the server.  Once a file has been deleted you can reuse the filename.  Content that is scheduled, is used as continuity, or is part of a playlist cannot be deleted.

To delete files, select them and click the Delete button. The application asks for confirmation.If you are sure you want to delete these titles from the content list and server, click Yes (OK). The application removes the selected files. Otherwise click No (Cancel), and the application leaves the content list unchanged.

• Add to Category – Select a category from the drop-down list and click the Add button. The application confirms that the selected titles have been added to the category.
• Remove from Category – Select a category from the drop-down list and click the Remove button. The application confirms that the selected titles have been removed from the category.

Web Media Actions:

Web Media actions such as podcasting and vodcasting are available on S-series Archive Servers and C-series encoders. When you select the vodcast or podcast actions, the actual transcode of the source file to mp3 or mp4 happens in the background.  The content is not added to the podcast or vodcast RSS feed until the transcode is complete.

The Vodcast/Podcast feature allows automatic creation of web-friendly mp4 video and mp3 audio clips and the associated RSS feeds so users may subscribe to your programming as syndicated content on the web using standard RSS readers such as iTunes. Once you have configured the Vodcast/Podcast options, transcoding content and adding it to your feed is as simple as 1-click.  To configure the encoding settings and feed parameters, go to the Vodcast/Podcast and Transcode Configuration sections of the Config tab.

The video portal feature allows automatic creation of a searchable web video-on-demand front end. You choose files to post on the portal for your community to browse and view on-demand across the web. The automatically generated video portal may be framed within the context of your own website.  For example, you could use a standard HTML I-frame tag. The actual web media files may be served directly off a TelVue^® S-Series archive server, or the video portal can be configured to serve the files off of a remote host such as provided by a web video hosting/bandwidth provider. Combined with the Vodcast feature, the Web Application can be configured to automatically include all vodcasted content in the video portal.  This lets you generate both a Vodcast RSS feed and a searchable web Video Portal for your content without having to re-enter any metadata or know anything about streaming media, RSS feeds, or web page creation.

• Vodcast – To create an mp4 version of the selected files and add them to the automatically generated vodcast RSS feed, choose the Vodcast option and click the Submit button. A message saying whether the content was successfully queued for conversion to mp4 is displayed at the top of the screen and you are returned to the Content page. The mp4 files are stored in the vol1/download directory. Optionally the mp4 files may be automatically transferred via FTP to a remote serverbased on the transcode configuration.
• Podcast – To create an mp3 version of the selected files and add them to the automatically generated podcast RSS feed, choose the Podcast option and click the Submit button.  A message saying whether the content was successfully queued for mp3 conversion is displayed at the top of the screen and you are returned to the Content page. The mp3 files are stored in the vol1/download directory. Optionally the mp3 files may be automatically transferred via FTP to a remote server based on the transcode configuration.
• Remove from Vodcast – To remove the content from the automatically generated vodcast RSS feed, choose Remove from Vodcast and click the Submit button.This action does not delete the source file or the mp4 file; it only removes the metadata from the RSS feed.
• Remove from Podcast – To remove the content from the automatically generated podcast RSS feed, choose Remove from Podcast and click the Submit button.This action does not delete the source file or the mp3 file; it only removes the metadata from the RSS feed.
• Include in Portal – To include the selected content in the searchable video portal, choose the Include in Portal option and click the Submit button. This action does not create a media file.  It uses the content’s metadata to add a thumbnail for display. The web media file must already exist on the configured streaming host. Once way to automatically create the video file is via the Vodcast feature with the option to Include All Vodcasts in Portal.
• Exclude from Portal – To remove the selected content from the video portal, choose the Exclude from Portal option and click the Submit button. This does not delete any files, but the content and its metadata will no longer appear in the video portal.