Content File Actions

The following actions may be performed on content.

Edit

To change the file information for a content file or placeholder, click on its Edit action. The Edit Content page is displayed.

The Edit Content page displays information about the content including its media type and format, and encoding information.  The following information can be edited.

• Program Code – If program codes are used in your workflow, enter a code that distinguishes what program this is. You can search on program codes in combination with a keyword search.
• Program – If this installation does not use program codes, enter the name of the program as it should appear in the Program Guide.
• Episode Code – If episode codes are used at your installation, enter a code that distinguishes what episode of a program series this is.You can search on episode codes in combination with a keyword search.
• Episode – If this installation does not use episode codes, enter the name of the episode as it should appear in the Program Guide, if applicable.
• Description – (optional) Enter a detailed description of the content as well as any keywords to be used to search for this content.
• Categories – Select one or more categories used on your Digital Broadcaster, such as PSA (public service announcements).
• Filename – the name of the content file, such as council_meeting_0425.mpg.  If the content is currently scheduled, you cannot change the filename.
• Offset – Runtime or Start Trim – End Trim

Depending on the schedule settings you chose in Config → Schedule Configuration as described on page 95, your TelVue^® server displays either Offset and Runtime (Duration) or Start Trim and End Trim to determine where file playout should start and stop and how long the playout should be. If this content was imported with trims or an offset and runtime already in the metadata, it is advisable to use them.  If needed, you can set a different trim or offset and runtime manually when you schedule the content.  Information on calculating the offset and runtime or start trim and end trim is provided below.

• Offset – how far from the beginning of the file you want to start playing, in hours, minutes, and seconds.  For example, if the file begins with 3 minutes of announcements prior to a soccer game, enter 00:03:00 to skip the announcements and begin the file when the game begins. To play the file from its beginning, leave this field blank.
• Runtime – the length of time you want the playout to run, in hours, minutes, and seconds. For example, suppose you captured a soccer game for 2 hours (2:00:00).  The game ends 1 hour and 55 minutes into the file and you want to skip the 3 minutes of announcements at the beginning.  To end each playout when the game ends, enter 1:52:00 for the runtime. To end the playout when the file ends, enter 1:57:00 or click on Calculate Max Duration as described below.
• Calculate Max Duration – This utility subtracts the offset from the untrimmed length of the file to get the runtime without any end trim.  Click on the words Calculate Max Duration to use it.  If you want the runtime to be less than the max duration, change the entry in the Runtime field after calculating the Max Duration.

• Start Trim – how far from the beginning of the file you want to start playing, in hours, minutes, and seconds.  For example, if the file begins with 3 minutes of announcements prior to a soccer game, enter 00:03:00 to skip the announcements and begin the file when the game begins. To play the file from its beginning, leave this field blank.
• End Trim – how far from the beginning of the file you want to stop playing, in hours, minutes, and seconds. For example, suppose you captured a soccer game for 2 hours (2:00:00).  The game ends 1 hour and 55 minutes into the file.  To end each playout when the game ends, enter 1:55:00 for the end trim. To end the playout when the file ends, enter 2:00:00.
• Virtual Trim – When you use the Start Trim and End Trim fields together the application calculates the trimmed length of the file as:

Runtime = <original file length> – <start trim> – [<original file length > - <end trim >].

For example, if you want to trim the soccer game file from both ends, enter 00:03:00 for the start trim and 1:55:00 for the end trim.

Runtime = 2:00:00 – 00:03:00 – [2:00:00 – 1:55:00]

= 2:00:00 – 00:03:00 – 00:05:00

= 1:52:00

• Position (overlays only) – the x-axis and y-axis coordinates for the placement of the overlay on the screen.
• Alpha Blend (overlays only) – An integer from 1 – 255 specifying how much the overlay should blend into the playout. The lower the number, the fainter the overlay appears on the screen. If the Chroma Key below is set, the Alpha Blend cannot be set.
• Chroma Key(overlays only) – If set, the HTML color selected is removed from the HTML graphic overlay (made transparent).  If the Alpha Blend above is set, the Chroma Key cannot be set.
• Custom Attributes – If your installation uses custom attributes they are displayed here.  To set custom attributes go to Configuration ™ Content Management ™ custom content metadata fields as described on page 85.
• Delete At – To set a date and time for the content file to be automatically deleted from the server, type a date in the form MM-DD-YYYY or use a Calendar icon to choose a date. If no time is specified, then the content is deleted at midnight the next day.  To keep the content on the server indefinitely, leave the date and time blank.
• Private – To keep this content on your private list so it is visible only to users with Admin privileges and yourself, check this box.
• Ingest Date – For a content placeholder pending the content’s arrival, enter the date and time the content file is expected to be brought onto the serve in the form MM-DD-YYYY or use a Calendar icon to choose a date up to one year from now.  Enter the time in the form HH:MM:SS using 24-hour time.
• Location – (optional) The location where the content was created. This can be used to specify a particular networked encoder for program placeholders to be populated by an encoding event on a remote C-series encoder.
• Contributor – (optional) the name of the person, company, or other entity that supplied this content.

When you have finished editing the content file information, click the Save button. The application saves the changes and returns you to the Content page. To return to the Content page without changing anything about the content, click the Cancel button.

Note: This information becomes part of the content’s metadata and will always be associated with this content unless and until you change it.

Play

If you clicked on the content filename to see the information about the content before playing it, click the Schedule button to go to the Schedule Playout page.  On the Content page in thumbnail view or in the Action column of Table View, click on the Play action.

1. To schedule a playout for a content file, click on that file’s Play action. The Schedule Playout page is displayed.

1. Fill in the fields on the screen as described below.

Channel – Select a channel from the drop-down list if this is a multi-channel installation or leave the default channel selected.

File – the file defaults to the playout you selected to play, but you can also select any file from the drop-down list. Metadata, or information about the file, is automatically displayed.

Offset – Duration or Start Trim – End Trim

Depending on the schedule settings you chose in Config  Schedule Configuration on page 95, your TelVue server uses either Offset and Duration or Start Trim and End Trim to determine where file playout should start and stop and how long the playout should be.

• Offset –The application fills in the content file’s offset from the metadata.  To change the offset for this playout only, enter a new offset in the form HH:MM:SS.  The offset in the playout’s metadata remains the same.
• Duration – The application fills in the content file’s duration from the metadata. To change the duration for this playout only, enter a new duration in the form HH:MM:SS.
• Calculate Max Duration – This utility subtracts the offset from the untrimmed length of the file to get the duration without any end trim.  Click on the words Calculate Max Duration to use it.  If you want the runtime to be less than the max duration, change the entry in the Duration field after calculating the Max Duration.

Note: If you need to calculate a different offset and duration, there is an example on page 30. To store an offset and duration to be used every time this file is scheduled, edit and save the file’s properties.

• Start Trim –The application fills in the content file’s start trim from the metadata. To change the start trim for this playout only, enter a new trim in the form HH:MM:SS. To play the file from its beginning, leave this field blank.
• End Trim –The application fills in the content file’s end trim from the metadata. To change the end trim for this playout only, enter a new trim in the form HH:MM:SS. To end the playout when the file ends, leave this field blank.
• Actual Duration – The original, untrimmed duration of the file.  Offset + Runtime = Actual Duration.

Note: If you need to calculate a different start trim and end trim, there is an example on page 30. To store a start trim and end trim to be used every time this file is scheduled, edit and save the file’s properties.

• Start – Use a Calendar icon to select a start date or enter a date in the form MM-DD-YYYYup to one year from today.
• Time – Enter the start time in HH:MM:SS format using 24-hour time. For example, 1:00 PM is 13:00:00.
• Play Immediately – To start playout as soon as the Save button is clicked, check this box.
• Day of Week – Check one or more boxes to the right of the day of the week to have the file recur on that day. To play the file every day, click Daily, which will check all the boxes. To uncheck all the boxes, click None. There is a one-year limit on recurring playouts.
• Until Date – Use a Calendar icon to select the last day for the recurring playoutup to one year from today. If you are playing the file on several days of the week, it will play on the last day up to and including the date you select.

Optional Program Guide Data

Include in Program Guide – normally checked by default for video file types. If you do not want the program guide report to display this playout, such as for a test file, uncheck this box.  How you configure categories in the Content Management section of the Config page determines whether this box will be checked by default every time you schedule a playout. For example, if you do not normally want PSAs to appear in your Program Guide, edit the PSA category and set the Include in Guide Default field to “No.”  Then you will not have to uncheck this box every time you schedule a PSA.

Track Content Metadata – checked by default. If you want any changes you make to the file’s metadata, such as a program description, to be automatically tracked in the playout metadata, check this box. Uncheck the box to override the metadata for the selected file and use the metadata you tag for this specific event.

• Program Code – A code that distinguishes what program this is, if program codes are used in your workflow.
• Episode Code – A code that distinguishes what episode of a series this is, if episode codes are used in your workflow.
• Program – If this installation does not use program codes, the name of the program as it would be displayed in the Program Guide.
• Episode – If this installation does not use episode codes, the title of the episode is displayed or entered here as it would be in the Program Guide.
• Description – The detailed description of the content.

Click the Save button to add the playout to the programming schedule or click the Cancel button to return to the Content page without adding the playout.

The server checks for errors. If none are detected, the Content page of the newly scheduled playout is displayed.