Show Content Page

When you click on a filename or thumbnail on the Content page, the Show Content page is displayed. This page shows the content’s properties, and upcoming and recent playout history.

The fields displayed for the file are described briefly below.

• General – information about the file similar to what is displayed on the Content page, such as filename, type, runtime, status, owner, size, creation date, play count, and delete date. To change this information, click the Edit button at the right.
• Categories – any programming categories in which this file appears, as selected by the operator. To put this file in a category, click the Edit button at the right.  To set up categories, use the Content Management section of the Config page.
• File Properties – the encoded video and audio properties of the file, including format, bitrate, and type.  The file properties cannot be edited.
• Recurring Events – recurring times at which the file is scheduled for playout, such as every Thursday at 9:00 AM.  To schedule recurring events, click the Schedule button at the right.
• Upcoming Events – the next few times the file is scheduled for playout, including both recurring and single playouts.  To schedule more events, click the Schedule button at the right.
• Recent Events – the last five times the file was scheduled for content.  To see more history, click on View More Past Events at the bottom of the page.  The Recent Events section includes status information for the content, such as whether it was completed, started late, or ended early.

File actions for this content file are shown in the upper right of the page, below the thumbnail frame. Not all actions are available for all content.

• Play Now – to begin playing the file immediately, select a channel from the drop-down list and click on Play Now. If nothing is playing on the Digital Broadcaster, this is one way to play a file immediately.  To play this content on another channel on your system, choose it from the drop-down list.
• Schedule – takes you to the Schedule Playout page to schedule one or more times to play the file. The Schedule Playout page is described in Content File Actions.
• Edit – to change the file information for the content, click the Edit button. This takes you to the Edit Content page as described in Content File Actions.
  Note: Use caution when deleting content, since this permanently removes the file from the file system.
• Delete – to delete the content from the Digital Broadcaster’s file system, click the Delete button. This action is described more fully in Content File Actions.
• Purge – to remove the content from the Web Application’s list, but preserve it on the Digital Broadcaster’s file system, click the Purge button. This action is described more fully in Content File Actions.
• Vodcast – to create a vodcast mp4 version of this file and add it to the automatically generated vodcast RSS feed, click the Vodcast button. Once you click the Vodcast button you are returned to the Show Content page and no further action is necessary. The mp4 file will be created in the background and stored in the download directory, typically http://nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn/media/psg/vol1/download where nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn is the IP address of your server. Optionally the mp4 file may be automatically transferred via FTP to a remote server. You may configure the mp4 encoding settings and vodcast RSS feed parameters in the Config section. This feature is only available as an option on S-series Archive Servers and C-series Encoders.
• Podcast – to create a podcast mp3 version of this file and add it to the automatically generated podcast RSS feed, click the Podcast button. Once you click the Podcast button you are returned to the Show Content page and no further action is necessary. The mp3 file will be created in the background and stored in the download directory, typically http://nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn/media/psg/vol1/download where nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn is the IP address of your server. Optionally the mp3 file may be automatically transferred via FTP to a remote server. You may configure the mp3 encoding settings and podcast RSS feed parameters in the Config section. This feature is only available as an option on S-series Archive Servers and C-series Encoders.

To return to the Content page from the Show Content page, click on the Content tab at the top of the screen.

Show Content Page for Unattached Content

When you click on the filename or thumbnail for unattached content, which is programming that has been scheduled but is not yet on the server, the information on the Show Content page is different because the content is not yet on the server. The page shows the placeholder’s expected properties and scheduled playouts, if allowed on this server.

The fields displayed for the placeholder are described briefly below.

• General – information about the placeholder similar to what is displayed on the Content page, such as expected filename, expected runtime, ingest date, and day of week. If your installation has custom metadata fields, they are displayed here as well.  To change this information, click the Edit button at the right.
• Program Series – If this placeholder is part of a series, this section will display its sequence (order) in the series and whether the placeholder is out of order.
• Categories – any programming categories in which this file appears, as selected when the program was added. To put this placeholder in a category, click the Edit button at the right.  To set up categories, use the Content Management section of the Config page.
• Recurring Events – If this placeholder has been scheduled for recurring playout, this section displays them, such as every Thursday at 9:00 AM.  To schedule recurring events, click the Schedule button at the right.
• Upcoming Events – If this placeholder has been scheduled for playout, this section displays the next few times, including both recurring and single playouts.  To schedule more events, click the Schedule button at the right.
• Recent Events – Generally there will be no recent events for place holders unless the time for a scheduled event has passed and the actual file was never imported.
• File actions for this content file are shown in the upper right of the page, below the thumbnail frame. Not all actions are available for all content.
• Schedule – takes you to the Schedule Playout page to schedule one or more times to play the placeholder. The Schedule Playout page is described in Content File Actions on page 32.  To schedule placeholders, this installation must allow scheduling of unattached content.  To change the configuration, go to Configuration →Schedule Settings on page 94.
• Edit – To change the file information for the placeholder, click the Edit button. This takes you to the Edit Content page as described in Content File Actions on page 28.
• Purge and Bump – If this placeholder is part of a series you can remove it from the Web Application but preserve the series information.  For example, a series on quilting might have 8 episodes.  The producer decides to cancel the 3rd episode.  You could purge and bump Quilting_3.  There will now be only 7 episodes in the series.  The new Quilting_3 will inherit the filename, ingest date, and other metadata from the old Quilting_4.  Quilting_4 will inherit the metadata from the old Quilting_5, etc.
• Purge – If you want to remove this placeholder from the Web Application and not preserve any of its metadata, click the Purge button. This is a good choice if the event associated with this placeholder is cancelled.  To continue the example, if the entire quilting series were cancelled, you would purge each placeholder.