Configure values for your Video Portal | Cisco Systems OL-12463-01

Setting Up and Configuring Cisco Digital Media Manager 4.0

Task

17. Configure values for your Video Portal.

a.Enter all the following values:

•Video Portal Web Server Base — The top-level HTTP URL of the server on which your audience can find your Video Portal.

• The URL to the live video portal — The HTTP URL that points directly to your public Video Portal.

•Default Audio Only Image — The SWF or non-progressive JPEG image to show as the thumbnail for every audio file. You must specify a file that is 100 pixels wide and 75 pixels high (or is any multiple of that size).

•Default Preview Image — The SWF or non-progressive JPEG image to show as a placeholder thumbnail image when no other preview image is available for a video file. You must specify a file that is 100 pixels wide and 75 pixels high (or is any multiple of that size).

•Supported Media Formats — The formats to support. Select any combination of Flash Video, Windows Media, Real, and MPEG4/H.264. The formats that you specify must be identical to the ones that you

specified in Task 10. for your Video Portal appliance.

b.To save and commit your entries, click Save Portal Parameters.

18.Configure Video Portal deployment settings. You must deploy files to at least one remote location, because you cannot present them to audiences directly from your DMM appliance.

Note You cannot edit the values that pertain to Video Portal Metadata files.

a.To specify the deployment locations — which can differ for the different supported filetypes — select Setup > Deployment Locations, then enter all of the following values for each supported filetype that you selected in Task 17. Any invalid entries will cause deployments to fail:

• Connection type — The protocol or method for file transfer (the options are FTP, SFTP, and SCP).

•Host address — The DNS-routable hostname or IP address of the remote server where you will deploy files of the relevant filetype.

• Login name — A user account name that has the required privileges to access the remote server.

•Login password — The assigned password for the login name that you specified. If you select the SFTP option for deployments to your Video Portal appliance, the password that you enter must be exactly the same as your Video Portal admin password.

• Root file directory — The absolute directory path to files that you will deploy.

•Root URL Path — The absolute URL, where the Video Portal will host and reference your files.

b.To save your selections and let them take effect for every filetype, click Save Deployment Locations.

c.Select Video Portal > Deployments, then click Schedule New Deployment.

d.Select the Video Part 1 check box (in the “Video Part Selection” area).

e.To deploy the pre-loaded content and metadata immediately, select the Schedule Immediately check box (in the “Deployment Time” area.)

f.Click Create Deployment.

g.To ensure that the content and metadata deployed appropriately, use another computer on your network to access the Video Portal that you installed.

Quick Start Guide for Cisco Digital Media System 4.0

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