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Chapter 17 Media Assets and Embedded Software

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Elements to Add Assets and Edit Their Attributes

Features of the Add Media Asset and Edit Media Asset dialog boxes help you to populate and manage your media library. Options are sorted under two tabs, Single and Batch, which help you to manage either one asset or multiple assets, respectively.

Navigation Path

•Digital Signage > Media Library > Add Media Asset

•Digital Signage > Media Library > Options > Add Media Asset

•Digital Signage > Media Library > Options > Edit Media Asset

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Table 17-3 Elements for Adding and Editing Assets

Element

Description

Single tab

Elements to add or edit one asset.

Source	The full local pathname or remote HTTP URL of the asset. We do not support any use of spaces in
	filenames or URLs.
File Type	Choose the type that best describes the asset:

•Video — A video file in MPEG-1, MPEG-2, or MPEG-4 format.

•Shockwave Flash — An Adobe Shockwave Flash 6, or 7 file if your DMP is a 4300G or a 4305G. Alternatively, if your DMP is a 4400G, and then a file in the format of Shockwave Flash 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10.

•Images — A standard image file, such as a nonprogressive JPEG image. The filename extension must be JPG, JPEG, GIF, or PNG.

•HTML — A web page. The filename extension must be HTM or HTML.

•Firmware — A firmware or kernel image for the DMP. The filename extension must be FWIMG or BIN for firmware, or TIVELLA for kernels.

•UDP — The routable IP address and UDP port for a streaming server.

Title	A unique and human-readable name for the asset.
Estimated Duration	The estimated duration for playback, counted in hours, minutes, and seconds.
Category	Describes each of the categories that should contain this asset. To add a category to the list, click
	Select Category.
Description	Optional, brief description of the asset.
Owner	Your name or the name of the person who added the asset.

Batch tab

Elements to add or edit multiple assets simultaneously.

Base URL		An HTTP URL that points to a directory on a server. The directory that you point to serves as the
		root-level URL for the batch download operation; every file that you download is retrieved from this
		directory or from one of its children at a lower level. We do not support any use of spaces in URLs.
Pattern		The filename pattern that identifies which files to download. We do not support any use of spaces in
		filenames.
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