Cisco Systems 5.2.x manual Elements To Describe and Preview One Asset, 17-11, Overview tab

Chapter 17 Media Assets and Embedded Software

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Table 17-3	Elements for Adding and Editing Assets (continued)
Element	Description
File Type	Choose the type that best describes these assets:

•Video1 — A video file in MPEG-1, MPEG-2, or MPEG-4 format.

•Shockwave Flash2 — Any Adobe Shockwave Flash 6, or 7 file if your DMP is a 4300G or a 4305G. Alternatively, if your DMP is a 4400G, any Adobe Shockwave Flash 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 file.

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

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

•Firmware — Any firmware 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.

Levels	The number of levels below the specified base URL to search for (and download) files with filenames
	that match the specified pattern.
Category	Click the name of the one category that should contain these assets.

1.See the “MPEG-4 Support and Restrictions” section on page 17-3.

2.See the “Shockwave Flash Support and Restrictions” section on page 17-2.

Elements To Describe and Preview One Asset

The View Asset dialog box describes the attributes of one asset in your Media Library and, in some cases, shows a preview. Attribute information is sorted under two tabs, Overview and Usage. Click a tab to see the asset attributes that it describes. To close the View Asset dialog box, click Close.

Navigation Path

Digital Signage > Media Library > Options > View Media Asset

Table 17-4 Elements for Viewing Asset Attributes

Element

Description

Overview tab

Attributes that are derived from information in your media library include the elements with these field labels: Title, Description, File Type, Estimated Duration, Owner, Category Names, and Source. To understand these elements, see Elements to Add Assets and Edit Their Attributes, page 17-10. Other elements on the Overview tab are as follows.

Preview	Either a generic icon that represents the asset type or a thumbnail that you can click to view this asset,
	assuming that its file type is viewable in your browser.
Path	The full HTTP pathname for this asset.
Size	The file size.
Playlist Count	The total count of playlists that contain and are dependent upon this asset. To learn more about these
	playlists, click the Usage tab.
Presentation Count	The total count of presentations that contain and are dependent upon this asset. To learn more about
	these presentations, click the Usage tab.
Date Modified	Time stamp (in the format DD-MM-YYYY hh:mm:ss) that says when the file was last modified.
	User Guide for Cisco Digital Media Manager 5.2.x
OL-15762-03		17-11