Auto Content Ingestion

</AutoIngestCmd>

Table 15. AutoIngestXML Tags

Tag

Description

 

 

Command

Required. Must be set to ingest.

 

 

MCSTitle

Required. Cannot be blank. Must begin with "/" and contains fully

 

qualified path to destination VOD folder/title on the Portal Server.

 

The autoingest user name must have publishing rights for VOD target

 

folder.

 

 

Keywords

Optional. Keywords associated with this video. Used for search.

 

 

Description

Optional. Description of the video. Used for search.

 

 

Expiration

Optional. Content expiration specifier, e.g. 20060430-1130. Format:

 

yyyymmdd-hhmmUsed for copyright protection.

 

 

SourceFileName

Required. Contains the source video file name to be ingested. The

 

format of this data determines the mode of operation.

 

• Direct – All files. This file must reside in the AutoIngestXML

 

directory (it must be FTPed first) on the Portal Server. This file will

 

ultimately be copied to one or more VOD servers. The format is

 

simply the filename for example: ingest001.wmv

 

• Absolute – WM files only. This file must reside in a folder on the

 

Portal Server. The format for this data is: [absolutepath]

 

<FullLocPath> for example [absolutepath]c:/Temp/ingest002.wmv

 

• Remote FTP – MPEG Files only. This file resides on a remote FTP

 

server. The format for this data is:

 

ftp://username:password@FTPServerURL/VirtuualDirectory/

 

Filename

 

For example: ftp://videos:videos@172.22.2.1/videos/

 

ingest0003.mpg where the FTP protocol string, username,

 

password, FTP URL, virtual directory, and file name are specified

 

in the string in a fixed format.

 

 

SourceFileType

Format type of the video files: WM, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4.

 

Required for Absolute and FTP Remote modes; not used with Direct.

 

 

MaxViewers

Optional. Maximum number of concurrent viewers allowed. -1 =

 

unlimited. If unspecified, -1 (unlimited) is assumed.

 

 

FileLink

Optional. 0–n file reference links to associate with this video. Each file

 

link requires a filename (e.g. "myfile.ppt") and a URL.

 

 

CustomFields

Optional. 0–n custom fields to associate with this video. See Custom

 

Fields on page 25 for more information. Each custom field must

 

contain:

 

• name – must be already defined in Portal Server or field will be

 

ignored.

 

• value – dropdown list boxes only; must be already defined in Portal

 

Server or field will be ignored.

 

 

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