Contents Preface ........................................................................................................................................................ 11 About this Manual ................................................................................................................................. 11 Audience ............................................................................................................................................... 11 Document Conventions......................................................................................................................... 12 Related Documentation ........................................................................................................................ 12 Chapter 1 KMC Overview ........................................................................................................................... 13 What Can I Do with the KMC? .............................................................................................................. 13 Media Management and Workflow ....................................................................................................... 13 Widget and Application Studio .............................................................................................................. 14 Getting Started ...................................................................................................................................... 14 Chapter 2 Uploading and Ingestion ............................................................................................................ 16 What is a Kaltura Entry? ....................................................................................................................... 16 Browser-based Ingestion ...................................................................................................................... 16 The Kaltura Uploader ............................................................................................................................ 16 The Upload Tab .................................................................................................................................... 16 Upload Media ........................................................................................................................................ 17 High-Speed Upload ........................................................................................................................ 17 Upload from Desktop ...................................................................................................................... 17 Record from a Webcam .................................................................................................................. 18 Import from Web ................................................................................................................................... 19 Ingestion for Webex Recording Files .................................................................................................... 19 Prepare Entry ........................................................................................................................................ 19 Prepare Video/Audio Entry ............................................................................................................. 20 Prepare Live Stream Entry ............................................................................................................. 20 Creating Draft Entries ........................................................................................................................... 20 Key Benefits and Functionality of Draft Entries .............................................................................. 21 Hosting Videos at your Preferred Location and Linking to Kaltura ................................................. 22 Replacing Video Assets for a Kaltura Entry .......................................................................................... 22 Uploading and Modifying Related Files ................................................................................................ 22 Bulk Upload and FTP Upload ............................................................................................................... 23 What is Bulk Upload? ..................................................................................................................... 24 Entries XML Bulk Upload ................................................................................................................ 24 Submit Bulk Options ....................................................................................................................... 25 Downloading Bulk File Samples ..................................................................................................... 26 Automated Content Ingestion via a Drop Folder................................................................................... 26 Drop Folder Control Panel .............................................................................................................. 26 The Dashboard Tab .............................................................................................................................. 28
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Uploading Content Using the Content Tab ........................................................................................... 28 Tracking Your Uploads ......................................................................................................................... 28 Your Uploads .................................................................................................................................. 28 Bulk Upload Log.............................................................................................................................. 29 Chapter 3 Transcoding and Processing...................................................................................................... 31 Converting Videos into Multiple Flavors (Optimized Output Files) ................................................. 31 Editing and Creating Transcoding Profiles ..................................................................................... 32 Adding a Transcoding Profile ................................................................................................................ 34 Quick Publishing ............................................................................................................................. 35 Editing Options for Flavors in a Transcoding Profile............................................................................. 36 Assigning a Transcoding Profile to a Bulk Upload ................................................................................ 37 Useful Tips for Working with Transcoding Profiles ............................................................................... 37 The Flavors Tab .................................................................................................................................... 38 Add Video/Audio ............................................................................................................................. 39 Upload Files .................................................................................................................................... 39 Import Files ..................................................................................................................................... 40 Link to Remote Storage .................................................................................................................. 41 Match Files from Drop Folder ......................................................................................................... 42 Replacing Media ............................................................................................................................. 42 Supported Source Formats ................................................................................................................... 44 Supported Source Codecs.............................................................................................................. 44 Target Formats/Codecs .................................................................................................................. 45 Chapter 4 Creating and Customizing Playlists and Players ....................................................................... 46 What is a Playlist? ................................................................................................................................. 46 Playlists Tab .......................................................................................................................................... 46 Creating a Manual Playlist .................................................................................................................... 46 Creating a Rule Based Playlist ............................................................................................................. 48 Defining a Rule ............................................................................................................................... 48 Multiple Rules Based Playlist - Advanced Mode ............................................................................ 50 Additional Playlist Configuration ........................................................................................................... 52 Creating a Player with Multi-tab Playlists ....................................................................................... 52 Deleting a Playlist ........................................................................................................................... 53 Removing Videos from a Playlist .................................................................................................... 53 Customizing Additional Features for Playlists ................................................................................ 53 Designing and Configuring a Player ..................................................................................................... 54 Player List ....................................................................................................................................... 54 Select the Type of Player ...................................................................................................................... 55 Configuring the Player Basics Settings ................................................................................................. 55 Editing a Player ............................................................................................................................... 55 Adding Content to a Player ............................................................................................................. 56 Duplicating a Player ........................................................................................................................ 56
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Deleting a Player............................................................................................................................. 57 508-Compliant Video Player ................................................................................................................. 57 Configuring the Player Advertising Settings ......................................................................................... 58 Configuring the Player Features ........................................................................................................... 58 Features List ................................................................................................................................... 59 Configuring the Player Style ................................................................................................................. 67 Chapter 5 Managing Meta value="duration" />