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OT Cloud User Guide OT Cloud User Guide Page | 1 CONTENTS 1 Getting Started ............................................................. 4 System Requirements .......................................................................................................................... 5 Windows minimum hardware requirements ............................................................................ 5 Mac minimum hardware requirements .................................................................................... 5 Signing In to Your OT Cloud Account ............................................................................................ 5 OT Cloud Workspace ......................................................................................................................... 6 2 Preparing Your Media Files ......................................... 7 Progressive Download vs. Streaming ............................................................................................. 8 Progressive Download ........................................................................................................................ 8 When to Use Progressive Download ........................................................................................... 8 Streaming ............................................................................................................................................... 9 When to Use Streaming .................................................................................................................. 9 About Streaming ................................................................................................................................ 10 Uploading Media Files ...................................................................................................................... 11 Transcode Profiles .............................................................................................................................. 14 Universal Transcode Profile .......................................................................................................... 14 M3U8 and SMIL Outputs ............................................................................................................... 15 Custom Transcode Profile ............................................................................................................ 15 Uploading Via FTP .............................................................................................................................. 15 Java FTP Upload............................................................................................................................. 15 Upload with an FTP Client ............................................................................................................ 17 Managing Media Objects............................................................................................................... 17 Associated Files/Links .................................................................................................................... 18 Associated Links ............................................................................................................................. 19 Closed Caption Files ..................................................................................................................... 19 Page | 2 Poster Images.................................................................................................................................. 19 Managing Thumbnails ...................................................................................................................... 19 Managing Image Objects .............................................................................................................. 21 Which image format should I use for graphics? ................................................................... 21 Managing Presentations .................................................................................................................. 22 Managing Media Folders ................................................................................................................ 23 Managing Objects in the Media Bin ............................................................................................ 24 3 Customizing Your Player ............................................ 26 Creating a New Project ................................................................................................................... 27 Creating a Project with an AppStudio Player ........................................................................... 28 Adding programs to your project ................................................................................................. 29 Managing a Project .......................................................................................................................... 31 Using the Project Overview ......................................................................................................... 31 Adding a Video or Audio file ...................................................................................................... 38 Managing Programs/Categories Sorting .................................................................................... 42 Adding Security Filters ................................................................................................................... 44 Using a Security Filter ..................................................................................................................... 46 Getting the Player Code ...................................................................................................................... 47 Copying your Project .................................................................................................................... 52 4 Creating Your iPhone/iPad Player ............................ 53 Creating a New Project ................................................................................................................... 53 Adding programs to your project ................................................................................................. 55 Configuring the Project Settings ......................................................................................................... 56 5 Reporting Dashboard ................................................. 63 Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................... 63 Detailed Reports ................................................................................................................................ 65 Downloading Your Statistics............................................................................................................ 66 Page | 3 1Getting Started OT Cloud provides you with an easy and fast way for publishing your video content on the Internet. OT Cloud allows you to show single or multiple videos in one player, generate thumbnails, include ads and brand images into the player, etc. All you need to do is prepare your video file, customize the video player by creating a project, and finally make the link to your video available to your users. This chapter introduces you to OT Cloud and covers the following topics: • System Requirements • Signing in to your OT Cloud account • OT Cloud Workspace Page | 4 System Requirements Your system must meet the following requirements to enable you to use OT Cloud: • Adobe Flash Player 8 or higher. If you do not have it, you can download it from the Adobe website here: http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer • Microsoft Windows 2000 or higher including the latest updates, or Mac OS X A broadband connection preferably with 700+ Kbps for continuous playback. A dialup connection will be choppy and rebuffer quite frequently, or may not work at all. Windows minimum hardware requirements • Intel Pentium II 450MHz or equivalent processor • 128MB of RAM Mac minimum hardware requirements • PowerPC G3 500MHz or faster processor • Intel Core Duo 1.83GHz or faster processor • 128MB of RAM Signing In to Your OT Cloud Account To sign in to your OT Cloud account, open a browser window and go to the following address: http://mediasuite.multicastmedia.com. You will see the sign in page: Specify your username and password, and then click Sign In. Once signed in, you will see the OT Cloud home page. Page | 5 OT Cloud Workspace From the Home page you can access accounts, users, OT Cloud User Guide, and etc. From the Home tab, you can access the main functionality of the system: • Upload New Videos (Media Bin) • Manage Your Projects (Projects) • Access your Dashboard (Reports) In the top right corner of the OT Cloud window you can see a number of useful links: • My Profile – click to view your profile. • Help – click to open the Help & FAQs page. • Sign Out – click to log out from your account. Page | 6 2 Preparing Your Media Files OT Cloud enables you to publish files in a web-ready Flash format (FLV) or a MP3 format for audio files. However, you can upload files in a variety of formats. OT Cloud can then transcode the files into Flash or MP3 formats for you. After you upload a video or audio file, you will need to create a media object from this file to make it suitable for use in your projects. If you upload and transcode a file, it will automatically become a media object. 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