Mpx Overview White Paper

mpx Overview White Paper mpx is the next phase in the evolution of broadband video management: a convergence of an efficient user interface model with the most mature, flexible online video management technologies. mpx Overview White Paper Broadband video management for the next decade and beyond Since 2000, thePlatform has made video management easier, powered abundant monetization models, and delivered enterprise-class performance to our customers and superior video experiences to their audiences. This decade of experience is reflected in mpx, the next phase in the evolution of broadband video management. We’ve always stayed with the goal of developing services that can adapt to a fast-moving market and changes in online video technologies, and this is apparent when you log in to mpx. You can get started quickly and scale the solution as your video business grows. With more efficient content management, personalized workflows, automated publishing and enterprise- class performance—all built on top of our service-oriented architecture—mpx is the most complete video management system available for publishing to PCs, mobile phones, and TVs. Because we “get” the work of media content producers and editors, we developed mpx to be the convergence of an efficient user interface model with the most mature, flexible online video management technologies. The mpx console design helps our users more easily manage media by giving them a workflow customized to their needs while minimizing the number of screens they need to use to accomplish their tasks. Through mpx, you can handle all the complex tasks of video management: ■ Ingest ■ Efficient workflow ■ Automated Publishing and Delivery ■ Simple editing ■ Custom Feeds ■ Flexible delivery and storage ■ Monetization ■ Audience expansion ■ Content security ■ Local and hosted file processing ■ User-friendly reports ■ Transcoding In addition, our services are backed by expert account management and technical support to keep your solution on track with your needs. You may search among digital media publishing vendors and find pieces of the solution that you require. But thePlatform is the only one that gives you mpx: the complete set of services for monetization, management, and user experience, as well as the flexibility to customize and add services as your business shifts and grows. Easily ingest your content library thePlatform believes that ingesting your content into a system for distribution should be just about the easiest part of the workflow, so we designed the Ingest Service to streamline the process with the least amount of management required on your part. With our ingest tools, you can automate a critical part of your media management workflow and save time and effort with a solution that can adapt to your processes—rather than make you adapt your processes to a rigid system. The Ingest Service helps you upload, update, and delete your voluminous content and video metadata. It’s designed to accept large amounts of your content now and support your needs as your content library evolves and grows over time. Use the Ingest Service to tailor content upload to your own processes: ■ Migrate your content to mpx easily and efficiently from a digital asset management system (DAM), a content or syndication partner, or another video management system ■ Retain the current ingest processes that are working well for you with adapter scripts that automatically convert your metadata into a format that is readable by our system. Start with addContent, Media RSS, Excel, or CSV, or build your own using Groovy Script. ■ Use your existing feeds to ingest content or set up a Watch Folder, and see content ingested automatically from your workflows. ■ Upload massive amounts of content quickly and easily so that you can focus on growing your business. ■ Ensure that your content is ingested properly every time with detailed error logging. 2 mpx Overview White Paper The Ingest Service offers two automated methods for content upload: ■ Watch Folders are FTP locations on your system that the Ingest Service constantly monitors for changes. Watch Folders are a “push” ingest method: you drop the media in, and it’s automatically uploaded to thePlatform’s mpx video management system. ■ The Feed Reader monitors your feed and automatically uploads content additions and changes to your account. The Feed Reader is a “pull” ingest method: the upload is drawn into our system as we read your feed. If you need to use files without moving them (for example, files that must remain under the control of another content management system), you can use external file links to: ■ Model live encoders and live streams in your workflows. ■ Model files being managed by a partner. ■ Reduce storage and bandwidth costs by fetching things only when you need them. ■ Migrate from another system without having to move all your existing files. If the file already resides on a web server, you can link to it. Efficient workflow Editors and producers can manage video libraries more efficiently than ever with an intuitive design to access your content, a personalized user interface that shows only what’s needed to accomplish specific tasks, and additional features to make managing your growing content library easier. In addition, you can extend your console with custom commands which are powerful tools for kicking off almost any service or link from within your mpx workflow. mpx overview The tasks of our users are always in the minds of our development team. The web-based mpx is the result of extensive end- user studies and hard work by our designers and developers. mpx offers several ways to organize your content. Which methods you choose to use depends on your goals. When users log in, they see the Library, a group of session controls and information links, and a view of the media in their account. The mpx interface includes the Library, a group of session controls and information links, and a view of the media in your account. 3 mpx Overview White Paper ■ The Library lets you navigate between the different views that are available to you. By default, the Library contains menus for Media, Feeds, Policies, Publishing, Reports, and Account Setup, all of which contain one or more items. When you click on an item, the corresponding view loads to the right of the Library. The view for specific types of users— publishers, sharers, and aggregators—will also vary, as each of these account types has different needs. ■ A view is a group of related interface components that allow you to work with items in your account. Most views include a list pane and a details pane. Some views also include one or more navigation blades. ■ The list pane contains a central item list and a set of associated controls. ■ The media details pane gives you metadata for a piece of media that is selected in the list pane. Faster content management We know that there are a lot of pieces to juggle when you’re managing video. We want you to be able to get to the information you need quickly, but we want to make sure that it’s a UI that doesn’t make the experience frustrating. What we came up with is a system of navigation blades that allow you to move easily between related views. Across mpx, you always have a consistent experience. A navigation blade on the right allows you to move from a parent view to a child view, while a navigation blade on the left allows you to move from a child view to a parent view. From any of the standard media views you can select one or more media items and click on the Files navigation blade to navigate to the Files view. Only the items that are related to the media you selected in the All Media view are displayed, whether you selected one title or many. You can navigate back to the All Media view by clicking the All Media blade on the left of the Files view. You can click one or more media in the All Media view, and then click the Files blade to see all of the associated files for that media object. Filter, search, and create shortcuts Browsing is for when you want to just peruse the web. We’ve built queries and filters into mpx so you can get to what you want faster. You can perform a search by entering a search term in the text box or by clicking the magnifying glass icon to restrict your search to particular metadata fields. 4 mpx Overview White Paper After you do a search, you can save that query as a shortcut for streamlining your workflow with immediate access to the views you use most often. Shortcuts are specific to your username, and can be used to view media or other items. You can add shortcuts for item sorting criteria, names and arrangement of the visible columns, and filters for media and feeds. Detail panels and custom fields Detail panels mpx administrators can customize the content of the media details panel on a per-account basis. They can change the selection and order of fields within the panels, add and remove entire panels, and create a completely custom panel set. Make as few or as many changes as you want; it all depends on what is the most efficient workflow for your team. By default, the media details pane contains Preview, Metadata, Policies, and History panels. 5 mpx Overview White Paper Custom fields Custom fields provide a way for you to apply your own metadata schema to media. When you define a custom field, you indicate the type of data it holds, and can specify a range or list of allowed values as well as a default value.

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