Rev Integration Functions; Dme Video Edgeingest To Rev; Required File Types For Bulk Video Upload - VBrick dme Admin Manual

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Rev Integration Functions

Tip: Before any Rev integration functions may be performed, you

must configure your DME to interface with Rev correctly.

See: Rev Interface.

EdgeIngest easily allows admins to bulk ingest content up into the Vbrick Rev system. To do

this, the admin generates a metadata file for each media file to upload (JSON formatted as

described below) and then places the files into a specific directory within the DME. The

DME takes over from there and copies the contents up to Rev.

This is a simple and handy method for uploading Video on Demand (VOD) content. This

feature is limited to Vbrick Rev.

Note: Admins should be aware of local bandwidth constraints and

impacts when uploading multiple large media (with metadata) files.

Admins can limit network use and saturation by uploading the

media and metadata files in small batches during low use periods.

The following steps outline the use of EdgeIngest to upload videos from any DME to

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Rev:

1. Prepare the required media and metadata (JSON) files for ingestion

2. FTP the files to the EdgeIngest directory (in the base FTP directory)

3. Monitor and troubleshoot the ingestion as needed

Two files are needed for each video EdgeIngest upload; the video file itself in .mp4 format

and a corresponding metadata file in JSON format with the exact same name. These are the

two files Rev's API will use to upload the video to Rev's interface; all other file types will be

ignored. For example, for a video named VirginiaVideo, two files will be supplied:

VirginiaVideo.mp4 and VirginiaVideo.json.

The following data fields may be included in the JSON metadata file.

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Title

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Description

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Uploader

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