Content Ingestion, Bulk Upload & Drop Folder
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How to change the custom metadata fields in an XML file
The XML format enables bulk ingestion of complex video or audio packages. In addition, you can customize the structure of the metadata and elements that are part of your XML file. You can read more about bulk upload with XML in our articles Wh...
How to convert an XML file to CSV or Excel Spreadsheet
Follow the steps below to convert an API call output given in XML format to a CSV or Excel Spreadsheet. Open the XML file and select all the text by clicking Ctrl + A then copy it by clicking Ctrl+C. Open Notepad ++ and paste the text from...
What time zones are used for scheduling events in the Kaltura Platform
Scheduling the Time Zone Through API or Drop Folders The API always uses the Unix timestamp. Unix time is indicated in UTC. Bulk upload uses GMT with the format: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss (T is just the letter T) The KMC translates the timestamps...
Can Dropbox be used as the location for a remote drop folder in the KMC?
If you can access the Dropbox location using FTP or SFTP, it can be used as a drop folder .
How to ingest a media file bundled with metadata (CSV, XML, API)
To enable more advanced content ingestion options, the provided CSV/XML samples can be extended to include multiple/custom metadata items, account-specific settings, update action, and advanced content ingestion options (for example, ingestion of ...
What is the impact of the source file removal?
In case the video source file is removed, the following features might be affected: Feature Supported Download media Yes (admins may enable non-source flavor assets for download) Playback with adaptive bitrates Yes...
Can Dropbox be used as the location for a remote drop folder in the KMC?
If you can access the Dropbox location using FTP or SFTP, it can be used as a drop folder.
Is there a limit to the number of assets per a Kaltura entry?
There is a limit of 500 assets per entry. Assets may include: Flavors (videos) Thumbnails Captions Attachments Currently, Kaltura does not offer version history controls for Kaltura entries. There is no SLA on recovering previous versions o...
Can the Entry Batch Upload CSV be used for updating existing entries?
The Entries Bulk Upload CSV does not support the update action. The Entries Bulk Upload XML supports the update and delete actions. Entitlement related CSVs support update and delete actions for Categories, End-users, and End-user Entitlements. It...
What is bulk upload and FTP content ingestion?
Kaltura offers bulk content ingestion when there is a need to upload large files. Bulk upload presents a great advantage to consolidate large amounts of video content in different locations from remote sites. You can import multiple files per s...
Can you host videos at your preferred location and link to Kaltura?
This use case is typically combined with transcoding performed on the publisher’s side, after which the output files are pushed directly to CDN hosting, or to a local intranet delivery source. In this case, Kaltura essentially only manages the metad...
What is browser based ingestion?
You can upload files from your computer, record a video with your webcam, import from a selection of online repositories, or submit a bulk upload request via Kaltura formatted CSV/XML, all from within the Kaltura Management Console.
