This guide provides an in-depth description of the KMC basic concepts and use. This guide is primarily intended for content managers and Kaltura Management Console users and contains useful information for developers, integrators, and operations and site administrators using the Kaltura platform. Please refer to the official and latest product release notes for last-minute updates. Technical support may be obtained directly from: Kaltura Customer Care.
Section 1 Introducing KMC Next Generation - Overview
- New Functionality
- What Can I Do with the KMC?
- Media Management and Workflow
- Studio Player Design and Configuration
- Entries Tab
- Moderation Tab
- Playlists Tab
- Syndication Tab
- Categories Tab
- Upload Control
- Bulk Upload
- Drop Folders
- The KMC Entries Table
- Searching and Filtering Through Media
- Share and Embed
- Embed Code Types
- Search Engine Optimization
- Support for HTTPS Embed Code
- Editing Entries
- Additional Editing Actions - Bulk Actions
- More Actions
- Entry Editing Tabs Overview
- Metadata Tab
- Thumbnails
- Access Control
- Scheduling
- Flavors Tab
- Replace Media
- Upload from Desktop
- Import from URL
- Link to Remote Storage
- Actions for Transcoding Flavors (for a single flavor)
- Distribution
- Live Stream
- Captions
- Related Files
- Clips
- Users
- Advertisements
- Choosing a Thumbnail for your Video
- Actions for Thumbnails
Section 4 Uploading and Ingestion
- What is a Kaltura Entry?
- Creating an Entry
- Upload Media
- What is Bulk Upload?
- What is a Drop Folder?
- The Upload Monitor
- Upload from URL
- Create a Live Stream Entry
- Prepare Entry
- Hosting Videos at your Preferred Location and Linking to Kaltura
- Replacing Video Assets for a Kaltura Entry
- Uploading and Modifying Related Files
Section 5 Transcoding Settings
- Transcoding and Processing
- Converting Videos into Multiple Flavors (Optimized Output Files)
- Creating/Editing a Transcoding Profile
- Quick Publishing
- Editing Options for Flavors in a Transcoding Profile
- Assigning a Transcoding Profile to a Bulk Upload
- Useful Tips for Working with Transcoding Profiles
Section 6 Administration Pages
- KMC Roles and Permissions
- The Users Tab
- The Roles Tab
- Multi Account Management
- Account Management Actions
- Template Accounts
- How to Create a Template Account
- Account Settings
- Integration Settings
- Access Control
- Transcoding Settings
- Transcoding and Processing
- Converting Videos into Multiple Flavors (Optimized Output Files)
- Creating/Editing a Transcoding Profile
- Actions for Transcoding Profiles
- Transcoding Profiles for Live Streaming
- Passthrough
- Cloud Transcode – Live+
- Quick Publishing
- Editing Options for Flavors in a Transcoding Profile
- Assigning a Transcoding Profile to a Bulk Upload
- Useful Tips for Working with Transcoding Profiles
Section 8 Moderating Content
- Displaying Content For Moderation
- Previewing Content Using the Moderation Tab
- Rejecting Content Using the Moderation Tab
- Approving Content Using the Moderation Tab
- Setting Moderation Flags
- Setting Moderation Options from the Entries Table
- Applying Bulk Actions to Moderated Media
- What Happens to Rejected Entries?
Section 9 Using Subtitles and Captions
Section 10 Creating and Configuring Playlists
- The Playlists Tab
- Creating a Manual Playlist
- Creating a Rule Based Playlist
- Defining a Rule
- Multiple Rules Based Playlist
- Playlist Actions
- Customizing Additional Features for Playlists
- Playlist Table Actions
- Applying Bulk Actions to Playlists
Section 11 Managing Categories
- The Categories Table
- Categories Table Actions
- Viewing Entries
- Defining and Assigning Entries to Categories
- Entitlement Settings of a Category
- Reordering/Deleting Sub Categories
- Editing Multiple Categories in Bulk
- Change Category Owner (available with entitlement configuration only)
- Change Contribution Policy(available with entitlement configuration only)
- Change Category Listing (available with entitlement configuration only)Copy Image ID
- Change Content Privacy (available with entitlement configuration only)
- Move Categories
- Add Tags to Categories
- Remove Tags from Categories
- Delete Categories
- Updating the Categories' Status
- Visibility of Content Associated with Multiple Categories
Section 12 Managing Content Entitlement
- Kaltura’s Entitlement Model
- Category’s Entitlements Tab
- Entitlement's Workflow
- Entitlement Terminology
- Managing Categories’ End-User Permissions
- Bulk Actions for Managing Categories End-User Permissions
- Visibility of Content Associated with Multiple Categories
Sec 13 Content Distribution and Syndication
- Kaltura's Distribution Model
- How Does Distribution Work?
- Scheduling a Video Package
- The Syndication Tab
- Content Syndication
- Syndicating to a Standard MRSS Feed (Yahoo)
- Setting Up Syndication
- Syndicating to Google Search Console
- Google Webmaster Tasks
- KMC Publisher Tasks for Google Syndication
- Google: Feed Parameters
- Syndicating to Yahoo
- Yahoo Webmaster Tasks
- Yahoo: Feed Parameters
- Syndicating to iTunes
- iTunes Webmaster Tasks
- KMC Publisher Tasks for iTunes Syndication
- iTunes: Feed Parameters
- Syndicating to Roku Direct Publisher
- KMC Publisher Tasks for Roku Syndication
- Syndicating to VEWD TV
- Flexible Feed Format
Section 14 Managing Access Control Profiles
Section 15 Advertising and Ad Networks
- Overview of Advertising with Kaltura
- Player Branding
- Connecting with an Ad Server
- Kaltura Player and Ad Plugins
- Creating Kaltura Video Ads
- Configuring VAST Ads
- Troubleshooting
Section 16 Usage Dashboard Information Guide for VPaaS Customers
- Overall Usage Report
- Plays Report
- Storage Report
- Bandwidth Report
- Transcoding Consumption Report
- Media Entries Report
- End Users Report
Section 17 KMC Analytics Dashboards
