About

The Flavors tab lets you manage the different versions of your media. Each flavor is just a copy of the video or audio in a different quality or format.

From here, you can download, upload, replace, or remove flavors, and you can also swap out the entry’s main source file if needed.

Access the flavors tab

1. Log into your Rich Media CMS.
The Entries page displays by default.



2. Click on the desired entry's title or thumbnail. 



The entry details page displays.

3. In the left panel, select Flavors.



The 'Flavors' page displays.

Actions

You can apply actions to a selected flavor using the three-dot menu at the end of the row. 

• Download - Downloads the transcoded file to your desktop.
• Upload - Uploads a file from your desktop to serve as a flavor.
• On a non-source flavor: Replaces or adds only that specific flavor.
• On the source flavor: Replaces the entire video and regenerates all flavors.
• Import - Imports a flavor to update existing assets or adds new ones. Click to open a window and enter the file URL.
• On a non-source flavor: Replaces or adds only that specific flavor.
• On the source flavor: Replaces the entire video and regenerates all flavors.
• Drop Folder - Used for updating existing flavors or adding new ones. (You won't see this option if you don't have the required permission.) See our article Drop Folders Service for Content Ingestion to learn more.
• Preview - Displays flavor details: Entry Name, Entry ID, Flavor Name, Flavor Asset ID, Bitrate, Codec, Dimensions, Format, Size (KB), and Status.



• Convert or reconvert - Generates a flavor from the source file or generates an existing flavor again. This is commonly used for workflows such as dubbing and audio descriptions, and can also be used to generate the original audio track from a video as a standalone audio file

To generate a new flavor, locate the desired gray flavor, click the three-dot menu, and select Convert.



Once processing is complete, the generated flavor becomes available in the flavors list.

For example, to generate a standalone file of the video's original English audio, locate the gray English audio flavor and select Convert. Kaltura generates the audio flavor from the source video. Once it's ready, you can select Download from the three-dot menu to download the audio file.

If multiple audio flavors exist, the player displays an audio selection menu, allowing viewers to switch between the available audio tracks.

Generating a standalone copy of the original audio is useful when adding dubbed audio or audio descriptions, where the original audio must also be available as a separate track.



• Delete - Deletes the flavor.
• View DRM details - For accounts supporting direct ingestion of multiple bit-rate flavors.

Refreshing flavors

If a flavor appears to be stuck processing for an extended period, or if you have just initiated an action and want to see the latest status, click the refresh icon (circular arrows) located at the top right of the flavor table.

This updates the status of all flavors without reloading the entire page.