Distribution Profiles

The Distribution profiles specify how clips exit the MIP environment. Export defines how the clip is formatted. Export settings apply to both saving clips on the user’s workstation and publishing them to social media sites. Publishing requires two additional profiles: Destination defines where the clip will be sent along with any required account credentials and Publish defines in what format the clip should be encoded.

Figure: Settings Distribution Profiles

Figure: Settings Distribution Profiles

Export

To create a new Export Profile click the <add> icon at the top of the page. To edit an existing profile hover over the profile name and click the <edit> icon at the far right.

The Video Profile opens on the right side of the page. For a new Profile type the name into the Profile name line. Above that field is an encoder pulldown. The default is independent of the Encoder. Optionally you are able to restrict the Profile to a specific Encoder by using the pulldown.

Below the Profile Name Streams is checked by default. This exports both audio and video. You are able to restrict the export to solely audio or video if desired.

Closed Captions enables Closed Captioning – if you try to select this option and the Encoder does not support CC an error message appears at the top of the screen. Select the CC language if more than one exists. The default setting Burn to video includes the CC as part of the video clip. The other option Export to file saves only the CC portion in the file type specified.

When Metadata is checked and Metadata included in the clip it will be exported with the clip, otherwise it is suppressed.

Resolution and Target Bitrate allow you to set both those parameters using the pulldowns.

Timestamp includes a timestamp of when the video was initially broadcast.

Banner allows you to superimpose an image from your workstation. The permissible file formats are: JPG, PNG, GIF, TIF, BMP and WEBP. The MIP controls allow flexible placement and size.

Split into chunks limits contiguous size of a clip. If clip exceeds the maximum duration it is exported in multiple parts.

Maximum Time Accuracy provides frame by frame timing accuracy.

Figure: Export Profile

Figure: Export Profile

Destination

To create a new Destination click the <add> icon at the top of the page. To edit an existing Destination profile hover over the Destination name and click the <edit> icon at the far right.

A list of available destinations appears in the right side pane. Click on the desired destination. A new panel will open asking for additional information. In some cases you will need to log into the remote site and manually fill out some of the text fields. The account name you used to log in will be automatically displayed to the right of the destination name. This allows you to create multiple Destination Profiles going to the same social media site.

Figure: Settings Distribution Profiles

Figure: Settings Distribution Profiles

Publish Profile

To create a new Publish Profile click the <add> icon at the top of the page. To edit an existing profile hover over the Profile name and click the <edit> icon at the far right. Once this is complete, it is possible to publish video clips to multiple destinations simultaneously.

Figure: Settings Publish Profile

Figure: Settings Publish Profile

A new page pops up with four sections:

Table: Publish Profile

Profile Name

Type the new name or edit the old one.

Video Export Profile

Check one of the existing Export Profiles. The Export Profile specifies if output is video/audio or both and configures various video options. If none of the existing Export Profiles is appropriate you need to create a new one.

Transcoding Commands

Select one of the transcoding options if you want to use a different compression scheme, not the one specified in the Export Profile.

Destination

Select one or more of the previously configured Destination Profiles.