Distribution profiles

The distribution profiles specify how clips exit the Volicon Media Intelligence service environment. “Export” defines what data is included (e.g., audio language, video resolution and metadata). Export settings apply to both saving clips on the user’s workstation and publishing them to remote sites. Publishing requires two additional profiles: destination and publish. The destination profile defines social media destinations where the clips will be sent along with any necessary account credentials. The publish profile defines in what format the clip should be encoded and specifies one or more previously defined destinations.

Figure: Distribution profiles – settings

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. To select a new profile, use the <Choose an encoder as profile base> dropdown. This sets the rest of the page defaults based on the configuration of the specific encoder. Once the profile is updated, type the name into the profile name line. This is the name that will be displayed.

Figure: Export profile, part 1

The audio/video settings allow you to select video and audio versions if the encoder offers multiple versions of the channel. You are able to restrict the export to solely audio or video if desired.

Closed captions enables CC – 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. If you select “Export to file”, use the associated dropdown to select the file type to save the CC. Use “Adjust xx seconds” to adjust CC time in seconds so it will fit the video.

When metadata is checked and metadata is included in the clip, it will be exported with the clip; otherwise, it is suppressed. Use the radio button to select which metadata to include.

“Resolution target bitrate” and “Reduce resolution by half” allow you to export the clip in a different resolution and bitrate than it was injected by Volicon Media Intelligence service. Set both parameters using the drop-down menus. Volicon Media Intelligence service will then transcode the stream to these settings prior to export.

Timestamp defaults to the central server time zone (auto). If you want to use a different time zone, select <Other> and use the dropdown to select <Offset from UTC>. Use the <Format> option to delete unnecessary timestamp fields.

The banner allows you to superimpose an image from your workstation. The permissible file formats are JPG, PNG, GIF, TIF, BMP and WEBP. The Volicon Media Intelligence service controls allow flexible placement, size and degree of transparency.

Maximum time accuracy provides frame-by-frame timing accuracy.

Figure: Export profile, part 2

Destination

To create a new destination, click the <Add> icon at the top of the page. To edit an existing destination, hover over the destination name and click the <Edit> icon at the far right.

If the new destination is similar to an existing one, hover over the existing destination and press the <Duplicate> icon located at the far right of the destination field. The system will duplicate the destination and add a numeric identifier – (1) for the first duplicate, (2) for second and so on. Then use the <Edit> function to make changes.

To delete a destination, hover over the name and press the <Delete> icon. If you want to remove multiple destinations, check the ones to delete and use the <Delete> icon in the middle of the page.

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 in to 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: Destination – distribution profile settings

Publish

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: Publish – profile settings

A new page pops up with four sections:

Table. Publish profile

Profile name	Type the new name or edit the old one.
Video export profiles	Check one of the existing export profiles. The export profile specifies if output is audio/video 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 compression scheme rather than the one specified in the export profile.
Destination	Select one or more of the previously configured destination profiles.