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CHAPTER 16
Content Management Application (CMA)
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Uploading Content from Your Local Drive to a Media Server
You can upload User Content Media files, Media folders and Object files from your hard drive to
a DL.3, DL.2 or Axon media server, provided they are:
• A valid file format (.jpg, .gif, .png, .bmp, .mpg, .m2v for Media Files; .x for Object
files)
• You are uploading them to the appropriate User content folder on the media server
• They have been encoded correctly
To upload content:
1. Display the file or folder destination in the right pane of the CMA window
2. Browse to the file or folder you want to upload on your hard drive and click on it to select.
3. Drag and drop it into the appropriate User content folder
OR
4. Select Copy from the Edit drop down menu or the right click popup list.
5. Select Paste from the Media Files or Objects drop down menu or the right click popup
list.
As files are uploaded to fixtures, the User interface displays progress information and notifies
the user of any naming conflicts in renamed files or encoding problems.
Content Scanning
Incorrectly encoded content can cause issues with playback performance, network
synchronization, and graphics engine stability. To prevent this, the CMA automatically scans
content locally on your computer (or the Axon media server) before actually loading it. If no
warnings or errors are found, the content is loaded on to the server. If warnings or errors are
found, a dialog box describes specific content problems.
Warnings are problems that will potentially cause issues with playback of the media on the
fixture, but won't affect graphics engine stability. An example would be a movie not being
encoded with all I-frames or not having an End-of-Sequence header. The CMA will allow these
files to be loaded on to the server, but it will alert you to potential issues by displaying the
warnings in a dialog.
Errors are more serious problems with content that can create severe stability issues in media
server software; for example, content encoded as the wrong type of stream (Transport Stream
instead of an Elementary Stream). Errors are caused when content does not adhere to the
MPEG2 encoding standard. When an error is found, the CMA will not allow this content to be
loaded on to a server at all. A dialog will describe the issue, and after dismissing the dialog, you
will find the specific file has not been loaded onto the server.