Add Multimedia Channel

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Add/Edit Multimedia Channel

Once you set up communication with local or external Brightcove or YouTube accounts, you can create channels to organize content or manage security in CommonSpot. Access this dialog by clicking the Add Channel icon in Multimedia Services or by clicking the Add Channel link or the edit icon for an existing channel in the Multimedia Channels dialog.

Add Multimedia Channel dialog

Mouse over each field to view details.

Service: Displays the name of the multimedia sharing service. This release supports the external Brightcove and YouTube services and local multimedia service.

Name: Displays the name of the service in CommonSpot.

Description: Optionally describes the service type.

Active: Whether this service is enabled in CommonSpot for file upload or insertion.

Properties: Use this section to display or change the ID or token values for external services. Local multimedia channels do not have Properties.

For Brightcove, copy the Publisher ID and Read Token and Read Token (URL access) generated when configuring Brightcove for CommonSpot.
For YouTube, copy the Client Secret, Client ID, and API Key generated when configuring YouTube for CommonSpot. Enter the Redirect URI for your Site. Copy the Product Name used to register with YouTube.
Optional values are Website name, User ID and Username.

Maximum File Size: Enter the preferred file size limit. YouTube and Brightcove both have published limits for individual file uploads. Check with the service(s) you use.

Supported Formats: Choose from the following options:

Inherit from Service: The channel accepts all file formats supported by the external or local service.
Custom: Displays a list of common multimedia file formats. Optionally limit channel content to the formats you select.

Click Cancel to exit without saving, or click Save to keep your settings and update channel status and attributes.

When you save a new channel, give contributors ManageMedia rights.

Add Local Channel

For the local Channel, the dialog has the following fields:

Service: "Local" (non-editable)
Name: the name of your local channel
Description: the description of your local multimedia channel
Active: checkbox to activate or inactivate the channel
Maximum File Size: in Megabytes -defaults to 0
Supported Formats:
- Options are:
  - Inherit from service For local channels it is All formats.
  - Custom Customize the supported Formats to apply restrictions.
Custom presents a long list of possible file types: (49 types are listed)

Related Links

You can download PDF versions of the Content Contributor's, Administrator's, and Elements Reference documents from the support section of paperthin.com (requires login).

The following guides are available from the support site and are in the /docs/directory of your CommonSpot Server:

You can also download these other guides from the support section of paperthin.com (with login):

For technical support:

http://www.paperthin.com/support/