Media Room
The Media Room enables the classification of videos hosted on public video hosting websites, such as YouTube.
For the Media Room to work, the YouTube and Vimeo category must be left at its default blocked setting on the access policy dashboard. * Manually setting the YouTube category to block will block the Media Room and setting the YouTube category to allow will bypass the Media Room
Videos
The Videos module displays a list view of all the videos the DrawBridge has classified.
Click the title of a video in the list to view the video classification record.
Video record view
A video classification record has the following parameters:
| Parameter | About |
|---|---|
| Title | The title of the video |
| ID | The unique hash identifier provided by the video platform (if available) |
| Duration | The length of the video |
| Service | The platform that is hosting the video |
| Size | The resolution of the video, expressed in a pixel ratio |
| Channel | The DrawBridge-classified Channel associated with the video, if any (see Channels, below) |
| Category | The top-scoring Category for this video, determined by the DrawBridge content classifier |
| Rating | The DrawBridge Classifier rating of the video, based on the top-scoring Category |
- Create a new video classification record with the blue + Create Video button
- Edit this video classification record with the green pencil Update Video button
- Delete this video classification record with the red trashcan Delete Video button
- Hamburger menu:
- Get Category review: jumps to a support ticket form to request clasification by a human
- Video Views by User: jump to Reports: Media Views module
- References to this video: jump to Content Filter: Media Room: Pages Linking to Media
- Bookmark this record with the ribbon bookmark button
- Sync Menu (chain-link icon)
- Mark to Resync: flag this record in the background to be included in the next sync run
Video Permissions
Jump to the Permissions record that applies to this video (see Permissions section, below). Displays lists views of people records with membership in the Media Admin and Media Viewer permission groups.
Informational tabs
Details
The Details panel contains:
- If the origin platform is supported: thumbnail of the video will be displayed with a
Playbutton below it (if the video passed the classifier configuration to be allowed to play) - The Description of the video, fetched from the platform hosting this video
- The Genre(s) of the video, determined by the DrawBridge classifier
- The Tags associated with the video, fetched from the platform hosting this video
Classification
A list view of any Category Classifications for this video
Classify a new video
Channels
Displays a list view of media channels that should be automatically polled and classified.
Click the title of a channel to view the Channel record page
Channel Record view
A channel record has the following parameters:
| Parameter | About |
|---|---|
| Source | URL of the channel |
| Title | Title of the channel |
| Last Updated | Timestamp of the last check of the channel for new videos |
| Category | Classifier category assigned to the channel by a Media Room administrator |
| Rating | Classifier rating, based on the assigned Category, above |
- Add a new channel to be classified with the blue + Create Channel button
- Edit this channel record with the green pencil Update Channel button
- Delete this channel record with the red trashcan Delete Channel button
- Hamburger menu:
- Get Category review: jumps to a support ticket form to request clasification by a human
- Channel Videos: jump to list view of the videos contained in this channel
- Channel Permissions: jump to a list view of the Permission Groups (with associated Company info) that may view/modify this Channel (see Permissions section, below)
- Bookmark this record with the ribbon bookmark button
- Sync Menu (chain-link icon)
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Sync Mode (default is
2 Way - Push / Pull from Server); click record sync information - Push to Sync Publisher: initiate a record update push from this DrawBridge to the Sync Server
- Pull from Sync Publisher: initiate a record update pull to this DrawBridge from the Sync Server
- Mark to Resync: flag this record in the background to be included in the next sync run
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Sync Mode (default is
<number> Channel Videos
Jump to a list view of all the videos in this channel that have been classified by the DrawBridge. Clicking an individual record will display a Video Record view, as described above.
Channel Permissions
Jump to the Company Channels permissions group list, which displays any Permission Group + associated Company information assigned to this channel. See Permissions, below.
Informational tabs
Details
The Details panel contains:
- The Description of this channel, fetched from the platform hosting this channel
- The Tags associated with this channel, fetched from the platform hosting this channel
Classification
A list view of any Category Classifications for this video
Permissions
Video Permissions
Set the Permission Group in which Users must be members to view a specific video. (If a video is in a Channel, the Video Permission Group overrides the Channel Permission Group.)
Displays a list view of Media records and the corresponding Permission Group assigned by the associated Company. Click a Media record link in this view to view a Video Permission record.
Record View
A Video permission record view contains the following parameters:
| Parameter | About |
|---|---|
| Media | The title of the video to which this Video Permission record applies |
| Company | The Company associated with this Video Permission record |
| Permission Group | The associated, Company-assigned, minimum Permission Group required to view this video |
Video Permission Record header buttons:
- Add a new Video Permission Record with the blue + Create Video Permission button
- Edit this Video Permission Record with the green pencil Update Video Permission button
- Delete this Video Permission Record with the red trashcan Delete Video Permission button
- Bookmark this record with the ribbon bookmark button
- Sync Menu (chain-link icon)
- Create on Sync Publisher: push this record to the Sync server (only visible for newly-created records)
- Mark to Resync: flag this record in the background to be included in the next sync run
Informational Tabs
Viewers
List views of Person records which are members in the following Permission Groups:
- Company Media Room Admin Group
- Media Viewer Group
Channel Permissions
Set the Permission Group in which Users must be members to view all videos in a specific Channel.
Record View
A Channel permission record view contains the following parameters:
| Parameter | About |
|---|---|
| Channel | The title of the Channel to which this Channel Permission record applies |
| Company | The Company associated with this Channel Permission record |
| Permission Group | The associated, Company-assigned, minimum Permission Group required to view videos in this channel |
Channel Permission Record header buttons:
- Add a new Channel Permission Record with the blue + Create Channel Permission button
- Edit this Channel Permission Record with the green pencil Update Channel Permission button
- Delete this Channel Permission Record with the red trashcan Delete Channel Permission button
- Bookmark this record with the ribbon bookmark button
- Sync Menu (chain-link icon)
- Create on Sync Publisher: push this record to the Sync server (only visible for newly-created records)
- Mark to Resync: flag this record in the background to be included in the next sync run
Informational Tabs
Viewers
List views of Person records which are members in the following Permission Groups:
- Company Media Room Admin Group
- Media Viewer Group
FAQs:
Q: Why does the title of a video just display _?
A: The title of the video was not able to be acquired. The video may have been embedded as part of another webpage.