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Media Room

The Media Room enables the classification of videos hosted on public video hosting websites, such as YouTube.

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 channel associated with the video, if any
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

Record header buttons:

  • 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 Network Access: 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. Displays lists views people records with membership in the Media Admin and Media Viewer permission groups.

Informational tabs

Details

The Details panel contains:

  • If the origin platfomr is supported: thumbnail of the video will be displayed with a Play button 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

  1. Click the + button (Tooltip: Create Classified Media) in the upper right corner of the list view (or use the same + button on a video record page)
  2. Enter the direct URL of the video you wish to classify. Note that it must be a direct link, not a URL-shortened link. For YouTube, the link should start as follows https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=+ the unique hash of the video in question.

Channels

Permissions

Video Permissions

Channel Permissions

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.

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