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User Guide for Cisco Digital Media Manager 5.2.x
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Chapter 17 Media Assets and Embedded Software
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Elements to Add Assets and Edit Their Attributes
Features of the Add Media Asset and Edit Media Asset dialog boxes help you to populate and manage
your media library. Options are sorted under two tabs, Single and Batch, which help you to manage either
one asset or multiple assets, respectively.
Navigation Path
• Digital Signage > Media Library > Add Media Asset
• Digital Signage > Media Library > Options > Add Media Asset
• Digital Signage > Media Library > Options > Edit Media Asset
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Table 17-3 Elements for Adding and Editing Assets
Element Description
Single tab
Elements to add or edit one asset.
Source The full local pathname or remote HTTP URL of the asset. We do not support any use of spaces in
filenames or URLs.
File Type Choose the type that best describes the asset:
• Video—A video file in MPEG-1, MPEG-2, or MPEG-4 format.
• Shockwave Flash—An Adobe Shockwave Flash 6, or 7 file if your DMP is a 4300G or a 4305G.
Alternatively, if your DMP is a 4400G, and then a file in the format of Shockwave Flash 6, 7, 8,
9, or 10.
• Images—A standard image file, such as a nonprogressive JPEG image. The filename extension
must be JPG, JPEG, GIF, or PNG.
• HTML—A web page. The filename extension must be HTM or HTML.
• Firmware—A firmware or kernel image for the DMP. The filename extension must be FWIMG
or BIN for firmware, or TIVELLA for kernels.
• UDP—The routable IP address and UDP port for a streaming server.
Title A unique and human-readable name for the asset.
Estimated Duration The estimated duration for playback, counted in hours, minutes, and seconds.
Category Describes each of the categories that should contain this asset. To add a category to the list, click
Select Category.
Description Optional, brief description of the asset.
Owner Your name or the name of the person who added the asset.
Batch tab
Elements to add or edit multiple assets simultaneously.
Base URL An HTTP URL that points to a directory on a server. The directory that you point to serves as the
root-level URL for the batch download operation; every file that you download is retrieved from this
directory or from one of its children at a lower level. We do not support any use of spaces in URLs.
Pattern The filename pattern that identifies which files to download. We do not support any use of spaces in
filenames.