Revision date: 03/sep/2022«4
Software version: 2024.07.00
This plugin is offered as an option for the following products: mDECK Grand io, mDECK Grand av, mDECK Grand rp, mDECK Grand dn, mDECK Solid io, mDECK Densu io, mCODER Grand s, mCODER Grand av, mCODER Densu s2, mCODER kit, and 4PRO mediaMOVE
With the Social-m plugin, it is possible to ingest videos at a distance of a click. The plugin is for Google Chrome web browser and it will let you ingest media without having to access the MAM4PRO GUI, allowing the content to be ready for editing or any other task, in no time. Just open the plugin, insert the URL and run the workflow to fetch your video, with the option to preserve metadata, or not.
After installing the plugin (chapter “Install the Media Social Plugin”) in your browser, make sure the “Show desktop notifications” option is “On” so that you will receive a notification every time a flow ends or fails.
To connect to MAM4PRO, go to the “Settings” tab, enter the IP, and click on the “CONNECT” button:
You may want to remove the connection to the server. To do this, click on the “Remove connection” button.
Some log and data management options can be performed using the buttons described below:
After connecting to MAM4PRO, you need to log in to it. To do this, go to the “Login” tab, enter your credentials and click on the “SIGN IN” button.
Enable the “Keep signed in” option if you want to stay logged in to the server.
Ingest workflows with input type “Generic”, like the one in the image below, will be available for selection in the plugin. To see how to configure an ingest workflow, please check chapter “Creating an Ingest Workflow”.
Note: it is also necessary to set up shared storage to store the downloads. For that go to the menu “SETTINGS > Systems” and select the storage in the field “Shared Storage”.
Now just start ingesting the desired video. To do this, go to a social media channel, click on the Social-m extension in the top right corner of the screen, which will already appear with the video URL filled in according to the current webpage, change the URL or not, select the workflow and click the “Run Workflow” button:
Note in the image above that when metadata fields are available in the workflow, they will also be displayed in the plugin.
Like the “Activity” widget in the MAM4PRO GUI, the plugin also has a real-time update of the status of the various flows that are created:
In the image above, notice that when running a live stream ingest job, a stop button will be presented to the right of the stream, allowing the ingest to complete.
One of the principles of the plugin is precisely the ease and efficiency of use. It eliminates the need for you to have the browser window open simultaneously. Whenever a download or flow ends/fails, a notification is issued to the desktop, which allows you to be informed of what is happening, even when performing other tasks.