¶ From a MAM
Revision date: 12/sep/2024
MAM4PRO version: 2024.07.00
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In the Navigation menu (left of the screen) click the “INPUT/OUTPUT” module and then on “Files”;
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In the options list area (lower-left corner) click the “Add”
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In the “GENERAL” tab fill in the form with the information below:
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Name: enter the location name;
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Source type: select the storage type to be used to configure the location;
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Select Storage: select from the pre-configured Asset Management, which will be the storage source;
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Base path: enter the base path of the target folder within the chosen storage. Leave it blank to have access to the entire drive;
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Search depth: choose the depth of the file search inside the folder path provided. Inputting “0” means that the search is made, only inside the folder named on the “Base path” field; “1” means that the search is made inside the named folder and in its subfolders, and so on. To search inside the named folder and in all its subfolders a “-1” value should be inputted;
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Period: enter how often, in seconds, the system will check for changes in the Vizzi collection;
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Select Vizzi collections: select the collection to use as input. The selectable collections are those belonging to the previously configured Asset Management in the Storage field;
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Asset kind: select the type of asset to be searched for. Depending on the asset kind, the following options might be:
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Growing source: enable this checkbox if the input files are growing-files;
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Batch ingest source: enable this option if the input files are from batch ingest source files;
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Add assets to collections: select one or more collections to which assets will be sent after being indexed.
It is possible to edit and delete collections created by the current logged-in user or add new collections directly from the location form. To do this, click on the "Collections Settings" button
as shown below:
To edit an existing collection, click on the "Edit" button
. To delete a collection, click on the "Delete" button 
, and to add a new collection, click on the "Add new collection" button at the bottom of the window.Please refer to page "Managing Collections" to find out more about adding and editing collections.
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In the "Metadata" tab configure the behavior of the metadata of the assets stored in your location:
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Extraction mode: select how metadata will behave;
- None: will extract only the basics metadata from the video assets;
- Metadata: will extract only the metadata from the video assets;
- Metadata and thumbnail: will extract only metadata and thumbnails from the video assets;
- Metadata, thumbnail and video preview: will extract all metadata from the video assets, including thumbnails and video thumbnails.
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Video thumbnails duration: enter the desired duration (in seconds) for the video thumbnails;
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Discard timecode track: check this box to discard the original timecode track.
Note: there is another similar option to preserve the timecode track in the record and ingest workflows. If both are defined, the selection made in the workflow takes precedence.
For instance, if the file input is configured to discard the timecode track, but in the ingest workflow the option to preserve the timecode is selected, the timecode track will be preserved.
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In the action toolbar (bottom right corner) click the “SAVE” button to save the settings.