¶ Asset Explorer
Revision date: 09/aug/2024
Software version: 2024.06.00
The Asset Explorer displays the contents stored in the locations that were selected in the Asset Browser widget. It can be displayed in a grid or list.
Tip: dragging an asset from the “Asset Explorer” to the “Job Control” will start the previously selected workflow and to the “Player” will start its preview.
Grid View
In the top left corner, all locations that are selected in the Asset Browser widget are shown so you can easily check the origin of the assets presented.
In the grid view, when hovering over the assets, two icons will be displayed:
Pop-up player: displays a video player as a pop-up window to quickly preview the asset, even in dashboards without a Player widget.
By hovering the mouse over the pop-up player, some controls will appear so you can rewind or fast forward 1 second at a time, pause or play, control the volume, check the timecode, and display in full screen:
Info: shows detailed information about the asset when hovering over it.
List View
In the top left corner, all locations that are selected in the Asset Browser widget are shown so you can easily check the origin of the assets presented.
The icons located on the bottom represent, in order from left to right:
- Assets per page: select how many assets you want to view per page;
- Change view: click to alternate between "Grid" and "List" views. After clicking this a pop-up below will appear to set up the mode view:
- Mode: click to change the view between grid or list view;
- Size: in the box, drag the circle to the right and left to respectively zoom in or out of the content, or click the percentage number to set it manually.
- (reset): click to reset the view size to 100%.
- Group assets: displays group assets together or separately. Group assets are an assortment of assets recorded as a gang, with the same metadata profile;
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Search: located at the top of the widget, enter text to search or click the filter to the right of the bar to filter by name, metadata field, locator, tag, type, processed, status, availability, duration, and creation date. It´s also supported search by comparison operators that allow you to search using multiple queries at the same time;
To use the search filters, click on “Add new filter” and select what field you want to search for on the opened list.
Click on the operator to change this value.
Now, click on the value field to enter an expression to the search.
The way to enter with an expression to search will vary by the type of field chosen. For example, if was a date, click on the calendar icon and a window (image below left) will appear to choose the date and time, and if was a logical field a list with the possible options will appear by clicking the value field (image below right).
To add other queries, you can repeat the steps above as many times as you want to.
On the right corner of the “Asset Explorer” widget, click on the “Reset filter” button to reset the created filters or on the ”Save” button to save your search. To save, you need to give a name to the filter. Just click on the “Enter a name to save” field at the top of the widget and enter a name.
¶ Assets Availability
The availability of the assets can be easily viewed in the upper left corner with color, icon, and text.
Grid view
Note: after running an Archiving Workflow, the archive icon
will be shown in the botton left corner of the thumbnail.
List view
Availability indicators can be:
- Green circle: both high-res and low-res proxy media are available online;
- Red circle: high-res and/or proxy media are missing, or asset is archived;
- Orange circle: low-res proxy media is available online and the high-res media is offline or archived;
: the asset is an online live stream;
: the live stream is offline.
Note: to update the status of an asset that is a live stream, simply select it.
It is also possible to view the individual availability of each asset in a group.
¶ Widget Settings
There is also an extra “Settings” window. To access it, in the upper right corner of the widget, click on the “Options” menu and then on “Settings”.
The “Columns” tab lets you choose which asset metadata to display.
You can change the order of columns by clicking on the column boxes and dragging to the desired position.
The “Advanced” tab presents the following options:
- Auto load latest media: check this box to automatically load the latest generated media.
a. Use last take: check this box to use the last take of the latest generated media (the asset must have a custom “take” metadata field).