Media Module

Image capture is a tool that you can use to create thumbnail and video still images from frames in your videos. The image capture tool works with both progressive download and streaming assets.

To use the image capture tool:

1. In the Media module, select the video for which you want to create an image.
2. In the Details pane, click the Preview & Capture window.
3. In the Preview window, use the control on the progress bar to scrub to the frame you want to capture, or just let the video play to the frame you want.
4. Optionally, select scale to fit. Use the scale to fit option if your video image does not fill the entire preview window. This adjusts the display of the video preview in the preview dialog to fill the preview screen area, so that the resulting image does not have black borders.
5. Click Capture.
6. Select Video Still, Thumbnail, or both. Optionally, enter names for the image files to be created.
7. Click Save & Close.

Note: Images you capture with the Media module have the same aspect ratio as the source video. Thumbnail images are displayed with a 4:3 aspect ratio, so if you create a thumbnail from a 16:9 video, the thumbnail will display letterboxed.

The documented character limits of 60 and 250 characters correspond to the maximum limit for a field that can be stored in our database. The number of characters that will actually display will vary depending on the player template a video is being displayed in, and the characters the field contains.

Each player will display as many characters as will fit in the area allotted to that field in its template.

The specific number of characters that fit will vary depending on the content, since some characters take up more space than others. For example, a field will accommodate more letter I's than letter M's, because the M is wider.

Some larger templates will accommodate far more characters than others, and a particular video can be provisioned to multiple players with different templates.

For these reasons, the character limit in the Description should be considered distinct from what will be visible in a particular published player. Visible characters in a template do not correspond to any fixed value.

The "This video asset could not be parsed for the necessary meta-data" error message indicates that there is a problem with your FLV file. The necessary information cannot be extracted from your FLV by our servers.

This issue can generally be resolved by re-encoding and re-uploading this video.

Please note that you may need to alter settings in your FLV encoder. Re-encoding with the same settings may result in the same problem.

Although the cause may vary, the issue may be encountered if the tool used to encode your files to FLV has added additional descriptive information (for example: "Author", or a flag for "Last Second"). You may want to avoid injecting custom meta-data into your file when re-encoding.

There may be a scenario in which you would like to use a specific video asset, however, reference it under an existing Video ID. This helps to avoid re-publishing Players with a new Video ID, or even avoid re-uploading the same video twice.
 
To change the video asset associated with your Video ID, please take the following steps:

1. Click to the Media Module
2. Select your Video
3. Click 'Edit' and click to the 'Video Files' tab
4. A list of your current renditions are displayed.

If you are looking to keep on of your existing renditions, select the one you would like to keep and copy the Asset ID of that rendition that is listed on the right side of the window

5. Click the 'Change File' button
6. Search for the Video by Asset ID. Or, if you are looking to upload a new Video, click the 'Upload' button to upload a new FLV file
7. Once you have chosen a new video asset, click 'Save Changes'