Live Series Page Manual 3.0
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The Series page is a variation of the Live page. Its purpose it to make it easier and more visual to Edit Series, Seasons, Episodes and its relationships.
This page brings a new element: the treeview. In this block it is possible to see the hierarchy between all the elements that belong to a Series. The page allows to edit one or more elements at once, by selecting them on the tree view. whenever more than element is selected the editing blocking will automatically enter in bulk edit mode.
There is also a Warning block, which runs a series of validations and display the conflicts to the user.
Only one information block can be edited at a certain time, so have in mind to save the current changes before moving to another block.
Blocks
Live series elements
When we select a single element, we can edit and save changes on that element.
The save function "imagenguardar" verifies and applies the changes for each edited block.
If we edit a block without saving, and change the block, a warning will be displayed to save and continue or dismiss the changes made in that block.
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Basic information
This block shows the detail of the works related to the channel
Images
In this block you can manage the Catchup settings associated to this channel, used for configuring the Catchup service.
You can configure the following fields:
- Catchup POD Settings: Allows you to select the specific POD Settings to the Live Channel. You can define new POD settings in the POD Settings page
- Catchup Enabled: Defines if the Catchup service is enabled or not for that Live Channel.
- Override Default Settings: Configures if you want to configure specific Catchup settings in this Live Channel that will override the Catchup settings defined at Instance level.
- Window duration: In hours, represents the length of catch up window, this is, the number of hours that will be kept recorded in the past.
- Window Start: In minutes, represents the time after the end of the program where the catchup movie will become available:
- 0 when the program finished,
- N the number of minutes after which the program has ended.
- Start Padding: In seconds, represents the start padding that will be added to the start time of the program to ensure that the whole program is recorded.
- End Padding: In seconds, represents the end padding that will be added to the end time of the program to ensure that the whole program is recorded.
Once you have finished with the modifications, save changes with the button in the live channel page.
Genres
This blocks allows you to manage the availability of this Live TV channel and its servcies associated (Playback, Catchup, Startover, RestarTV) in the different device types in the instance it belongs to.
The block has been totally refactored in MIB 3.0, with the objective of simplifying the operation. Each row allows you to control the availability of the Live channel services for each device type of its Instance. You can also configure the Quality that will be available for each device. The services that you can configure are:
- Enable Playback: controls if the Live OTT playback of that live channel is enabled for that specific device. If it is disabled, the user wont be able to play this live channel in that specific device type.
- Enable Catchup: controls if the playback of 7UD catchup contents of that live channel is enabled for that specific device type.
- Enable Startover: controls if the playback of 7UD catchup contents of that live channel is enabled for that specific device type.
- Enable RestarTV: controls if the playback of 7UD catchup contents of that live channel is enabled for that specific device type.
Configure service availability for a device type
The sliding button allows you to enable/disable that specific service. It has 3 different positions:
- The devices contained are enabled.
- The devices contained are disabled.
- Mixed. Some devices contained in sub-levels might be enabled and others disabled.
Once finished, apply changes using the button in the VOD Channel page.
Configure service quality for a device type
The quality selector allows you to configure the quality that will be available for an specific level. Once finished, apply changes using the button in the VOD Channel page.
Adding a new device type
- Use the button and multiple selection window will open to select some device types from the instance to be added. You can also use the CREATE FOR ALL button to create entries for all the devices of the instance that are not configured yet.
- Select the device types you want to add and press the button.
- Now configure the service availability for those device types and the quality and press the on the Live Channel page to apply changes.
Removing a device type
- Use the button to remove an device type entry.
- Once finished, save changes by using the in the live channel page and the availability will be removed.
Persons Roles
This block shows the information of the subscriptions associated with the channel.
Edit a subscription
- Use the button and a new tab will open with the subscription page to be able to edit from https://wikis.tid.es/gvp-dev/index.php/Subscription_Page_Manual_3.0#Edit.
Age Descriptiors
This block allows you to manage the images associated to the live channel and the information associated, such as the Type and Quality.
Also, the preview of all the associated images is displayed. It's possible to select/deselect all associated images and remove them.
Add new images
- Use the button and a new row will be added so you can upload the new image.
- Then click the button and a dialog will be open so you will be able to select the image to be uploaded.
- Now select the subtitle language and a name for the subtitle.
- Once finished, save changes by using the in the live channels page and the subtitle will be associated.
Add existing images
- Click the button and a dialog will open to select and existing image.
- Once finished, save changes by using the in the live channels page and the image will be associated.
Remove images
- Use the button to remove the association of a image from the movie .
- Once finished, save changes by using the in the live channel page. This will not delete the image file from the platform. In order to delete the image, you will have to go to the Images Page.
Preview images
By clicking in the button in each image, you can access to the image preview.
Actions
Create | Edit | Edit in List | Bulk Edit | Copy | Copy with Relateds | Delete |
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Create
Live Channel creation is not allowed to be done from MIB. Live Channels can only be created through EPG ingestion.
Edit
Live channel modifications are enabled for some operator profiles (EPG Manager, OB Admin). It can be used to perform modifications in some of the Live Channel related data.
Edit in List
Edit in list is disabled for Live Channels for security reasons. You have to go to Edit Page to perform any modification.
Bulk Edit
Bulk Edit is disabled in the Live Channels page.
Copy
Copy is disabled for Live Channels as their creation from MIB is not allowed.
Copy with Relateds
Copy with Relateds is disabled for Live Channels page.
Delete
Delete is disabled for Live Channels page.