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Report of Multimedia Files & Playlists

Choose Reports - Multimedia to view all video and multimedia files contained in the current site or selected subsites. In addition to the standard CommonSpot date, subsite, and owner filters, you can refine your search by filtering by files or playlists, specific hosting services, or content channels.

To view items for which you are the owner, set filtering and ordering criteria, including which subsite levels to include and date restrictions.The defaults for these options are set through Site Administration - Properties and Settings - Report Settings. See Report Settings in the Administrator's Reference.

You can filter using these options. Click Filter to apply and display items that meet your criteria.

Note that the option to filter by Multimedia Type, Service, or Channel does not display when accessing this report by clicking a Files link in Multimedia Channels, since results are already restricted by these filters, as shown here.

Use Select Date Options to set the date that displays in the Date column. (Use the Date Restrictions search criteria to constrain results by specific dates). Pick from the dropdown. A green checkmark indicates the current filter. Optionally choose from the following:

Click to sort by column head.

Date defaults to the order specified in Select Date Options setting.

Icons in the second column identify these multimedia types:

Brightcove

YouTube

Local multimedia

Icons in the Title column identify these types:

A video or multimedia playlist  

A single video or multimedia file

Mouse over an item in the Title column to display a popup preview image for external files, as shown below, with file details. Locally hosted files display details only.

Click a title to play the file.

Size displays total file size in megabytes for single files, or indicates a playlist.

Length indicates total play time in hh:mm:ss format.

In the Actions column, clicking the preview icon plays the multimedia file.

Clicking the Metadata & Security icon displays the following options.

Clicking the More Actions icon displays the following options. Options are available on the basis of your rights to the CommonSpot media object. For example, users without admin rights cannot change ownership. See the descriptions for each function in the Contributor's Reference.

Remove individual items by clicking the associated delete icon , or select multiple items, click Delete Selected from the More Actions dropdown, then click Go. CommonSpot confirms deletion to enable you to manage any links to this file. You can optionally Select/Deselect all.

Click Upload New Multimedia File to add a new video or multimedia file to your libraries.

Note that you must have the appropriate content and channel permissions for the requested action. For example, to use the Move Selected option from the More Actions dropdown, you must have ManageMedia rights for the channel, content Admin rights, and Upload Multimedia rights for the destination subsite. See Add Multimedia Channel Security Permissions. See also Multimedia Playlist Security and Multimedia File Security in the Contributor's Reference.

 

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