Introduction

How to Download the Sample File

How to Enter Metadata Info in The Downloaded Sample File

How to Upload Bulk Content (Filled up Sample File)

Check the Status of Bulk Content Upload

Introduction

Muvi allows you to import bulk video/audio metadata, images, and videos of several contents to the Content Library in your CMS. This feature helps you save a lot of time and the hassle of creating the video /audio content metadata and uploading posters and video/audio files manually.  In this process, first, you need to download a sample CSV file. Then add all the metadata information, image file name, and video name of several contents that you want to add to your Content Library in the sample CSV file. This CSV/XML file must contain information including, Content-Type, Content Format, Content Name, Content Category, Release/Record Date, Genre, Image file name, Video/Audio file name, etc. in a specific order for each content. After creating the CSV/XML file you can import the video/audio content metadata to the Content Library through the Import feature in the CMS.

How to Download the Sample File

• To download the “Sample File”, navigate to “Content Management” -->” Content Library” in the CMS.
• Click on the “Bulk Upload” tab.
• Click on the “Download” button.
• The “Sample CSV File” will be downloaded to your device.
• Open the downloaded Sample CSV file and you can see different metadata columns. Under these columns, you can add content metadata.

How to Enter Metadata Info in The Downloaded Sample File

While adding metadata to the downloaded sample CSV/XML file, you need to follow some guidelines to make the import process hassle-free.

• Column headings in the CSV/XML file must be the same as the metadata fields in the “Add Content” page. (For example, Genre should have a column header as “Genre”. Otherwise, the corresponding metadata won’t be imported).
• In a CSV/XML file, columns are metadata fields, and the rows contain the values of the content. (For example, under the column “Content Name” type the name of the content. It can be a movie name, video clip name, or TV series name, depending on the content type. Under column, “Genre” type Action if it is an action movie, Comedy, if it’s a comedy movie, etc.)
• If column names are valid and the row name with the “Title/Name” doesn’t exist, then new Content with that title will be created.
• Leave the “Content ID” column blank. The content id will be auto-generated during the bulk upload.
• There are certain values defined for “Content Types” and “Content Format”, which you need to follow while creating content metadata.
• In the “Content-Type” column, for VOD (Video on Demand) content, type “1” and for AOD (Audio on Demand) type “2”.
• In the “Content Format” column, type “Video” for video-on-demand content and type “Audio” for audio-on-demand content. (Please view the below table)
• *To import poster images of the content, first, you need to add the images to your Asset Library. Click Here to know how to add the image to the Asset Library. Once you added the image, you need to copy the image file name from the Asset Library and paste it into the "Image File Name" field in the CSV/XML file for the corresponding video/audio content.
• To import video for the content, first, you need to add the video to the Asset Library. Click Here to know how to upload the video to the Asset Library. Once you added the video, you need to copy the video file name from the Asset Library and paste it under the "Primary Media" field in the CSV/XML file for the corresponding video content (see below GIF).
• To import audio for the content, first, you need to add the audio to the Asset Library. Click Here to know how to upload the audio to the Asset Library. Once you added the audio, you need to copy the audio file name from the Asset Library and paste it under the "Audio File Name" field in the CSV/XML file for the corresponding video content (see below GIF).

• This is how the "Sample CSV File" looks after adding the content metadata (see the below screenshot).

How to Upload Bulk Content (Filled up Sample File)

• To upload the “Filled Up Sample File”, navigate to “Content Management” -->” Content Library” in the CMS.
• Click on the “Bulk Upload” tab.
• Under “Upload the Filled-Up File”, click on the “Choose File” button.
• Select the filled-up sample CSV file from your device and upload it.
• You can review the metadata. If anything needs to be changed, you can go back and change it. Then you can again upload the file.
• Click on “Proceed” to upload the bulk metadata to the CMS.
• Once the content metadata is uploaded, you can view all the uploaded content metadata in the Content Library.

Check the Status of Bulk Content Upload

During the bulk upload process, if there is any failure or error occurs, then you can check the detailed report in the “Content Upload” analytics.

• To view the “Content Upload” analytics, navigate to “Analytics” -->” Content Upload” in the CMS.
• Under the “Bulk Upload Report”, you can view the list of bulk upload reports.
• Click on “View” on the right-hand side of a report to view the details.