Frequency Documentation

Two views are available for browsing videos: Grid View and List View.

Sorting & Statuses

By default, the most recent videos are shown. The user can narrow down the videos by using a keyword search, filter by, and sort by. Furthermore, the user can use shortcuts on the left side to filter by All Videos, Last 24 Hours, Last 7 Days, or belonging to one of the Brands within the account.

Types	Sub-types
Sort by	Recently Created Recently Published Recently Updated
Filter by	Enabled Disabled Draft

Using the Grid View

The Grid View focuses on exposing video thumbnails. The user sees the video thumbnail, duration, title, status, and relative date for when the video was uploaded. The user, when hovering over the video, can preview the video or its metadata.

Bulk Update Metadata in List View

List view is optimized for high volume content management. The user sees the video title, duration, published date, date created, status, and brand. The user can select one or more, or all (limited to 30 at a time) of the videos within the page, to perform bulk operations. The following operations are possible:

Bulk Action	Target Change	Notes
Item Selector Checkbox	--	Select one or more, up to all 30 in screen for bulk operation.
Add Field Values	Genre Keywords	Append metadata to existing field values.
Replace Field Values	Genre Rating Language Periodicity Cut Content Format Content Type Keywords	Replaces metadata to existing field values.
Status Change	ENABLED DISABLED	Change status for selected videos. A status of Enabled means that the video is available for distribution and end-user consumption.
Delete	Entire Video Record	Permanently deletes the selected videos from the system and all its assets. This action is irreversible.

For each video, regardless of View selected, the user can view the Video Details page by click on the View Details selection (Grid View: Hover over and click on icon, List View: Click on video result row).

Video Thumbnail - This is the artwork for the video.

Video Title - The title of the video. This cannot be blank.

Video ID - Automatically generated unique identifier for the video.

Status - Status for the video.

Description - Description for the video. This cannot be blank.

Country - The primary country of production for this video. This drives the possible values for Rating.

Rating - The rating value for this video.

Language - The primary audio language for this video.

Genre / Sub-genre - The Frequency genre and sub-genre classification for this video. At least one is required. More than one genre is supported. Sub-genres are optional.

Content Format - The production format of the video (e.g.: Show).

Content Type - The content type of the video (e.g.: Review).

Cut - The cut of the video (e.g.: Clip).

Periodicity - How often does this video occur (e.g.: One-time).

Keywords - Keywords that give contextual value for the video (people, places, topics, etc.).

Rating Descriptors - This metadata represents additional details to the Parental Ratings (e.g.: Violence, Adult Language, etc.). The new field supports comma-separated text (up to 100 characters) and is available for downstream processes (e.g.: Graphics, EPG).

Cuepoints - The timecode(s) where cuepoints exist. Cuepoints are primarily used to signal ad breaks. By default, the cuepoint is 0 for pre-roll only videos. Cuepoints are in units of seconds and support millisecond accuracy (601225 means ads can be inserted during playback at 10 minutes, 1 second, and 225 milliseconds). Multiple cuepoints are allowed separated by commas (e.g.: 601225,904220,1210122).

Date Available / Date of Expiration - Reference Data for internal use, to know when the the asset can be used.

Video Enabled - Toggles the video status to enabled or disabled. Disabled videos do not show up in Manage unless filtered to them.

Custom Metadata - Open field for any custom metadata that may be needed to pass through related to an asset.

To edit a video's metadata, click on the Edit Details button when viewing the video's details page. This would open a new modal with editable fields for the video's metadata. When done, click on Save.

The Preview section lets the user preview the videos for each transcoded rendition. The renditions can be changed using the dropdown on the top right, if there is more than one rendition for the video.

The Assets section lets the user review the different renditions transcoded for the video. Rendition specifications are shown for name, resolution, bitrate, video codec, and audio codec. For additional technical details, contact your Frequency Administrator.

This section lets the user review the video's distribution rights as configured for the Source that the video belongs. The rights profile for the Source is managed in the ACCOUNT tool.

To upload a video, you can first select a Brand by clicking on the Brand on the left side of the main screen. Under the Brand's profile details, click on the Upload Video button.

Step 1: In the Video Details modal, select Linear from the Video Details modal, and then click Create New Linear Program.

If you are not satisfied with the Target Duration or the Linear Program Title automatically generated from your video, click on the  Pencil icon in the upper right corner of the Program Editor.

Modify the Linear Program Title and the Target Duration to the desired values.

This dialog allows you to customize your Linear Program Title and Target Duration. This automatically defaults to the next 30-minute increment that would occur after adding ten minutes to the current time.

Advance the play-head by either manually scrubbing or using the player controls.

Manual Scrubbing: You may click and drag the blue play head left and right on the video timeline.

Player Controls: You may use the player controls to advance or go back the previous frame or previous video component.

Once you’ve selected the place where you want to add an event, go to Step 4.

To add an Ad Pod or a Time Stretch event, click on the Add (“+”) icon. This will open the Ad Pod, Time Fill, Static Interstitial, and Dynamic Interstitial drop-down menu

The Ad Pod dialog will open.

You will be able to set ad pod duration in 30 second increments up to 180 seconds. The “Start At” position will be the position you scrubbed to in the video timeline.

Using this dialog screen, you are able to manually set the starting position of the ad pod using SMPTE timecode. By default, the timecode is already pre-selected based on the selection in the linear program’s play-head position.

To edit or remove existing ad pods, double-click within the ad pod or click on the three dots icon at the end of the ad pod in the list below the video timeline.

If the program you’ve created is within 30 seconds of the program’s Target Duration, you may use the Magic Wand to automatically fill in the gap with a Time Stretch event.

Time Stretch can be added manually at any time and placed anywhere on the timeline.

If your program’s Target Duration and timeline match, the “Ready for Air” button will turn blue.

Click on “Ready for Air” and your linear program will be marked “Ready for Air” and will be available for you to schedule in a Linear Channel.

Note: You can save a program as “Draft” at any time for editorial purposes and schedule it on a linear channel. However, “Draft” linear programs will not be scheduled for playout. A fallback programming experience will occur in the event of a “Draft” appearing in a schedule at the time of airing.

Managing Existing Linear Programs

To manage existing programs, click on the Linear Program record within the Linear Tab of the Video Details modal. This will open the Linear Program modal that allows the user to make changes to the selected Linear Program. Editing the Linear Program is the same as when a new Linear Program is created.