SLS MEDIA STREAMING - St Laurence School · to resume play from where you last left off. Click the...
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1 SLS MEDIA STREAMING FOR MORE INFO: EXTENSION: 523 01225 309523 AV OFFICE: BETWEEN F6 AND F8 TABLE OF CONTENTS What is it? .................................................................................................................................................. 2 How can I view the media? ........................................................................................................................ 2 Logging In ................................................................................................................................................... 2 Searching .................................................................................................................................................... 2 Search Results ............................................................................................................................................ 2 Viewing The Media ..................................................................................................................................... 3 Search Again? ............................................................................................................................................. 3 Advanced Searching ................................................................................................................................... 4 Getting Media onto Media Stream................................................................................................. 5 Uploading DVDs and VHS ........................................................................................................................... 5 Recording Freeview TV Programmes ......................................................................................................... 5 eStream connect ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Chapters ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 Playlists ....................................................................................................................................................... 7
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SLSMEDIASTREAMING
FORMOREINFO:
EXTENSION:523
01225309523
AVOFFICE:BETWEENF6ANDF8
TABLEOFCONTENTS
Whatisit?..................................................................................................................................................2HowcanIviewthemedia?........................................................................................................................2LoggingIn...................................................................................................................................................2Searching....................................................................................................................................................2SearchResults............................................................................................................................................2ViewingTheMedia.....................................................................................................................................3SearchAgain?.............................................................................................................................................3AdvancedSearching...................................................................................................................................4
GettingMediaontoMediaStream.................................................................................................5UploadingDVDsandVHS...........................................................................................................................5RecordingFreeviewTVProgrammes.........................................................................................................5eStreamconnect........................................................................................................................................5Chapters.....................................................................................................................................................6Playlists.......................................................................................................................................................7
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WHATISIT?
MediaStreamingbasicallyenablesvideoorsound(DVD,Video,FreeviewTVrecording,Camcorder,clipsfromtheInternetetc.)tobeuploadedtoaserverthatcanthenbesearchedforandwatchedonanycomputerovertheInternet.MediaStreamingisacentrallymanagedmediacatalogue,accessiblebymultipleusers(staffandstudents)atanytimeoftheday.Itremovestheneedfordiscs,tapesorplayersinclassrooms.Nospecialsoftwareisrequiredtowatchthemedia.Thereisalsoanexternallyaccessibleareawherewecanpublishmedia,whichcanbeviewedovertheInternetbyanyoneoutsideoftheschoolnetwork.
HOWCANIVIEWTHEMEDIA?
ThereisashortcuttotheMediaServeroneverycomputerdesktopcalledSLSMediaStreaming,whichopensawebpage.
Ifnoshortcutisavailable,typehttps://media.st-laurence.comintotheaddressbarofyourwebbrowser(i.e.InternetExplorer).
ExternalAccess:https://media.st-laurence.com
LOGGINGIN
WhenaccessingMediaStreamingwithintheschooldomain,usersareautomaticallyloggedinagainsttheirnormalusercredentials,thereforenologginginisnecessary.Ifaccessingfromoutsideofschool,youwillneedtologinwithyourSLSusernameandpasswordwhenprompted.Thetypeofuserisdisplayedatthetoprightcornerofthepage,studentsandvisitorswillhaverestrictedsearchaccesstomediarated12andbelow.TheHomepageandSearchbox
SEARCHING
Typeinkeywordssuchas;title,subjectkeyword,staffnameanddepartment.Enterasearchtermintoeithertextboxandclick‘Search’orpressenterandapplicablemediafilesarelisted.Clicking‘OrderBy’andthe‘Direction’dropdownboxesletsyouorganisethewaytheresultsaredisplayed.
SEARCHRESULTS
Thesearchresultsaredisplayedinalist,inorderofmostrelevanttothesearchcriteria.ClickontheTitleorPicturetoviewthevideo.
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VIEWINGTHEMEDIA
Oncethelinkofthechosenmediahasbeenclickedyoucanpressplay(redsquare)orthenumber(bluesquare)toresumeplayfromwhereyoulastleftoff.
Clickthefullscreenbuttontoviewinfullscreen.
SEARCHAGAIN?
ToreturntothehomepagesearchpageclickSLSLogothatislocatedatthetopleftcornerofthescreen.
Youcanalsostartanewsearchusingthesearchbaradjacenttothis.
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ADVANCEDSEARCHING
Clickingthe‘ShowFilters’willrevealmoreoptionstorefineyoursearch
Thisoptionallowsyoutosearchbasedoncertaincriteria.Youcanenterawordinthesearchbarorifyouleaveitblackitwillreturnallresultswiththefilterscreated.
• MediaTypeso Recordings–UploadedfromaDVDorVHSo FreeviewRecordings–RecordedfromliveTVo Playlists–Setsofmedia(Gotonextpageforexplanation)
• Addedbetweeno Searchformediaaddedbetweenthe2dates
• Durationo Usefulforfindingfilms
• WithinFacultieso ‘SelectFaculties’allowsyoutoonlyseecontentassignedtoafaculty
• MetadataFiltero Allowsyoutoapplymultiplespecificcriteriae.g.
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GETTINGMEDIAONTOMEDIASTREAM
UPLOADINGDVDSANDVHS
Therearesomegreen‘MediaUploadRequestForms’inaclipbythepigeonholes,thisneedstobefilledin,attachedtothemediaandgiventoAVTechnicianorputintheirpigeonhole.Thegreenformmustbeasfilledinwithasmuchdetailaspossible;thisishowthemediaisfoundthroughthesearch.Themediawillbereturnedtoyouiftheformisnotcomplete.
Example:
Title:Hitler:TheRiseofEvil
Description:AdolfHitler'searlylife,includinghisboyhoodinAustriaandimpoverishedperiodasastrugglingartistinVienna;culminatingin1934,bywhichtimehehadassumedthechancellorshipofGermany.Webearwitnesstotherhetoric,ruthlessnessandobsessivedeterminationthatpropelledhimtopower,despitethebesteffortsofopponents.
Keywords:Hitler,WorldWarII,WW2,Nazi,Germany,Adolf,Invasion,Reich,Holocaust,Jews,Alois,Munich,Biography,Austria,EvaBraun.
RECORDINGFREEVIEWTVPROGRAMMESFreeviewcanberecorded.Aguidefor7daysinadvancecanbeseenbyclickingthe‘View’buttononthetopbarand‘ViewEPG(seepicturetoright).eStreamalsohasan‘iPlayer’functionkeepingallprogramsfor3daysafterbroadcast.
ProgrammescanrequestedviatheEPG(seebelow).Simplyclickontheprogrammeandclick‘RequestRecording’.Orclick‘RequestSeries’torecordthewholeseries.
RequeststorecordaprogramcanalsobemadetotheAVTechnicianviaemailorgreenform.Alldescriptionsetc.willbeautomaticallytakenfromtheFreeviewprogrammeguidesonothingelseisrequired.
ESTREAMCONNECTYounowhaveaccesstoover1millionprogrammesfromtheBBCDigitalMediaandShakespeareArchivesthrougheStreamConnect.Herearethestepstogetavideoputontooursystem:
• Clickthe‘Create'buttononthetopbarandthen‘Connect’(showntoright).Onfirstuseyouwillneedto‘register’-followtheonscreeninstructions
• Onceregisteredyoucansearchorbrowsetofindavideo
• Clickthe‘AddtoMediaStreaming’buttontorequestthevideotobeaddedtooursystem
• Click’SelectFaculties’andtickallthatapplythenclick‘ConfirmSelection',thenclick‘Create'• Thefollowingboxisatwitter-likesectionthatallowsyoutoshareyourthoughtsandtagallrelated
subjects,click‘Request’whencompleted• Onceapproved,thevideowillappearonoureStreamsite
TimeNavigation
Greenindicatesprogrammesfromthepast,stillavailabletoupload
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CHAPTERS
Creatingchapterscanbeusefultojumptocertainpointswithinamediaresource,thiscansavevaluableteachingtimetofindingthecorrectpositionwithinamediaresourceinstantly.
Tocreateachapter,chooseamediaresourceandonceitisopenintheviewingpage,selectthe‘chapterstab’andclick‘createchapter’
• Findthedesiredpointinthemediafileforthenewchapterandclickthebluestopwatchbuttontosetthechapterpoint.
• Repeattheprocessforthechapter‘EndTime’,orleaveblanktoendthechapterattheendofthemediafile.
• Addatitletothenewchapter• Addadescriptiontothechapter;thiswillhelpidentifythechapterinsearching.• Press‘Submit’tosavethechapter
Toeditanexistingchapter,clickthechaptertabandclicktheoptions/edit.Thenrepeattheaboveprocesstoeditchapter.
Toviewthechapterpoint,repeatthesearchprocess.Clickthe'chapters'tabandanyassociatedchapterswillbelistedhere,simplyclickchapternametoviewmediafromthispoint.
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PLAYLISTS
• TeachingstaffusersloggedcanmakePlaylists.Thesecanbeusefulforcollatinganumberofmediaresourcesintoonesection.
• Playlistscanbecreatedbyselectingitfromthemenuopenedbythe‘Create’button,whichislocatedalongthetopofthehomepage.
• Nowenterthedetailsintheformprovidedontheleft.Ontherightyoucanselectthefacultiesyouwishtoinclude.
• Click‘AddItemtoPlaylist’toopenthesearchfunction• Searchforthemediatobeaddedtotheplaylistbyusingthesearchbarinthenormalwaytotheleft
ofthewindow.• Clickonaddtoplaylisttoadd.Repeatforallmediatobeaddedtoplaylist.
