Working With Image and Video Conversions 4-7
Remember, the conversion engine passes rendition information to the third-party conversion application, so any additional format you associate must be supported by
the third-party conversion application used by your organization.
4.2.4 Associating a File Format
To associate a format with the Digital Asset Manager conversion engine, do these steps:
1. Log in to Content Server. You must have administration rights.
2. Click Admin Applets on the Administration tray. The Administration page is
displayed
3. Click Configuration Manager. The Configuration Manager applet opens.
4. Select Options—File Formats. The File Formats screen is displayed.
5. Associate the format with the Digital Asset Manager conversion engine by
performing one of these steps: If the format is listed in the File Formats upper section of the File Formats screen:
a. Select the format from the list. For example select, imagejpeg for images or
videompeg for videos.
b. Click Edit. The Edit File Format screen is displayed.
c. Select Digital Media Graphics for image formats and Digital Media Video for
video formats from the Conversion choice list. Digital Media Graphics and Digital Media Video are the names of the Digital Asset Manager conversion
engines.
d. Modify the description in the Description field if desired. This description is
displayed in the Configuration Manager, and is not displayed in the Content Server interface.
e. Click OK. The Edit File Format screen is closed.
If the format is not listed in the File Formats upper section of the File Formats screen:
a. Click Add. The Add New File Formats screen is displayed.
b. Enter the type of format in the Format field. The type can be anything, and is
displayed on the Content Information and Rendition Information pages of Content Server. Choose something descriptive, for example,
applicationPaintShop.
c. Select Digital Media Graphics for images or Digital Media Video for videos
from the Conversion choice list. Digital Media Graphics and Digital Media Video are the names of the Digital Asset Manager conversion engines.
d. Optionally, enter a description in the Description field. This description is
displayed in the Configuration Manager, and is not typically displayed in the Content Server interface. The description can be displayed in the user interface
if the configuration variable IsOverrideFormat is set equal to true in the Content Server configuration file. Setting IsOverrideFormat=true in the Content
Note: If you are only converting one type of digital asset, images or
videos, then you should only associate the formats for that type of asset.
4-8 Administrators Guide for Conversion
Server configuration file enables a choice list on the check in page that allows a user to select a conversion format for a specific file, bypassing the assigned
format.
e.
Click OK. The Add New File Formats screen is closed.
4.2.5 Mapping File Extensions
After a format is associated with the appropriate Digital Media conversion engine, you must ensure that all appropriate file extensions are mapped to the file format in
Configuration Manager. All files with a file extension mapped to the format will be passed to the Digital Asset Manager conversion engine.
To map a file extension to a file format associated with the Digital Asset Manager conversion engine, perform these steps:
1.
Log in to Content Server. You must have administration rights.
2.
Click Admin Applets under the Administration tray. The Administration page is displayed.
3.
Click Configuration Manager. The Configuration Manager applet opens.
4.
Select Options—File Formats. The File Formats screen is displayed.
5.
Map the extensions to the appropriate format by performing one of these steps: If the extension is listed in the File Extensions lower section of the File Formats
screen:
a.
Select the extension from the list. For example select, psp.
b. Click Edit. The Edit File Extension screen is displayed.
c. Select the appropriate format from the Map to Format choice list. For example,
applicationPaintShop or videompeg.
d. Click OK. The Edit File Extension screen is closed.
