Defining Video Content Types

In order to be able to use the Video plug-in, you need to add at least one suitably configured video content type to your publication's content-type resource. For general information about the content-type resource and how to edit it, see the Escenic Content Engine Resource Reference.

You can define two different video content types:

External

An external video content type can be used to hold metadata referencing video content stored either in a Viz Media Engine or in some other external server. This video content type is used for all workflows except the local upload workflow described in Local Upload Workflow.

Internal

An internal video content type includes a link field for holding an actual video object (an MPEG file, for example). Such content items can therefore hold video content, not just metadata and a reference. This video content type is used for the local upload workflow described in Local Upload Workflow.

The Video Plug-in distribution file contains an example content-type resource file (video/misc/example/content-type.xml) with more complete examples of the content type definitions described in the following sections.