Syndication-based Workflow

In a syndication-based workflow, the external system that is driving the publishing process communicates with the Content Engine by generating an Escenic syndication format file and starting an import process.

Publishing media in this workflow consists of the following steps:

1. The external system obtains the URL of the video or audio content to be published. The content may be stored either in a VME Video Production system or in some other archiving system. The only requirement is that the media archiving system makes the video/audio clips accessible to the VME Online system in some way. It might, for example, publish them on an HTTP, FTP or SMB server.

2. The external system creates an Escenic syndication format file that defines one or more video or audio content items. Each content item definition contains the URL of the video or audio clip to be published.

3. The external system saves the syndication file in the Content Engine's import folder.

4. The Content Engine imports the syndication file, creating the content items defined in the syndication file.

5. The Content Engine sends the URL of the included video or audio clip to VME Online

6. VME Online retrieves the video/audio clip from the specified location.

7. VME Online transcodes the retrieved video or audio clip into the required web formats.

8. VME Online updates the transcoding status of the content item in the Content Engine.

9. VME Online sends the transcoded video/audio clips to the required location (a content delivery network, for example).

10. VME Online returns the URLs of the transcoded clips, key frames and so on to the Content Engine.

11. The Content Engine updates the content item with the returned data.