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Keep the following in mind when uploading your files to the movingimage FTP server:

Uploading without an XML file

  • If a video file is uploaded without an XML file, the system will use the original file name as the title. All other metadata will be blank.

Uploading with an XML file

  • To import metadata for a video, an XML file formatted according to the validation schema must be uploaded after the video file.
  • The XML file should always be uploaded last. This is because the XML file triggers the uploading process.
  • If a tag is defined in the XML file, it must not be left blank or an error will occur and the video will not upload.

Thumbnails

  • Uploads should be done in this order: video file → thumbnail file → XML file.
  • Thumbnails must not be larger than 10000 KB. 
  • If a thumbnail image is not provided after defining one in the XML file, an error will occur and the video will not upload.

Subtitles

  • Uploads should be done in this order: video file → subtitle file(s) → XML file.

Character Encoding

If you need to use reserved XML characters within your metadata file, they must be encoded. There are two different encoding options:

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