MediaStore user guide

Hardware, software and connection recommendations

• Hardware and software recommended for using MediaStore
• Network requirements and tests

Getting started

• Key functionality guide
• Key security features
• Real-time system status
• The Dashboard
• Overview of sections
• Interacting with MediaStore
• About the MediaStore user guide

User management

• User management: introduction
• Organizations vs. Users and Client vs. Admin Users
• User Status
• User and Organization Access levels
• Creating and granting access to Organizations and Users
• Viewing and managing Users and Organizations
• Previewing the client site or specific product pages as an admin site user

Groups

• Groups: introduction
• Using Groups
• Business Unit Groups
• [NBCUniversal] Deals and Licensees
• [France tv Distribution] Market Line-Up Groups
• Sending Group Recommendations (and Grant Access)
• Selections and Screening Rooms
• Special Purpose Groups: define featured content

Product management

• Product management: introduction
• Viewing Products
• Adding and managing Products
• Managing Access settings for Products
• Sending Product Recommendations (and Grant Access)
• Automated Product metadata import via Excel template

Asset management

• Asset management: introduction
• Adding and assigning Assets
• Recommended specifications for videos uploaded for streaming
• Using Aspera Inbox to upload and ingest Assets
• Viewing and managing Assets
• Managing Access settings for Assets
• Using Aspera delivery to deliver Assets to external Aspera destinations
• Long-term Asset storage
• Recommended streaming video specifications
• Recommended software and settings for creating streaming videos
• News assets: Define News content

Settings

• Affiliation: fundamental system settings
• Awards and Genres: product-related metadata
• Roles: sets of user privileges
• Other Settings

Access settings

• Access settings: introduction
• Product and Asset Access levels and permissions
• Asset Status
• User and Organization Access levels
• The “most liberal access level wins” policy
• Managing Access settings for Products
• Managing Access settings for Assets

Additional marketing and metrics

• Screening conferences: video conferencing with direct streaming of trailers and screeners
• The MediaStore mobile app for catalog discovery and offline screening
• The Campaign tool: effortless custom email newsletters
• Analytics: in-depth usage stastistics and email reports
• Quick Guide: Analytics

Troubleshooting

• User login
• Screening conferences