Grass Valley Cobalt v.1.14 - Manual (Page 23)

Cobalt User Manual- document version: 3.0 – Page 23
8. Asset Importer
The Asset Importer is a separate application. To purchase, contact Grass Valley.
8.1 Asset Importer How to
This section describes the XML-structure for XML asset import files.
Use the Asset Importer to:
 import metadata and/or
 ingest assets: specify asset's filename origin to ingest (i.e. specify fields filename and origin in
section type-metadata, see below)
Note that all asset types referenced in a XML-file have to be defined in TX/MAM before importing the
XML-file.
8.1.1 Explanation XML-file records and attributes
 bold: records
 italic: optional/variable
item type format explanation
header - --
Cobalt Record na fixed
Asset Record na specifies main asset
InternalID Attribute na
InternalIDs as generated
by external system are
recorded within Cobalt
for efficient
synchronization.
LastSaveDate Attribute yyyy-mm-dd
LastSave information
can be used to
efficiently sync assets;
only items that were
saved after the last sync
need to be synchronized
within Cobalt.
LastSaveTime Attribute hh:mm:ss:ff see LastSaveDate
AssetType Attribute
as defined in
Cobalt
asset type as defined in
Cobalt Asset Manager;
specify when importing
(empty) main asset
type_metadata Record na
base type metadata
fields for asset type
name Record na
filename: specify when
ingesting asset
path Record na
upload directory for
asset; if not specified,
the location of the XML-
file is used
true
Record true/false
only use this option if
original file (as specified
in FIELD origin) can be
deleted after ingest
value Record hh:mm:ss:ff
define use duration for
asset, if not specified,
use duration of Event is