mpx Beta adds Custom Commands and External File Links
As we continue to receive great feedback on mpx Beta, we’re following up with more features and functionality. Today’s update to mpx Beta adds custom commands and support for external file links to the console to help you further customize your video management workflow.
Custom Commands
Custom commands are key tools for helping you integrate mpx Beta with any number of other web service consoles, including those for reporting systems, CDNs, social sites, or any third-party service provider. Use custom commands to create your own console “mashup” that fits your needs: insert links to third-party documents, call another publishing service, or even string together any number of API calls to automate steps in the workflow.
You can also:
- Bring in reports from other systems.
- Trigger synchronizations from or to other content management systems.
- Render custom views that only show information relevant to a particular workflow.
- Trigger external encoding services.
- Preview something in a staging player.
As long as the service you want to integrate is available on the web, all you have to do is enter the URL in the custom command panel.
Your mpx Beta console then displays a button that will call that URL and either bring up the appropriate location or act on whatever object is selected.
External File Links
With external file links you can use files without having to upload them. File locations are stored independent from the actual files.
You can use External File Links to:
- Model live encoders and live streams in your workflows.
- Model files being managed by a partner.
- Reduce storage and bandwidth costs by fetching things only when you need them.
- Migrate from another system without having to move all your existing files.
Using external file links is easy. Every file already has a URL location modeled in the system. You can edit this link as needed, and the system automatically detects whether or not the new file is streaming, is a video or thumbnail, or contains particular security credentials that need to be stored separately.
Additionally, you can also set up a failover URL for a backup file location. If you want to control which resources to use for tasks such as encoding or delivery, you can add tags that limit access to that file from particular zones.
Together, custom commands and external file links provide valuable workflow customization features that enable and expand the kind of flexibility and adaptability that you have come to expect from thePlatform.
To learn more about mpx Beta, check out our mpx Beta page or contact sales@theplatform.com.
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