Manage video assets manage-video-assets

In the digital assets folder or subfolders, navigate to the location where you want to add digital assets.

To upload the asset, click Create from the toolbar and choose Files. Alternatively, drag a file on the user interface. See upload assets for details.

To preview a video in the Card view, click the Play option on the video asset. You can pause or play video in the card view only. The Play and Pause options are not available in the list view.

To preview the video in the asset details page, click Edit on the card. The video plays in the native video player of the browser. You can play, pause, control the volume, and zoom the video to full screen.

In Experience Manager, click Tools > General > CRXDE Lite.

In CRXDE Lite, navigate to /libs/dam/gui/content/assets/jcr:content/actions/secondary/create/items/fileupload. To see the directory window, click the >>.

From the toolbar, click the Overlay Node. Alternatively, select Overlay Node from the context menu.

In the Overlay Node dialog, click OK.

Refresh the browser. The overlay node /apps/dam/gui/content/assets/jcr:content/actions/secondary/create/items/fileupload is selected.

In the Properties tab, enter the appropriate value in bytes to increase the size limit to the desired size. For example, to increase the size limit to 30 GB, enter 32212254720 value.

From the toolbar, click Save All.

In Experience Manager, click Tools > Operations > Web Console.

On the Adobe Experience Manager Web Console Bundles page, under the Name column of the table, locate, and click Adobe Granite Workflow External Process Job Handler.

On the Adobe Granite Workflow External Process Job Handler page, set the seconds for both Default Timeout and Max Timeout fields to 18000 (five hours). Click Save.

In Experience Manager, click Tools > Workflow > Models.

On the Workflow Models page, select Dynamic Media Encode Video, then click Edit.

On the workflow page, double-click the Dynamic Media Video Service Process component.

In the Step Properties dialog box, under the Common tab, expand Advanced Settings.

In the Timeout field, specify a value of 18000, then click OK to return to the Dynamic Media Encode Video workflow page.

Near the top of the page, below the Dynamic Media Encode Video page title, click Save.

Create a Google account.

If you already have a Google account, skip to the next step.

Go to https://cloud.google.com/.

On the Google Cloud page, near the upper-right corner, click Console.

If necessary, Sign in using your Google account credentials to see the Console option.

On the Dashboard page, to the right of Google Cloud Platform, click the Project drop-down list to open the Select a Project dialog box.

In the Select a project dialog box, select New Project.

In the New Project dialog box, in the Project Name field, type the name of your new project.

Your Project ID is based on your project name. As such, choose the project name carefully; it cannot be changed after it is created. Also, you must enter the same Project ID again when you set up YouTube in Experience Manager later on; consider writing it down.

Click Create.

Do either one of the following:

• On your project’s Dashboard, in the Getting Started card, select Explore and enable APIs.
• On your project’s Dashboard, in the APIs card, select Go to APIs overview.

Near the top of the APIs & Services page, select Enable APIs and Services.

On the API Library page, on the left side, under Category, select YouTube. On the right side of the page, select YouTube Data API.

On the YouTube Data API v3 page, select Enable.

To use the API, you need credentials. If necessary, click Create Credentials.

On the Add credentials to your project page, step 1, do the following:

• From the Which API are you using? drop-down list, select YouTube Data API v3.

• From the Where are you calling the API from? drop-down list, select Web Server (for example, node.js, Tomcat)

• From the What data are you accessing? drop-down list, select User data.

Select What credentials do I need?

On the Add credentials to your project page, step 2, under the Create an OAuth 2.0 client ID heading, in the Name field, enter a unique name if desired. Or, you can use the default name specified by Google.

Under the Authorized JavaScript origins heading, in the text field, enter the following path, substituting your own domain and port number in the path, then press Enter to add the path to the list:

https://<servername.domain>:<port_number>

For example, https://1a2b3c.mycompany.com:4321

Note: The path example above is intended for demonstration purposes only.

Under the Authorized redirect URIs heading, in the text field, enter the following path, substituting your own domain and port number in the path, then press Enter to add the path to the list:

https://<servername.domain>:<port_number>/etc/cloudservices/youtube.youtubecredentialcallback.json

For example, https://1a2b3c.mycompany.com:4321/etc/cloudservices/youtube.youtubecredentialcallback.json

Note: The path example above is intended for demonstration purposes only.

Click Create OAuth client ID.

On the Add credentials to your project page, step 3, under the Set up the OAuth 2.0 consent screen heading, select the Gmail email address that you are currently using.

Under the Product name shown to users heading, in the text field, enter what you want to show on the consent screen.

The consent screen is displayed to the Experience Manager administrator when they authenticate to YouTube; Experience Manager contacts YouTube for permission.

Click Continue.

On the Add credentials to your project page, step 4, under the Download credentials heading, select Download.

Save the client_id.json file.

You need this downloaded json file when you set up YouTube in Adobe Experience Manager later on.

Click Done.

Log out of your Google account. Now create a YouTube channel.

Go to https://www.youtube.com and sign in using your Google account credentials.

In the upper-right corner of the YouTube page, click your profile picture (can also appear as a letter within a solid colored circle), then click YouTube settings (round gear icon).

On the Overview page, under the Additional Features heading, click See all my channels or create a channel.

On the Channels page, click Create a new channel.

On the Brand Account page, in the Brand Account Name field, enter a business name or any other channel name you choose where you want to publish your video assets, then click Create.

Remember the name that you enter here because you must enter it again when you set up YouTube in Experience Manager.

(Optional) If necessary, add more channels.

Now add tags for publishing.

In the upper-left corner of Experience Manager, click the Experience Manager logo, then in the left rail, click Tools > Deployment > Replication > Agents on Author.

On the Agents of Author page, click YouTube Publish.

On the toolbar, to the right of Settings, click Edit.

Select the Enabled checkbox so you can turn on the replication agent.

Click OK.

Now set up YouTube in Experience Manager.

Be sure you log in to your instance of Dynamic Media as an Administrator.

In the upper-left corner, select the Experience Manager logo, then in the left rail, select Tools(hammer icon) > Cloud Services > YouTube Publishing Configuration.

Select global (do not select it).

Near the upper-right corner of the global page, select Create.

On the Create YouTube Configuration page, under Google Cloud Platform Settings, in the Application Name field, enter the Google Project ID.

You specified the project ID when you initially configured Google Cloud settings earlier.
Leave the Create YouTube Configuration page open; in a moment, you are going to return to it.

Using a plain text editor, open the JSON file that you downloaded and saved earlier in the task Configure Google Cloud settings.

Select and copy the entire JSON text.

Return to the YouTube Account Settings dialog box. In the JSON Config field, paste the JSON text.

Near the upper-right corner of the page, select Save.

Now set up YouTube channels in Experience Manager.

Select Add Channel.

In the Channel Name field, enter the name of the channel that you created in the task Adding one or more channels to YouTube earlier.

You can optionally add a description, if desired.

Select Add.

YouTube/Google authentication is displayed. If you are not already logged into the Google Cloud account, then skip this step.

• Enter the Google username and password associated with the Google Project ID and the JSON text above.
• Depending on how many channels your account has you see two or more items. Select a channel. Do not select the e-mail address; it is not a channel.
• On the next page, select Accept to allow access to this channel.

Select Allow.

Now set up tags for publishing.

Setting up tags for publishing - On the Cloud Services > YouTube page, select the pencil icon to edit the list of tags that you want to use.

Select the drop-down list icon (upside-down caret) so you can display the list of available tags in Experience Manager.

Select one or more tags so you can add them.

To delete a tag that you have added, select the tag, and select X.

When you are finished adding the tags that you want, select Save.

Now you publish videos to your YouTube channel.

Be sure you log in to your instance of Dynamic Media as an Administrator.

In the upper-left corner, select the Experience Manager logo, then in the left rail, select Tools (hammer icon) > Deployment > Cloud Services.

Under the Third-Party Services heading, under YouTube, select Configure now.

In the Create Configuration dialog box, enter a title (mandatory) and name (optional) in the respective fields.

Select Create.

In the YouTube Account Settings dialog box, in the Application Name field, enter the Google Project ID.

You specified the project ID when you initially configured Google Cloud settings earlier.
Leave the YouTube Account Setting dialog box open; you are going to return to it in a moment.

Using a plain text editor, open the JSON file that you downloaded and saved earlier in the task Configuring Google Cloud settings.

Select and copy the entire JSON text.

Return to the YouTube Account Settings dialog box. In the JSON Config field, paste the JSON text.

Select OK.

Now set up YouTube channels in Experience Manager.

To the right of Available Channels, select + (plus sign icon).

In the YouTube Channel Settings dialog box, in the Title field, enter the name of the channel that you created in the task Adding one or more channels to YouTube earlier.

You can optionally add a description, if desired.

Select OK.

YouTube/Google authentication is displayed. If you are not already logged into the Google Cloud account, then skip this step.

• Enter the Google username and password associated with the Google Project ID and the JSON text above.
• Depending on how many channels your account has you see two or more items. Select a channel. Do not select the e-mail address; it is not a channel.
• On the next page, select Accept to allow access to this channel.

Select Allow.

Now set up tags for publishing.

Setting up tags for publishing - On the Cloud Services > YouTube page, select the pencil icon to edit the list of tags that you want to use.

Select the drop-down list icon (upside-down caret) so you can display the list of available tags in Experience Manager.

Select one or more tags so you can add them.

To delete a tag that you have added, select the tag, and select X.

When you are finished adding the tags that you want, select OK.

Now you publish videos to your YouTube channel.

In the upper-left corner, select the Experience Manager logo, then in the left rail, click Tools (hammer icon) > Assets > Metadata Schemas.

Click default. (Do not add a checkmark to the selection box to the left of “default”.)

On the default page, check the box to the left of video, then select Edit.

On the Metadata Schema Editor page, select the Advanced tab.

Under the YouTube Publishing heading, click YouTube Category.

On the right side of the page, under the Settings tab, do the following:

• In the Map to property text field, select and copy the value.
  Paste the copied value into the open text editor. You are going to need this value later when you create your metadata processing profile. Leave the text editor open.

• Under Choices, select and copy the default value that you want to use (such as People & Blogs or Science & Technology).
  Paste the copied value into the open text editor. You are going to need this value later when you create your metadata processing profile. Leave the text editor open.

Under the YouTube Publishing heading, select YouTube Privacy.

On the right side of the page, under the Settings tab, do the following:

• In the Map to property text field, select and copy the value.
  Paste the copied value into the open text editor. You are going to need this value later when you create your metadata processing profile. Leave the text editor open.

• Under Choices, select and copy the default value that you want to use. Notice that the Choices are grouped in pairs of two. The bottom field in the pair is the default value that you want to copy, such as public, unlisted, or private.
  Paste the copied value into the open text editor. You are going to need this value later when you create your metadata processing profile. Leave the text editor open.

Near the upper-right corner of the Metadata Schema Editor page, click Cancel.

In the upper-left corner of Experience Manager, select the Experience Manager logo, then in the left rail, click Tools (hammer icon) > Assets > Metadata Profiles.

On the Metadata Profiles page, near the upper-right corner of the page, click Create.

In the Add Metadata Profile dialog box, in the Profile title text field, enter the name YouTube Video then click Create.

On the Metadata Profile Editor page, click the Advance tab.

Add the copied YouTube Publishing values to the profile by doing the following:

• On the right side of the page, click the Build Form tab.

• (Optional) Drag the component labeled Section Header to the left and drop it in the form area.

• (Optional) Click Field Label to select the component.

• (Optional) On the right side of the page, under the Settings tab, in the Field Label text field, enter YouTube Publishing.

• Click the Build Form tab, then drag the component labeled Multi Value Text and drop it below the YouTube Publishing heading that you created.

• Click Field Label so the component is selected.

• On the right side of the page, under the Settings tab, paste the YouTube Publishing values (Field Label value and Map to property value) that you copied earlier, into their respective fields on the form. Paste the Choices value into the Default Value field.

Add the copied YouTube Privacy values to the profile by doing the following:

• On the right side of the page, click the Build Form tab.

• (Optional) Drag the component labeled Section Header to the left and drop it in the form area.

• (Optional) Click Field Label to select the component.

• (Optional) On the right side of the page, under the Settings tab, in the Field Label text field, enter YouTube Privacy.

• Click the Build Form tab, then drag the component labeled Multi Value Text and drop it below the YouTube Privacy heading you created.

• Click Field Label so the component is selected.

• On the right side of the page, under the Settings tab, paste the YouTube Publishing values (Field Label value and Map to property value) that you copied earlier, into their respective fields on the form. Paste the Choices value into the Default Value field.

Near the upper-right corner of the page, click Save.

Apply the YouTube Publishing metadata profile to the folders where you are going to upload videos. You must have both the Metadata Profile and the Video Profile set.

See Metadata Profiles and Video Profiles.

In Experience Manager, navigate to a video asset that you want to publish to your YouTube channel.

Select the video asset (the adaptive video set).

On the toolbar, click Properties.

In the Basic tab, under the Metadata heading, click Open Selection Dialog to the right of the Tags field.

On the Select Tags page, navigate to the tags you want to use, and then select one or more tags.

Remember that the tags must be associated with the YouTube channel.

In the upper-right corner of the page, click Select.

In the upper-right corner of the video’s properties page, click Save and Close.

On the toolbar, click Quick Publish.

See also Using Publication Management with Experience Manager Sites.

You can optionally verify the published video on your YouTube channel.

Navigate to the YouTube published video asset whose URL that you want to copy, then select it.

Remember that YouTube URLs are only available to copy after you have first published the video assets to YouTube.

On the toolbar, click Properties.

Click the Advanced tab.

Under the YouTube Publishing heading, in the YouTube URL List, select, and copy the URL text to your web browser to preview the asset or to add to your web content page.

View video encoding progress in your assets folder:

• In card view, video encoding progress displays on the asset by percent. If there is an error, this information also displays on the asset.

• In list view, video encoding progress displays in the Processing Status column. If there is an error, this message displays in that same column.

This column does not display by default. To enable the column, select View Settings from the views drop-down menu, and add the Processing Status column and click Update.

View progress in the asset details. When you click an asset, open the drop-down menu and select Timeline. To narrow it down to workflow activities like encoding or YouTube publishing, select Workflows.

Any workflow information – such as encoding – displays in the timeline. For YouTube publish, the Workflow timeline also includes the name of the YouTube channel and the YouTube video URL. In addition, you see any failure notifications in the Workflow timeline after the publish is complete.

For workflows in progress, see Workflow Instances available from Tools > Workflow > Instances.

Select the instance and select Open History.

From the Workflow Instances area, you can also suspend, terminate, or rename workflows. See Administering workflows for more information.

For failed jobs, see Workflow Failures available from Tools > Workflow > Failures. The Workflow Failure lists all failed workflow activities.

For completed workflows, see Workflow Archive available from Tools > Workflow > Archive. The Workflow Archive lists all completed workflow activities.

You receive email notifications about aborted or failed workflow jobs. These email notifications are configurable by an administrator. See Configure email notifications.

In Experience Manager, select Tools > Workflow > Models.

On the Workflow Models page, select Publish to YouTube, then select Edit on the toolbar.

Near the upper-right corner of the Publish to YouTube workflow page, select Edit.

Hover the mouse pointer on the YouTube Upload component, then select once to display the inline toolbar.

On the inline toolbar, select the Configuration icon (wrench). Click the Arguments tab.

In the YouTube Upload Process - Step Properties dialog box, select the Arguments tab.

You can select or clear the following check boxes:

• Publish Start
• Publish Failure
• Publish Completion - includes information on channels and URLs

Clearing a check box means that you do not receive the specified email notification from the YouTube Publish workflow.

When you are finished, near the upper-right corner of the dialog box, select the Done icon (check mark).

On the Publish to YouTube workflow page, near the upper-right corner, select Sync.

From the Assets console, select Edit on the asset card to display the asset details page.

To play the video, click Preview.

To annotate the video, click Annotate. An annotation is added at the particular time (frame) in the video. When annotating, you can draw on the canvas and include a comment with the drawing. Comments are auto-saved. To exit the annotation wizard, click Close.

Seek to a specific point in the video, specify the time in seconds in the text field and click Jump. For example, to skip the first 20 seconds of video, enter 20 in the text field.

To view it in the timeline, click an annotation. To delete the annotation from the timeline, click Delete.