Vidispine
Item conform [VC 21.3 GEN]
The conform resource exposes a simple way to combine media from one or more items into a new item. It is also possible to select specific parts from the input by specifying an input interval.
This could be used when you for example want to:
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Merge spanned P2 clips.
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Render a simple sequence as defined by a user.
Conforming
Start a conform job
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POST
/conform
Starts a new
CONFORM
job that creates a new item and one or more shapes that contains media according to the conform timeline.Query Parameters: -
conformMetadata (boolean) –
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true
(default) - Copy metadata from the source items, according to the timeline, to the resulting item. -
false
- Do not copy metadata from the source items.
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sourceTag (string) – Comma-separated list of shape tags, that specify the shapes that should be used as inputs.
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original (string) – If specified, should be one of the tags specified in the tag parameter. Specifies that the original shape tag will be reset to the shape created to this tag.
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resourceId (string) – The transcoder resource to use to execute the transcode.
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tag (string) – Comma-separated list of shape tags, that specify the desired output.
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createThumbnails (boolean) –
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true
(default) - Creates thumbnails according to default transcoder rules. -
false
- No thumbnails will be created.
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createPosters (string) – A list of time codes to use for creating posters.
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thumbnailService (string) – Identifies which thumbnail resource that should be used.
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destinationItem (string) – An item id, to which the new new shape will be associated.
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notification (string) – The placeholder job notification to use for this job.
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notificationData (string) – Any additional data to include for notifications on this job.
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priority (string) – The priority to assign to the job. Default is
MEDIUM
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jobmetadata (string[]) – Additional information for the job task.
Accepts: -
application/xml, application/json – ConformRequestDocument
Produces: -
application/xml, application/json – JobDocument
Role: _job_write
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Start a conform job for an existing item
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POST
/item/
(id)/timeline/
(timeline-format)/conform
Starts a new
CONFORM
job that creates one or more shapes that contains media according to the conform timeline.The timeline must be a ConformDocument, else the request will be rejected.
Query Parameters: -
conformMetadata (boolean) –
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true
(default) - Copy metadata from the source items, according to the timeline, to the resulting item. -
false
- Do not copy metadata from the source items.
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sourceTag (string) – Comma-separated list of shape tags, that specify the shapes that should be used as inputs.
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original (string) – If specified, should be one of the tags specified in the tag parameter. Specifies that the original shape tag will be reset to the shape created to this tag.
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resourceId (string) – The transcoder resource to use to execute the transcode.
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tag (string) – Comma-separated list of shape tags, that specify the desired output.
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createThumbnails (boolean) –
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true
(default) - Creates thumbnails according to default transcoder rules. -
false
- No thumbnails will be created.
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createPosters (string) – A list of time codes to use for creating posters.
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thumbnailService (string) – Identifies which thumbnail resource that should be used.
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destinationItem (string) – An item id, to which the new new shape will be associated.
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overrideFastStart (boolean) –
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true
(default) - Use transcoder’s estimate of the duration for allocating header space in MOV files and similar files. -
false
- Do not use the transcoder’s estimate of the duration.
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requireFastStart (boolean) –
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true
(default) - Try to put the index tables (header) in front of the file. -
false
- Put header at end of file.
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fastStartLength (string) – Estimated duration of the clip in seconds.
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notification (string) – The placeholder job notification to use for this job.
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notificationData (string) – Any additional data to include for notifications on this job.
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priority (string) – The priority to assign to the job. Default is
MEDIUM
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jobmetadata (string[]) – Additional information for the job task.
Produces: -
application/xml, application/json – JobDocument
Role: _job_write
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Example: joining two clips
In this example item VX-1
and VX-2
are the two clips that should be joined/concatenated. A shape-tag with an empty preset (here the original
tag) is specified so that the output has the same format as the input.
POST /conform?tag=original Content-Type: application/xml <ConformRequestDocument xmlns="http://xml.vidispine.com/schema/vidispine"> <conform> <timeline> <segment> <source> <id>VX-1</id> </source> </segment> <segment> <source> <id>VX-2</id> </source> </segment> </timeline> </conform> <metadata> <timespan start="-INF" end="+INF"> <field> <name>title</name> <value>Joined A and B</value> </field> </timespan> </metadata> </ConformRequestDocument>
<JobDocument xmlns="http://xml.vidispine.com/schema/vidispine"> <jobId>VX-21527</jobId> <user>admin</user> <started>2013-05-14T06:56:40.868Z</started> <status>READY</status> <type>CONFORM</type> <priority>MEDIUM</priority> </JobDocument>