To create a slot within your Campaign. Click Overview in the Campaign
- Click in the top right corner, click + Create Slot
- Enter a Title for the slot
- Enter a Description
- Number of Slots should be set to 1 (this is default)
- Choose your start and end date of the Campaign
- Override slot duration
- Enable Video Transcoding
Then, press Save.
Adding media to slot
Once a slot has been created, then you will be able to upload your media files to the slot/s.
Next, drag the uploaded file/s onto the Slot media files section
You can add as many files to the slot as required.
Then, click Save.
It is at this stage you may choose to complete the process of uploading the media to the slots if you have the media, or you can choose to assign the campaign to the appropriate players and invite the client the campaign is assigned to to then manage the media themselves. If you wish to assign the content to the players, visit the next part on the previous document.
From here, you can upload new media to DOOHAd for your campaign, or use existing media.
Upload new media
click the + or drag your media file to the upload area. The file will be selected and you need to then press the upload icon (the one on the lower left of your new file) to upload it to the servers. Once uploaded, DOOHAd will check the integrity of the file and if it is a video, it will transcode it. Transcoding will take a few seconds to a few minutes before you can use the file (although you can leave this screen at this point and return back once complete).
Once the media is available for use, you can preview it by clicking the thumbnail.
DOOHAd does not worry about most file types, as graphics (JPEG, PNG) are supported (note they must be RGB for most players, not for print use), and videos (AVI, MOV, MP4, h.264) are supported and transcoded if necessary upon upload. You should check that the player supports any native filetypes uploaded.
Supported file types
To add media, click on the + sign and select a file, or drag-and drop the file you want to upload onto it. Currently DOOHAd supports the following file formats:
- Graphics: PNG (24bit), JPEG - all using RGB colour space (typically 'for print' graphics use YMCK for printing purposes and these will have distorted colours.
- Video: MP4, h.264, MOV - note that 'for screen' type of videos should be used, which are typically compressed rather than 'high bitrate' versions.
Once you have selected the file you wish to upload, you will see thumbnail of the media and two icons - the one to the right (trashcan) cancels the upload, the one to the left (arrow) uploads the file to your media collection. Click the left icon and you will see the upload progress on the bar.
During upload, you must stay on this screen.
Once your media is uploaded, you will see it in your media collection. If it is a video, you will see a spinning wheel signifying that the media is being transcoded for use. Depending upon the size and length of the file, this usually takes a few minutes - you can browse away from this page or upload more media as this process occurs.
File Dimensions
Normally, files must be the fixed size as defined in your campaign type settings (often 1080 width x 1920 height). If you untick the 'Enforce default dimensions' in the campaign type settings, this will allow you to drag onto the slot media of any size and shape. This is often not ideal, as the output will be fixed and any content that does not match the dimension may get stretched or otherwise distorted, or even fail to upload at all in some cases - although in cases where there are multiple playout resolutions (e.g. 4K and HD), or the supplier of content provides lower resolution content in the same aspect it can be beneficial to allow the player to rescale it.
