5.2.1.4.1.1 Adding Media

The types of images, videos, audios and documents supported by VNNOX Pro are shown as Table 5-1.

Table 5-1  Supported types of media that can be uploaded by VNNOX Pro

Step 1     In VNNOX Pro, choose > Media Management > Media.

Step 2     Click Add and select Upload File.

Step 3     Click Choose file.

Step 4     Select the images, videos, audios and documents to be uploaded, then click Open.

Step 5     (Optional) Specify the categories of the media. The media can be quickly found by the filter according to the categories.

Step 6     Click OK. After a message appears notifying that media files have been uploaded successfully, the added media will be displayed in the media list.

Step 7     Click the name of the media to enter the Basic Info tab of the media attribute page.

Step 8     Set the validity of the images, videos, audios and documents. Expired media cannot be played. When the media type is document, you also need to set the duration and effect of each page of the document.

Step 9     Click Save&Close.

Step 1     In VNNOX Pro, choose  > Media Management > Media.

Step 2     Click Add and select Webpage from the drop-down options.

Step 3     Name the webpage and enter the address of the webpage.

Step 4     (Optional) Specify the categories of the media. The media can be quickly found by the filter according to the categories.

Step 5     Click OK and enter the Basic Info tab of the webpage attribute page.

Step 6     Set the validity of the webpage. Expired media cannot be played.

Step 7     Click Save&Close. After the operation is successful, the added webpage will be displayed in the media list.

Step 1     In VNNOX Pro, choose  > Media Management > Media.

Step 2     Click Add and select RSS from the drop-down options.

Step 3     Name the RSS and enter the address of the RSS.

Step 4     (Optional) Specify the categories of the media. The media can be quickly found by the filter according the categories of the media.

Step 5     Click OK. The Basic Info tab of the RSS attribute page appears.

Step 6     Set the validity and refresh period of the RSS. Expired media cannot be played. The subscriptions will be refreshed automatically based on the refresh period.

Step 7     Click Save&Close. After the operation is successful, the added RSS will be displayed in the media list.

A page media contains one or more other types of media. When added to page, media’s attributes will conform to page attributes.

Step 1     In VNNOX Pro, choose > Media Management > Media.

Step 2     Click Add and select Page in the drop-down options.

Step 3     Enter a name for the page and set its categories, and click Next.

Step 4     Select a page template and click OK. Then the editing page appears, as shown in Figure 5-1. Description of the editing page is shown in Table 5-2.

Figure 5-1 Editing page

Table 5-2 Description of the editing page

Step 5     Add required media, edit properties and adjust layout.

Step 6     (Optional) Click Preview to view the playback effect.

Step 7     After the editing is done, click Save.

Step 8     (Optional) Click Save As Template to save the page as a template.

The Streaming Media formats supported by VNNOX are shown as Table 5-3.

Table 5-3  Streaming Media formats

Step 1     In VNNOX Pro, choose  > Media Management > Media.

Step 2     Click Add and select Streaming Media from the drop-down options.                    

Step 3     Name the Streaming Media and enter the address of the webpage.

Step 4     (Optional) Specify the categories of the media. The media can be quickly found by the filter according to the categories.

Step 5     Click OK and enter the Basic Info tab of the Streaming Media attribute page.

Step 6     Set the validity of the Streaming Media. Expired media cannot be played.

Step 7     Click Save&Close. After the operation is successful, the added webpage will be displayed in the media list.