Member Michael Scheck Posted October 6 Member Report Share Posted October 6 Hi all, I am trying to understand the asset manager. There are some basic things I cannot find. Could you guys help me out? How do I replace a media-file in a show? (WO6 Media specs, browse, choose new mediafile) How do I get a changed media-file into the show? (WO6 refresh) How can I find the path to the original media-file? Thanks, Michael. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dataton Partner RBeddig Posted October 8 Dataton Partner Report Share Posted October 8 On 10/6/2024 at 5:31 PM, Michael Scheck said: Hi all, I am trying to understand the asset manager. There are some basic things I cannot find. Could you guys help me out? How do I replace a media-file in a show? (WO6 Media specs, browse, choose new mediafile) How do I get a changed media-file into the show? (WO6 refresh) How can I find the path to the original media-file? Thanks, Michael. Hi Michael, First of all, the online manual is growing day-by-day and explains a lot around the asset manager. https://docs.dataton.com/watchout-7/am/asset_manager.html To replace a file, you can add a "new version" to an asset by dragging the new file into the properties window or through the browser access to the asset manager. After this, you'll see that the asset consists of more than one file and you can select which one to use, e.g. in the properties of a media cue. Unlike version 6, you can select any version of the asset and go easily back to an earlier state. WATCHOUT 7 doesn't keep a link to the original files. It will process all files, optimize them for better playback and cut them in chunks. You will not be able to recover videos from a display computer since the local assets are encrypted and cut into pieces. Hope this helps! Rainer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Quim Posted October 8 Member Report Share Posted October 8 3 hours ago, RBeddig said: To replace a file, you can add a "new version" to an asset by dragging the new file into the properties window or through the browser access to the asset manager. After this, you'll see that the asset consists of more than one file and you can select which one to use, e.g. in the properties of a media cue. Unlike version 6, you can select any version of the asset and go easily back to an earlier state. That works great, the only problem is that for the moment you can't remove yet versions you don't want to use anymore so they take space in your disk. Hope they add it soon. Quim 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dataton Partner Popular Post Walter Posted October 9 Dataton Partner Popular Post Report Share Posted October 9 16 hours ago, Quim said: That works great, the only problem is that for the moment you can't remove yet versions you don't want to use anymore so they take space in your disk. Hope they add it soon. Quim Yes, removing older versions of the assets would be a great feature, specifically if you're done programming and want to export the used assets. At the moment, it also exports the old versions of an asset... Ideally it only exports the current used versions in the show (could be multiple inside one asset of course) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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