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Note:This window should not be closed during the operation, should be left open.
Settings
Watch Folders
At this section, you can set the folder to watch and define the target profiles.
State:Shows the state of watch folder. Can be stopped or running.
Name:name Name of the watch folder task.
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Auto start on start up:The default setting is that you need to start Folder Watcher manually if you want to start transcoding the files in the watch folders after re-opening Metus Ingest. If you check this option, transcoding will start on every startup automatically.
Transcode
Edit Profiles:behaves like Metus Ingest Profiles window, used to add and to remove predefined presets from the profiles list. To see Edit Profile Settings click HERE .
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Cancel Transcode if no progress for:You can write how many seconds should application wait before canceling transcoding if there is no progress.
Source File
This part is about what will happen to source file after transcoding and which files should be watched in the directory.
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After transcoding do following to source file
Do nothing:does Does nothing, leaves the source file in watch folder.
Delete:deletes Deletes the source file in watch folder.
Copy:coppies Coppies the source file to the target direction.
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Minimum File Size:(....) kb
Additional Files
After transcoding, do the following to additional files:
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Character match:Compares the character match amount and files count as additional files depend on this amount.
Failed Files
Do Nothing:
Copy:Copies the failed files to the directory you wrote.
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Don’t retry failed files:If application fails transcoding a file, it keeps retrying these failed file. This option enables/disables retrying failed files.
Additional Rules
Directly copy files:Application copies all the files in the folder which is being watched to the target folder. File name and/or extension option should be selected and adjusted according to needs of which files should be copied.
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Older than (...) days Hour
Status
Waiting files:List of files that are queued for progress.
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After you complete adjusting the folder watcher settings you must click Apply Settings button.
