12 November 2020

Segment Timeline for thumbnails in DASH manifests

Added option to turn on segment timelines for thumbnails description in a DASH manifest.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<query>
    <userid><<id>></userid> <!-- required-->
    <userkey><<key>></userkey> <!-- required-->
    <action>[Action]</action> <!-- required-->
    <source>[SourceFile]</source> <!-- required-->
    <format>
        <output>[advanced_dash|advanced_fmp4]</output> <!-- required-->
        <destination>[DestFile]</destination> <!-- required-->
        <stream>
           <!-- stream params -->
        </stream>
        <image_media_playlist>
           <segment_timeline>[yes|no]</segment_timeline>
           <!-- image_media_playlist params -->
        </image_media_playlist>
        <image_media_playlist>
           <!-- image_media_playlist params -->
        </image_media_playlist>
    </format>
</query>
{
    "query": {
        "userid": "<<id>>", // required
        "userkey": "<<key>>", // required
        "action": "[Action]", // required
        "source": "[SourceFile]", // required
        "format": {
            "output": "[advanced_dash|advanced_fmp4]", // required
            "destination": "[DestFile]", // required
                {
                    // stream params
                }
            ],
            "image_media_playlist": [
                // image_media_playlist doesn't work with advanced_mss
                {
                    "segment_timeline": "[yes|no]
                    // image_media_playlist params
                },
                {
                }
                // multiple image_media_playlist may be included
            ]
        }
    }
}
ParameterDescriptionAllowed ValuesDefalt Value
segment_timelineTurns on segment timelines for thumbnails description in a DASH manifest.
Thumbnails will be processed for each ad break interval separately, if they are set.
yes, nono

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For segment_timeline

<segment_timeline /> parameter only available for advanced_dash and DASH manifests of advanced_fmp4 output formats.