25 March 2021

Baton QC Validation

Added support of running custom Baton Test Plans on your output media.

Test Name	Parameter	Supported Formats
GENERAL VALIDATION TESTS
Baton Validation	<qc_baton_validation />	qc_check, mp4

Run your own Baton Test Plan on any output media within our QC service.

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Test Plans and Report Templates
For now, we support only manual validation and integration of the Test Plans and Report Templates.
Please reach out to us to add your Test Plan or Report Template to our system and then we will send you the needed parameters: <test_plan /> and <template />.

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Media Format
Baton Validation with the qc_check format can used any single-bitrate source file type or format supported by Baton. We don't support multi-bitrate format manifests as qc_check source files.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<query>
    <userid><<id>></userid> <!-- required-->
    <userkey><<key>></userkey> <!-- required-->
    <action>AddMedia</action>
    <source>[SourceFile|SourcePlaylist]</source><!-- required -->
    <format>
        <output>[qc_check|mp4]</output><!-- required -->
        <qc> 
            <qc_baton_validation>
                <test_plan>[TestPlanHash]</test_plan> <!-- required -->
                <template>[TemplateHash]</template>
                <logo_image>[URL]</logo_image>
            </qc_baton_validation>
        </qc>
        <!-- format params -->
    </format>
</query>

{
    "query": {
        "userid": "<<id>>", // required
        "userkey": "<<key>>", // required
        "action": "AddMedia", // required
        "source": "[SourceFile|SourcePlaylist]", // required
        "format": {
            "output": "[qc_check|mp4]", // required
            "qc": {
                "qc_baton_validation": {
                    "test_plan": "[TestPlanHash]", // required
                    "template": "[TemplateHash]",
                    "logo_image": "[URL]"
                }
            }
            // format params
        }
    }
}

Parameter	Decription	Allowed Values	Default Value
test_plan	Baton Test Plan hash ID.	String	none
template	PDF Report Template hash ID.	String	none
logo_image	Custom Logo Image for PDF report	Valid URL	none

Advanced Multi-Source Clipping

Added ability to change advanced multi-sources clips duration.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<query>
    <userid><<id>></userid> <!-- required -->
    <userkey><<key>></userkey> <!-- required -->
    <action>AddMedia</action> <!-- required -->
    <source>[SourceFile1]</source> <!-- required -->
    <source>
        <url>[SourceFile2]</url>
        <url>[AdditionalSourceFile2]</url>
        <audio_stream>
            <start>[StartTimecode]</start>
            <finish>[FinishTimecode]</finish>
            <duration>[Duration]</duration>
            <!-- Audio stream params -->
        </audio_stream>
        <!-- Multiple audio streams -->
        <audio_stream>
            <!-- Audio stream params -->
        </audio_stream>
    </source>
    <source>
        <url>[SourceFile3]</url>
        <!-- Source params -->
    </source>
    <format> <!-- required -->
        <!-- Format params --> 
    </format>
</query>

{
    "query": {
        "userid": "<<id>>", // required
        "userkey": "<<key>>", // required
        "action": "AddMedia",  // required
        "source": [ // required
            "[SourceFile1]", 
            {
                "url": [
                    "[SourceFile2]",
                    "[AdditionalSourceFile2]"
                ],
                "audio_stream": [
                    {
                        "start": "[StartTimecode]",
                        "finish": "[FinishTimecode]",
                        "duration": "[Duration]"
                        //Audio stream params
                    }, 
                    {
                        //Audio stream params
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "url": "[SourceFile3]"
                // Source params
            }
        ],
        "format": { // required
            // Format params
        }
    }
}

Parameter	Description	Allowed Values	Default Values
Clipping Parameters
start	Specify where the video clip should start.	Non-negative float or timecode	none
finish	Specify where the video clip should end.	Non-negative float or timecode	none
duration	Specify the duration of the video clip.	Positive integer	none