File Delivery

Field

Description

An internal identifier for your video

Title

(Required)

Title of the video or episode, displayed to the viewer on the Video Service’s UI.

Internal Title

Internal title you would like to use only inside Wurl platform.

Description

The description of the video or episode, usually displayed to the viewer on the services you distribute to.

Short Description

Short description or synopsis of the video. Limited to 110 characters, anything after that will be truncated

Release Date

Release Date of the Asset. Please use YYYY-MM-DD format. 
Movie entry type "Release Date" field is required with the correct format.

Video Filename

(Required)

The ​EXACT​ filename of the video file for the asset. Our automation uses this to link the asset components together. If it’s not exactly correct, the content will fail to register with Wurl. 

Filenames must ​not​ include spaces or special characters (i.e. %, $, #, @, á, ę, ï, ô ù, etc.).

If you'd like to have multiple versions of the same asset, the video filename for each version MUST be unique. 

Artwork Filename

The ​EXACT​ filename of the artwork or thumbnail file for the asset. Preferred format is JPG in a 16x9 aspect ratio at a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels or larger.

Filenames must ​not​ include spaces or special characters (i.e. %, $, #, @, á, ę, ï, ô ù, etc.).

Keywords

Used for searching across your content within Wurl. This data may be made available to distribution services for use in their search tools.

Categories

Specify a category for your video.

Series Name

Name of series if the video is part of a series of content.

Series Description

A description of the series to which the asset belongs

An internal identifier for your Series

Season Number

The season number if the video is part of a series.

Episode Number

The episode number if the video is part of a series.

Series Artwork Filename

The ​EXACT​ filename of the artwork or thumbnail file for the series if the video is part of a series. Preferred format is JPG in a 16x9 aspect ratio at a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels or larger.

Filenames must ​not​ include spaces or special characters (i.e. %, $, #, @, á, ę, ï, ô ù, etc.).

Closed Caption Filename

EXACT​ filename of the closed caption file for the asset. Captions must​ contain 0-aligned timecodes in order to properly sync with audio. Accepted formats are ​SCC or SRT.

• Captions cannot be rollup.
• Captions must be delivered 0-aligned to the video in order to properly sync with audio.
• Captions must not have dropframe timestamps.
• Captions must use UTF-8 encoding.
• SCC captions only support English characters. SRT should be used to deliver captions with non-English characters.

Filenames must ​not​ include spaces or special characters (i.e. %, $, #, @, á, ę, ï, ô ù, etc.).

Genre Source

Genre Source you would like to ingest. Enter one of {wurl, roku, samsung, sinclair, nielsen, lg}

Genre Value

Enter the Genre value

Rating Source

Rating Source you would like to ingest. Enter one of {BMUKK, CNC, CBSC, FSK, AGCOM, ICAA, BBFC, CHVRS, MPAA, USA_PR, SAMSUNG, KMRB, DJCTQ, NCS, EIRIN, Régie du cinéma, Brazil LG, EU LG}

Rating Value

Enter the Rating Value

Cut Points

Timecodes within the video file where you wish for the content to break and an ad marker to be placed (format: 00:00:00.000 [HH:MM:SS.MSS],​ with comma-separated timecodes)

Entry Type

Sets entry type field for the asset.
Enter "movie" for Movie. With movie entry type "Release Date" field becomes required.
Enter "shortFormVideo" for Short Form.
Enter "tvSpecial" for TV Special
Fill "Season Number", "Episode Number", and "Release Date" fields for "Series" entry type

Is Ad?

Indicates that the asset is an ad slate. If it is, mark field as “yes”. Ad slates are used for automatic insertion of markup used for ad insertion/substitution at playback. This will also display the asset type as "ad" on the scheduler. 

Is Promo? 

Indicates that the asset is a promo. If it is, mark field as “yes”. This will also display the asset type as "promo" on the scheduler. 

Directors

Names of Directors of the content. If there are more than one of each, then must separate with a comma and the entire value in double-quotes.Please note that Google Sheets and Excel will auto-add double quotes if names are separated by a comma. 

• "Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, Michael Mann"

Producers

Names of Producers of the content. If there are more than one of each, then must separate with a comma and the entire value in double-quotes. Please note that Google Sheets and Excel will auto-add double quotes if names are separated by a comma. 

• "Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Steven Spielberg"

Actors

Names of Actors of the content. If there is more than one of each, then must be separated with a comma and the entire value in double-quotes. Please note that Google Sheets and Excel will auto-add double quotes if names are separated by a comma. 

• "Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan"

Channel Slug

A single value, reference field by which to group Bits into a FAST channel. Length: 50 characters or less. Usage is for specific association of the Bits to a FAST channel, rather than generic categorization.

Channel Keys

A reference tag by which to group and/or search episodes. Usage is for specific embellishment of the Bits, rather than generic categorization. For example: Enter the value of “NFL” instead of football. Multiple keys can be supported so long as they are comma-separated and the entire field is enclosed within double-quotes. Example: “NFL, NFC, AFC”. Please note that Google Sheets and Excel will auto-add double quotes if names are separated by a comma. 

Bits Segment Restriction Type

This field allows you to place restrictions on whether a video asset can be used to create Bits or not.  Permissible values within this field are: allow or deny.  This field is used in conjunction with the next field “Bits Segment Restriction Values”.

Bits Segment Restriction Values

Utilized in conjunction with the previous field “Bits Segment Restriction Type”. Values are start/end timecodes.  Multiple restriction segments can be supported so long as they are comma-separated and the entire field is enclosed within double-quotes.

Note: If the Bits Segment Restriction Type field holds a value and this field is left blank, then the Segment Restriction Type applies to the entirety of the asset.  It is similar to entering in the start value of “00:00:00.000” and the actual end timecode or utilizing the keyword “all”.

Bits Region Restriction Type

This field allows you to place restrictions based on country code on media sharing.  Permissible values within this field are: allow or deny. This field is used in conjunction with the next field “Bits Region Restriction Values”.

Bits Region Restriction Values

Utilized in conjunction with the previous field “Bits Region Restriction Type”.  Values are a list of ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes separated by a space or the keyword “all”.

Rights Windows

Start and end period for when an asset can be scheduled/distributed.
Note that either the start period or the end period can be left blank or
absent. However, if choosing to enter a Rights Window, both values
cannot be blank or absent. Only a single window is supported in CSV.

Example: "start=Tue, 08 Apr 2014 00:00:00 -0500;end=Thu, 11 Sep
2050 00:00:00 -0500;scheme=W3C-DTF"

Show Limits

The number of times an asset can be scheduled within a particular time
period. Limits can be additive. Period options: “day”, “week”, “month”,
“year”, or “window”

Example: "period=day;value=1 period=window;value=23" means the
asset can be scheduled at a maximum of once per day, for a total of 23
times.