Kaltura settings

Applies to: Pearl-2, Pearl Mini, Pearl Nexus, Pearl Nano.

The following list of features is available once your Pearl device has been registered with Kaltura. VOD event channels

• Channel - Select a channel for VOD.
• Enabled - Select to enable the channel.
• Main entry - Select which channel will be the main entry (only one can be selected). Live-stream event channel
• Channel - Select a channel to be live-streamed.
• Secure streaming - Select to send an RTMPS (instead of RTMP) stream.
• Backup stream - Select to enable a backup stream, the select the Ad hoc event backup stream from the dropdown list.
• Ad hoc event primary stream - Select a primary stream. If Auto is the only available option, then no additional streams are configured for the channel.
• Ad hoc event backup stream - Once Backup stream has been enabled, select a backup stream. If Auto is the only available option, then no additional streams are configured for the channel. Unscheduled ad hoc event details
• Session title - Assign a default title for ad hoc events. Default variables specify the current date and time as the title using the format yyy-mm-dd hh:mm. This default title can be changed when an ad hoc event is created.
• Event owner - Assign an owner to ad hoc events created using the Pearl device.
• Owner suffix - Enter a suffix to be automatically applied to the Event owner field when users authenticate with Kaltura from the Pearl device. For example, if the owner account is wilson@myorg.com, enter the suffix @myorg.com here so that the user only needs to enter wilson to authenticate.
• Description - The description of the uploaded media that appears in Kaltura.
• Tags - Assign tags to the uploaded media for use by Kaltura. To assign multiple tages, separate the tags with a ",".
• Categories - Assign Kaltura categories to the uploaded media. To assign a nested category to the uploaded media, use the ">" symbol (with no spaces) between categories. To assign multiple categories, separate the categories with a ",". For example: Recordings>Tutorials>Biology1000, Recordings>Tutorials>Chemistry1000
• Duration - Assign a default duration for ad hoc events. This value can be changed when an ad hoc event is created.
• Automatically logout - Automatically logs out the ad hoc event creator when the ad hoc event ends. This is disabled by default.
• For the Pearl device, automatic logout only works if the touch screen was used to create the ad hoc event. Upload schedule These settings are optional - they are not required for deployment.
• File upload schedule - Select the check box to enable scheduled file uploads.
• Start upload - Select a start time for file uploads
• Stop upload - Select a finish time for file uploads. Click Apply when you have configured your upload settings. Advanced These settings are optional - they are not required for deployment.
• Kaltura groups -Provide Kaltura admin owner privileges to members of a Kaltura group for any Kaltura events created on this device. Now when you create a new event, you can select a Kaltura Group as an Admin owner, so the group will have Kaltura admin owner privileges to the uploaded file. Pearl admin will only display groups created prior to this login session. If groups were created during the login session, log out and log in again to refresh the groups.
• Kaltura monitoring dashboard - Select to allow Pearl devices to be visible in Kaltura's My Dashboard. For more information on Kaltura's My Dashboard feature, contact your Kaltura administrator.