FlexREVIEW Reviewing Media Assets

Reviewing Media Assets

Media assets are sent to review in FlexREVIEW using a wizard in FlexMAM or as part of a workflow. Once a media asset has been sent for review it appears in the Review List in FlexREVIEW and you can start a review session. I‏‏‏‏n FlexREVIEW, you can add comments against a specific frame or range of frames in an asset. These comments are displayed in the Review panel in FlexREVIEW and in the Timeline Comments tab in the Timeline tab in FlexMAM.

To access a media asset review session:

1. Select a review from the list and the Review Summary panel appears on the right-hand side of the screen.

     2. At the bottom of the Review Summary panel, click the Start button ; the Media Asset Review screen and you can start to review the asset.

The review expiry date is displayed in the Review List,  this is the date by which you must complete your review of the asset. This date will be present in the top-middle area of the page.

Media Asset Review Screen

In the Media Asset Review screen, you see the following:

The Player: This enables you to play and pause the asset.

Timeline: This shows you where comments have been posted against the asset.

When you click on a comment in the Comments panel during a review session, the playhead jumps in the Timeline to the place in the asset where the comment was made.

Comment tab: This enables you to post a comment against a particular frame or a series of frames in the asset. Any comments added in the Cooments screen are displayed in the Timeline Comments tab in the Timeline tab in FlexMAM.

Information tab: This provides you with information about the asset, such as:

• Review name
• The relationship of the asset in terms of other assets
• The duration
• The frame rate per second
• Creation date

Finish: Click the Finish option when you have completed eviewing the asset. When you click this option, the Finish Review Session pop up appears. You can choose from the available options, then leave a final overall comment against the review session. Any comments added in the Finish Review Session screen are displayed in the Comments tab in the Timeline tab in FlexMAM.

Review Session Player

You use the player  to play / pause the media asset that you are currently reviewing. The player also enables you to set in and out points so that you can post a comment against a specific frame, or series of frames.

When using the player, you will see the following components:

Timecode: The timecode shows you where you currently are while playing the asset.

Progress Bar: Displays the current position of the video playback respective to its duration. If you have marked the timeline with in and out points, this will be displayed against the progress bar.

Player Controls: The player controls enable you to play, pause, and skip frames.

In / Out: The In and Out options enable you to mark an in and out point so that you can comment against one or more frames in the asset.

Full Screen: This icon lets you view the asset in full screen view.

Volume Control: The volume control enables you to increase and decrease the volume.

Scrubber: You can scrub back and forth through the asset by dragging the toggle icon left and right.

Keyboard Mapping for the Player

The player includes shortcut keys which you can use as an alternative to using the on-screen icons. These keyboard shortcuts are as follows:

Review Session Timeline

The review session timeline gives you an overview of exactly where comments have been posted against an asset. If you click anywhere on the timeline, the player automatically jumps to that specific point in the video.

Any comments that have been posted against the asset will be represented by a coloured comment block on the timeline. For example: If you were to click anywhere inside one of these coloured blocks, you would be taken to that particular point in the asset that the comment has been made against.

You can also filter existing comments that have been made on the timeline, by the user who has made the comment. For example: you could filter it so that only comments made by one specific user are displayed on the timeline.

The Comment Panel

The Comment panel is located to the right of the player. By default the Comment panel displays comments ordered by Start timecode. So the comments read in a logical order to the asset. This can be changed using the filter. The order of the comments can be sorted by end timecode and timestamp of the comment if so desired.

In the Comment panel, you will see the following:

• User Profile Picture: This is the profile picture you have set for yourself in the main Dalet Flex console.
• User First and Last name: This is the first and last names that were assigned to you in the main Dalet Flex console.
• Timestamp of the comment: The timestamp shows you exactly when the comment was posted.
• The comment: The text of the comment itself will be displayed underneath the user profile picture and name.
• Sorting Filters: You will see a sorting icon, which when clicked, gives you the ability to filter comments by Start Time, End Time, Date, and User.
• Delete Icon: A Delete icon will be present next to all comments that you have made. You are not able to delete a comment that another user has made, and so, the Delete icon will not be present next to a comment that another user has made.

Posting a Comment

You can post a comment against a specific frame or a specific number of frames by specifying in and out points. The character limit for a each comment is 2000 characters.

1. Start playing the asset.
   
   

     2. When you reach the point in the video, that you wish to start commenting, click the Set In icon. The in point is then set, and is represented by a marker.

       3. When you reach the point at which you no longer want to comment, click the Set Out icon.

           The out point is then set, and is represented by a marker. You can change the in and out points

            you have specified, by clicking and dragging the markers on the timeline.

       4. Once the frames in between the in and out points have been specified, enter your comment in the Comment box.

You can reset the in and out points by clicking the Reset I/O icon. When you click this icon, both the in and out points will be set back to 00:00:00:00\.

You can comment on the whole asset, by simply posting a comment without specifying an in and out point.

Completing a Review

In order to complete a review, click the Finish button located in the bottom-right of the Media Asset Review screen.

The Finish Review Session pop-up then appears.

This pop-up contains:

Finish Comment: Here you can write an overall final comment, which summarizes your review session. For example: you might write some information to explain why you are choosing a particular option to end the review.

The buttons displayed below this comment might vary from those shown above, which are as follows:

• Approve: This option enables you to approve the asset for progression.
• Reject: This option enables you to reject the asset.
• Query This option enables you to request more information about the asset.
• QC This option enables you to request that an error in the asset be fixed.

Downloading an Asset

As previously mentioned, you can specify whether or not a reviewer can download an asset and view it locally on their machine.

If this option has been specified by the user who created the review session, then you will be able to download the asset by clicking the Download icon.

Working with Transcripts Associated to Media Assets

You can view, edit, and delete a transcript that is associated with a media asset during a review session.

A transcript is extracted from a media asset by Microsoft's Video Indexer. For more information about video analysis, please see the Analyse Media page.

Viewing a Transcript

1. Select an asset and in the review session, click the Comments tab.
2. Click the  sub-tab and you can see the transcript.

Editing a Transcript

1. Hover over the transcript.

        2. Click  .

        3. Edit the text of the transcript.

       4. Click  to confirm the changes.

Deleting a Transcript

1. Hover over the transcript.

2. Click .

Playing Assets with Dolby Audio Tracks in FlexREVIEW

You can play video assets that support Dolby audio tracks (5.1 Dolby, E-AC-3, and AC-3) in FlexREVIEW. You might have multiple tracks associated with a single video asset in various languages, or that are applicable to different regions, that you want to play on top of the video.

1. Navigate to a review session.
2. Below the player, click .
3. Select a Dolby 5.1, AC-3, or E-AC-3 audio track from the list. The track plays on top of the video.

Dolby 5.1, AC-3, and E-AC-3 playback is only supported in the following browsers:

• Microsoft Edge on a Windows 10 machine and above.
• Safari on a Mac with Yosemite OS 10.11 and above.

If you are using an unsupported web browser, a notification is displayed at the top of the screen.

If you attempt to play a Dolby 5.1, E-AC-3, or AC-3 track, it will be greyed out and you will be unable to play it.