iconik ❤️ Slack

When you really start to get into web stack/cloud solutions, you’ll find pretty quickly that having multiple pieces of software talk to each other gets a lot easier. No more worrying about network visibility, opening ports in firewalls, etc. Generally speaking, you talk JSON to an API. Put some information here. Get some information there. … Continue reading “iconik ❤️ Slack”

Archive folders based on the modification date of their files using Archiware P5

Recently I was asked if P5 could automatically archive an entire folder based not on the modification of the folder itself, but instead on the modification time of the contents of the folder (files and subdirectories). The goal was to enable a “cold folder” automation that can automatically clean entire projects from storage based on … Continue reading “Archive folders based on the modification date of their files using Archiware P5”

Creating Cantemo Portal Hierarchy Metadata Field content from external sources

Not too long ago I wrote an article about how to create hierarchical metadata fields using Cantemo’s REST API. Given that this was really more of a “how to” and not a real world use case, I decided that I’d try and tackle a commonly asked for hierarchical field – worldwide location.   The goal … Continue reading “Creating Cantemo Portal Hierarchy Metadata Field content from external sources”

Creating and modifying hierarchical metadata programmatically with Cantemo Portal

As of Cantemo Portal 2.2, we can now create hierarchical metadata fields in the system. Obviously when we have large data sets, this may be uncomfortable to do by hand. Luckily, there is a REST API that allows us to create, delete, and update metadata hierarchies. To get IDs on fields we know are hierarchy … Continue reading “Creating and modifying hierarchical metadata programmatically with Cantemo Portal”

Scripting re-encode of Archiware P5 previews

Often times I see customers of Archiware P5 that are using the internal Quicktime preview generator in the hope that it will work well for their proxies. Unfortunately, when working in short form production video, the preview created by this system often times is actually the same size as the source file. The way Archiware’s … Continue reading “Scripting re-encode of Archiware P5 previews”