Media RSS Guide For Customers

The following instructions are for Wiredrive clients who need to create media RSS Presentations that will be integrated into a Wiredrive-powered website.  If you are a web developer integrating Wiredrive mRSS links into a website, see our guide to mRSS for developers.

If you opt for this route:

1. Make sure that your files are properly encoded for playback over the Web and on media devices; see our encoding guide for more information
2. Make sure that your files are tagged with the categories and keywords you want to be displayed on your site; See Creating and managing Library Categories and Keywords for more information.
3. Create a user profile specifically for creating and sending mRSS links to your web developer to prevent other users from accidentally modifying or deleting your website Presentations; See Creating Users + Permission Levels for more information.
4. Create Presentations and send them to your developer; You must enable the Allow download/Podcast/RSS option. Please note, RSS is only available in Classic presentations.
   
   
5. Your developer can access the RSS in the top right corner of the presentation.
   
   
    
6. When your developer has programmed the RSS links into your site, you can make changes to the Presentations (adding/ removing media + categories) in Wiredrive and it will reflect on the site. Make sure you do not delete the presentations.

Tips and best practices

• Use the media gallery Presentation type to feed images to your website; this allows your developer to create a rotating homepage image.
• Use a Presentation naming convention that clearly identifies how they fit into your website; examples:
  • Homepage – general reel
  • Directors – John Doe – music videos
  • Directors – John Doe – commercials
• You can send individual links to your developer or send a bundle containing everything.
• To ensure that your media always successfully loads on your website, make sure you do not set the Presentation to expire.
• Make sure that your files are properly encoded for third-party players, such as JW Player or Flowplayer if your developer is using a third-party player in your website; While Wiredrive does transcode files within the application, the RSS feed contains the source file, not the transcoded version.
• If you opt for an html5 playback strategy, make sure your files are H.264/ .mp4 or they won't work.