To submit a job manually, you must provide settings and information that is normally provided by the monitor. To manually submit a job to a factory, follow these steps:
FlipFactory displays the Submit Job window when you click Submit Job. You use this window to manually select an input media file, set it up for processing and submit it to a factory.
Make selections or enter values for each field or control:
Priority of Submitted Jobs (required). Select the job submission priority (1 - 4). When the FlipEngine accepts another job from the job queue, it selects the job to process next, based on its job priority.
Factory (required). Select a factory from the Factories list. To select more than one factory, use the Control or Shift key to select additional factories.
Subject (required). Type the subject for this job (required). This information is included in the notification email sent to the account owner and displayed with the job entry in the Job Status window.
Description (optional). Type a Description. This information is also included in the notification email sent to the account owner and displayed with the job entry in the Job Status window.
Schedule (optional). Leave Defer unchecked to process this job immediately upon submission. To delay processing, click to select Defer. Enter the time, and select the month and date and year. When you submit a deferred job, FlipFactory accepts the job and stores it in the database for later processing at the time you specify.
Source (required). Click File or Stream, and select the type of server where the source media is located from the dropdown menu. Custom sources are listed first (in blue), and system sources are displayed next. Both custom and system sources are listed alphabetically.
This selection is saved, and displayed as the default selection the next time you display the Submit Job window.
The remaining fields in the Source section are dependent on the type of File or Stream source you choose.
Note. You should not select Local File when submitting a job to a FlipFactory in a FlipFactory group/array. Local files by definition are only accessible by the FlipEngine where the folder resides, so any other FlipEngine that receives the job for processing will not be able to access the media in a local folder.
Saving and Deleting Sources. For source types other than Local File, you can define a source and its connection and log on details, then name and save it for use later. When you display the source list, your custom sources are displayed for easy selection.
These two icons display only when Local File is not selected:
Delete a Source - Click to delete the custom source you selected (created earlier by you).
Save - Click to save a custom source and its details. FlipFactory displays a window. Enter the name of the custom source and click OK.
Note. Local File and all Stream sources do not localize media to the FlipFactory server. These source files are opened directly and segments are read and processed. In most cases this significantly reduces time job processing time, but it may require changes to Windows access & authentication settings.
Source Name (Browse). Next, enter the fully-qualified path and name of the input file or streaming media name, or click Browse to locate and select it. When browsing a server, you can click the Details icon (far right) to view details, and sort the file names in ascending or descending order.
To submit more than one media file when browsing, use shift-click or control-click. When more than one file is selected or entered manually, the string must be enclosed in double quotes, separated by a single space.
Content Name (required). Type the name of the output file after the media has been encoded. If the suffix is not specified, the suffix is provided, based on the media format you choose. For example, if you type Flipper and encode the file as Windows Media, the resulting file is named Flipper.wmv. The destination is specified in the Destinations folder of the factory to which the job is submitted.
Note. If the Nickname field is specified in the factory, the file name is specified as `Flipper<nickname>'.wmv.
FlipEngine. When a load balance group or FactoryArray is established, select from the popup list which FlipEngine is designated to process this job (see FactoryArray User's Guide).
Store. Select which store is designated for localization.
Metadata. To include metadata labels, click Metadata to check the option. Click the tab corresponding to the label you want to use and complete the fields in the editor panel. The available labels are determined by the source type, filters, and notifications specified in the factory to which the job is being submitted.
Submit Multiple Files as Separate Jobs. When unchecked, a single job is submitted even if you have selected multiple input files. When checked, a separate job is submitted; one for each file selected.
Submitting separate jobs for each input file selected provides you with a separate status message for each job so you can track them better. Also, if an input file fails, only the failed job will be recovered; if all input files are in a single job, the entire set of input files will be recovered and processed even though only one failed. If your FlipFactory is part of a load balance group or FactoryArray, the separate jobs will be delivered to other FlipFactories for processing, speeding throughput.
Click Flip It! To submit the job for processing.
In addition to the metadata available within each product, FlipFactory allows you to provide additional labels for the job. FlipFactory labels are activated when a corresponding Factory filter, process/analyze tool, destination, or notification is enabled which can utilize the metadata.