flagging entries to create a remix, and using advanced editor

Hi,

Thanks for submitting.

Do you by any chance have any Flex capabilities ?
If I understand your need correctly, that feature is not yet implemented in the editor and requires some development, and that's why I asked if you have any flex capabilities.

We will consider adding some features, both in the server side and in the editor, so implementation of such use-case would be possible.

Gonen

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What I'm talking about here is the option to make a list of independent entries available in the editor.
The current editor knows to display in the clip library only clips which were added to the current mix (whether or not they are being used in the timeline)

After looking at your code, I had an understanding...
At first I took your need and translated it into an advanced feature that we could add to our editor, but once looking at your code I saw what you tried to do,
and it is possible (less sophisticated of what I thought, but works...)

As I see in your code, you switched the URL in the kalturaInitModalBox() JS function and you're opening the editor instead of the CW.

Actually what you need to change in your implementation in order to see the clips in the editor is the API call

instead of

$addentryresult = $kaltura_client->addEntry($session_user, $show_entry_id, $entry, $user->uid);

do

$addentryresult = $kaltura_client->appendEntryToRoughcut($session_user, $obj->kaltura_entryId, -1 , $show_entry_id);

what appendEntryToRoughcut does is add an existing entry to the end of the timeline of the mix.

another option is to call addEntry with

"entry-".$show_entry_id 

instead of just $show_entry_id

That will duplicate the entry in kaltura, and if you have server-notifications enabled it will also
duplicate the entry in your Drupal site.
In this method, however, the added entry will not be on the timeline of the mix, but will be available in the clip library

Unless you really don't want the items to be added to the time line, use the second method.
If you don't mind if they're added to the timeline, the first method is the preferred one since no "duplication side-effect" happens.

Sorry for misleading you on the first comment :|

Gonen

Your implementation is really nice.

As I previously said, we had a thought of having the option to pass some variable to the editor (like a list of entries, or a filter object) and those entries will be available in the "clips library" (but not yet as a part of the mix).

Are you using our advanced editor ? I don't see anything related in the patch...

Overlay issues moved to it's own thread: http://drupal.org/node/372251

One of the issue that I see with using $kaltura_client->appendEntryToRoughcut is that the flagged assets are not only added to the library (which is the aim) but also to the storyboard. This may be a problem if the user has many flagged items.

So, we need either to be able to add assets only to the library or be able to have access to a function that clears the storyboard.

After meditating a bit more about this, the option of being able to add assets only to the library is the most desired.

Think, for example, of the case where you would want to remix someone else's remix by adding some of your flagged media. Right now, I can only see 2 less than perfect options:

* load the roughcut without considering the flagged items
* load the roughcut and add the user's flagged items both to the library and storyboard

Until then, I am still looking for a work around...

Hi,

can a user flag media uploaded by another user ? meaning, list of flagged items do not belong to him (from Kaltura point of view) ?

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The reason for this question is - there is a parameter that can be set on your partner, so the clips in the library are not only those in the current roughcut, but all the current user's clips.
I guess users can flag media of other users, which in this case this parameter will not be very helpful.

As I said in the first comment, getting a list of "independent" entries to the clips library is not supported by the SE/AE.

Using the addEntry (with the "hack" of "entry-".$mix_id, and passing "quickedit = false"), could meet your needs, with the disadvantage of duplicating entries

can a user flag media uploaded by another user ?

Yes. I'll give a deeper look to your addEntry suggestion.

Also, in the patch submitted above, per http://drupal.org/node/372251#comment-1258869

kso.addParam("flashVars", "'. $theme_params->flashVarsStr .'");

should be:

kso.addParam("flashVars", "'. $theme_params->flashVarsStr .'&jsDelegate=callbacksObj");