GoodMoodTV User Manual - 2. Creating an Internet TV Station
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Create a new Internet TV Station by clicking the New Internet TV button in the TV tasks panel.  Fill in the Name and the Description fields and choose the language for your Internet TV Station.  Add any information you wish to the description field about your Internet TV station, as a future aide memoire.  The description will not appear in public and will only show up in the Details box

 



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GoodMoodTV plays video in Adobe Flash format.  All videos will be automatically transcoded into that format.  In the Transcoding tab you can choose the transcoding profile to encode your video content into the optimal format.  To the left you can see available profiles, and to the right, the profile properties.

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From the Sorting tab you can organise your video content and channels in the player.  Videos can be organised according to name or creation date.  The videos may also be organised any way you like from the Custom menu where you can drag and drop the target to the desired spot.  If the Internet TV station does not yet contain any video or channels you can return to organise the content later.  You may also choose the Sorting tab while adding the channels in Channel editor.

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From the Permissions tab you may choose whether you want the channel to be public, hidden or visible to selected groups.  If you wish the channel to be visible for selected groups there are two ways to determine which users can view a specific Internet TV station.
1.    Remote authentication server - set the remote authentication server’s url in the Advanced tab.  Add the selected groups from the Add groups button.  A New Group name window will open up in the screen. Click the New group button and enter the group name in the line reserved for that.  To save the group click Ok.  Please note that the groups need to be set and named in the remote authentication server - the groups cannot be directly created using GoodMoodTV.
2.    Password authentication – The viewer needs to enter the correct password in order to get access to the Internet TV.  Set the password in the Advanced tab.

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 2.1 Statistics service

The Statistics service tab allows you to integrate external statistic services with GoodMoodTV.  Currently supported formats are Snoobi and Google Analytics.  In order to collect information through these services write the tracking code to the box below and click Save.  It is possible to integrate both services simultaneously into GoodMoodTV.

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2.1.1.   Snoobi

With your Snoobi account details, a tracking code can be created at the address:
http://www2.snoobi.com/showTrackingScript.php.

  The code will be as follows:
<!-- BEGIN Snoobi v1.4 -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://eu1.snoobi.com/snoop.php?tili=corporatename_com">
</script>
<!-- END Snoobi v1.4 -->

 

  Replace the corporatename_com section by the name of your Snoobi account.  The most reliable way of verifying the name of the account is to look at your original order verification e-mail or by calling Snoobi's customer service.

The Snoobi tracking service will start as soon as the Snoobi code has been added to GoodMoodTV’s Statistic service and the next video is watched on your Internet TV station.

More detailed information on Snoobi can be found at: http://support.snoobi.com/installation
 

2.1.2.   Google Analytics

The tracking code can be found by logging in to the service and by choosing the profile which you want to track.  First choose Edit from the Profile’s Settings column.  Then choose the Check status button from the profile’s information section.  Copy the code from the field

 

The code will be as follows:

<script type="text/javascript">
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");
document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));
</script><script type="text/javascript">
var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-xxxxxx-x");
pageTracker._initData();
pageTracker._trackPageview();
</script>Where  ”xxxxxx-x” is the account number of the company.  The tracking service will start immediately and the information will be updated to the statistics in 24 hours.
More detailed information on Google Analytics can be found at:  http://www.google.fi/support/googleanalytics/bin/answer.py?answer=55603


2.2 Embedding your Internet TV station in an HTML page

 

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Click the Embed button in the Task panel.  Copy the text in the upper grey box into your Internet page’s <HEAD> part, the text in the middle box to your page’s <BODY> part, and the text in the lowest box before your page’s <\BODY> tag.

At the top of the page there is a direct link to your web video page.  It is not necessary to add it into your Internet page.  If you wish you can, for example, deploy it through e-mail.

With customised players, you can set the player and video sizes by editing the player properties.  Set the optimal width and height for the player and for the videos.  You may also set a background colour for the player.

 

2.3 Preview

 From the Preview button it is possible to preview how your Internet TV station will appear.  The preview screen will open up in a new browser window.

 

 

2.4 Editing an Internet TV station

If you wish to edit an Internet TV station choose the relevant station from My Internet TV stations and click the Edit button in the task panel.  It is possible to edit the basic information: name, description and language.

From the Statistics Service tab it is possible to add or remove the tracking codes and the Sorting tab allows you to change the order of the channels or the videos in Internet TV station.

 

2.5 Deleting an Internet TV station

If you wish to delete an Internet TV station click the Delete button and confirm the deletion by clicking the yes button in the resulting dialogue box.

 

 

 

 2.6 GoodMoodTV player

All GoodMoodTV service levels include a default Internet TV player.  As standard, the player cannot be customised or deleted.  However GoodMood can provide customisation services at extra cost.  In addition to Video timeline and sound controls the default player includes the following features as indicated by numbers in the following graphic:


1.    Header - Displays the header of the selected Internet TV station
2.    Rating - Viewers can rate the videos by awarding stars. The number after the stars indicates the number of votes.
3.    Channels - Displays all channels containing video content.
4.    Search - Viewers may search for video content within a specific Internet TV station with search words.  The search results will show all videos whose name or description matches the search words.
5.    Additional functionalities (embed video, tell a friend, metadata information)

•    Embed video gives the user the flash embed code so that a video can be embedded in a web page of their choice.
•    Tell a friend sends a direct link, by email, to the chosen video.
•    Metadata information allows users to tag the video with description terms.

6.    Full screen - Viewers may change the video size to full screen.  In order to return to normal size click ESC from the key board.
7.    Video listing - Viewers may choose the video listing method.  The alternatives are parallel and one after another.


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Controls (video timeline, sound and additional functionalities) disappear after the video begins to play.  To activate them again move the cursor over the video playing.  Note that the videos will not start automatically.  To start the video click the Play button.


GoodMoodTV single video player
GoodmoodTV’s single video player is similar to the Internet TV station player, but is lacks header, rating, channels and search functionalities.


GoodMoodTV customised players
Customised players can be added to GoodMoodTV, at additional cost.  Customised players add extra functionality like support for user generated content, branded appearance and much more.

 3. Creating a Channel 

 
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