Item conform

New in version 4.0.

The conform resource exposes a simple way to combine media from one or more items into a new item. It is also possible to select specific parts from the input by specifying an input interval.

This could be used when you for example want to:

  • Merge spanned P2 clips.
  • Render a simple sequence as defined by a user.

Conforming

Start a conform job

POST /conform

Starts a new CONFORM job that creates a new item and one or more shapes that contains media according to the conform timeline.

Query Parameters:
 
  • conformMetadata

    If metadata should be copied from the source items, according to the timeline, to the resulting item. Default: true.

    New in version 4.2.3.

  • sourceTag – A comma-separated list of shape tags, that specify the shapes that should be used as inputs.
  • tag – A comma-separated list of shape tags, that specify the desired output.
  • createThumbnails
    • true - Creates thumbnails according to default transcoder rules.
    • false (default) - No thumbnails will be created.
  • createPosters – An optional list of Time codes to use for creating posters.
  • notification – See Notifications . (Optional)
  • notificationData – See Notifications . (Optional)
  • priority – The priority to assign to the job. Default is MEDIUM .
  • jobmetadata – Additional information for the job task. See Special job metadata values
Accepts:
Produces:
Role:

_job_write

Example: joining two clips

In this example item VX-1 and VX-2 are the two clips that should be joined/concatenated. A shape-tag with an empty preset (here the original tag) is specified so that the output has the same format as the input.

POST /conform?tag=original
Content-Type: application/xml

<ConformRequest xmlns="http://xml.vidispine.com/schema/vidispine">
  <conform>
    <timeline>
      <segment>
        <source>
          <id>VX-1</id>
        </source>
      </segment>
      <segment>
        <source>
          <id>VX-2</id>
        </source>
      </segment>
    </timeline>
  </conform>
  <metadata>
    <timespan start="-INF" end="+INF">
      <field>
        <name>title</name>
        <value>Joined A and B</value>
      </field>
    </timespan>
  </metadata>
</ConformRequest>
<JobDocument xmlns="http://xml.vidispine.com/schema/vidispine">
  <jobId>VX-21527</jobId>
  <user>admin</user>
  <started>2013-05-14T06:56:40.868Z</started>
  <status>READY</status>
  <type>CONFORM</type>
  <priority>MEDIUM</priority>
</JobDocument>