General usage

This library can be used with SOUND4 .CL HD and WEB processing families. This extension supports Live and File processing.

Watermarking is inserted before final limiter.

Parameters

Parameters are especially useful in file mode, so you do not have to go to the web interface to configure the Watermarking.

The following parameters can be set :

KANTAR_Login : The Kantar login for online licenses
KANTAR_Password : The Kantar password for online licenses
KANTAR_LicenseID : The license ID to be used for the embedding process
KANTAR_LicenseName : The license name to be used for the embedding process (instead of KANTAR_LicenseID)
KANTAR_ChannelName : The channel name to be used for the embedding process
KANTAR_OfflineLicense : Force use of offline (1) or online (0) license instead of runtime choosing
KANTAR_LicPath : Path where the offline licenses are stored
KANTAR_SilentOnError : Output silence if in error instead of input (0/1)

and in file mode you can also set :

KANTAR_ReportPath : Set the directory where reports are saved
KANTAR_DummyContentId : Like KANTAR_UniqueContentId, but does not force the watermarking on.

If needed, you can select a different Kantar license server than the default by setting the variables (from env or params):

KANTAR_LICSERVER=licenseofe.kantarmedia.com
KANTAR_LICSERVER_PORT=443

For Online mode, you can change the timings for checking the Kantar license server availibity :

KANTAR_SERVER_TIMEOUT=3 : Time out in seconds to consider server is down
KANTAR_SERVER_CHECK_EVERY=60 : Seconds between checks

Metadata Parameters for file mode

The metadata can be set using process SetParameter before creating the instance :

KANTAR_InputFileName : The input filename
INPUT_FILENAME : The input filename (if no KANTAR_InputFileName)
KANTAR_MetadataFilePath : The path to the metadata file (JSON or XML format), fields overriden automatically
KANTAR_UniqueContentId : The Unique content identifier
KANTAR_FileDuration : The file duration in second (default: using FILE_MODE value)
KANTAR_FileOffset : The file offset duration in seconds
KANTAR_BBis : First time stamp that will be embedded during the watermarking (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ)
KANTAR_Metadata3 : 3rd Metadata (when no BBIS)
KANTAR_Metadata4 : 4th Metadata
KANTAR_Metadata5 : 5th Metadata
KANTAR_Metadata6 : 6th Metadata
KANTAR_Metadata7 : 7th Metadata
KANTAR_Metadata8 : 8th Metadata

Installation

You just have to put this library, with its Kantar's software companions, in the same directory of the process, and it will detect and use it, if possible.

You can check in the About window, it should appear with its version.

You will need a Watermark.CL license activated by SOUND4.