Upload Notification - This notification field will let you know when your output(s) have been uploaded to the destination(s) defined within the Watch Folder. You can enter either a valid email address or the http URL of a listening script in which we will send XML or JSON when the job encountered an error. You can enter either a valid email address or the http URL of a listening script in which we will send XML or JSON when the job has completed.Įrror Notification - Like the Notification Field above, the Error Notification field can be used for receiving notifications when a job kicks out an error. Notification - Let us know how you would like to be notified when the Watch Folder jobs is completed. This dropdown menu will determine the format of how your job notifications are delivered to your notification URL. Notification Format - Chose notification request format (XML or JSON). mov extensions, and will ignore all other file formats in the source directory being watched. For example, a Watch Folder with a Mask of '. This mask allows you to process only appropriate files in the Watch Folder source directory. Be sure to read our best practices below about activating and resetting Watch Folders.įile Name Control - Comma separated list of masks. Let's go through each option within the second tab of the Watch Folder set-up:Īctivate Watch Folder - Tick this box to make the Watch Folder active. Here within the second tab there are a number of options you can set for this specific Watch Folder. This will take you to the second tab in the Watch Folder set-up window, 'Configure Your Watch Folder Options'. Once on the Watch Folder page, click the + symbol next to 'Add New Watch Folder' Follow the steps below to create a Watch Folder.

A destination location(s) where you would like us to send the output files.Īfter you login to, find the Watch Folder section on the left side of your user interface.

A frequency of how often the source location should be polled (from every 5 minutes to once a 1 day).

Choose the video format output of your choice (MP4, WebM, HLS, DASH, etc).

A local or cloud storage location for our system to “watch” for new source video files.

Simply login to our user interface, click on the Watch Folder tab in the UI and specify four things. Watch folders are an alternative to integrating with our API and requires nothing more than a local or cloud storage location to use. When new content arrives, the system will fetch the file and convert it to the video format you have requested within the Watch Folder. A watch folder is a directory that's specified to be polled periodically by our encoding platform for new content.

How to create a watch folder