Part of the new DAM 4.5.1 release is represented by the support offered for the new DAM for Sitecore module. The 2 main changes are:
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If you have selected to install DAM for Sitecore 5, the installer will automatically import the default previews assets to the catalof folder Default previews. It will also add the required configuration to the Config Manager in DAM for Sitecore → Config → Default previews. The import process will create upload jobs for the assets, but will not wait for them to finish. This means that when you log in to the DAM Center after upgrading/installing, you may see that some jobs are running. The default previews will work when these jobs have finished.
Default previews
The default preview feature is used through assetstream. The meaning of this feature is to have assetstream deliver another media file, if the requestet file was not found, so the user does not get 404 file not found.
This is something you configure in the config manager under the tab "Default previews".
How the new implementation works?
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