Downloading single assets
The user can download assets from Media Manager 5 either in original form, in one of the predefined qualities or in custom dimensions.
In order to download an asset from the home screen, the user has to click the Download icon on an asset card.
This will open a dialog, in which the user is presented with the list of available media formats. The next step is to select all the desired qualities and click Download. The download process will start immediately.
If custom quality is available, the user can click Custom quality button in the lower left corner of the download dialog.
The user will be then asked to define the criteria and the custom image will be sent to e-mail.
In the asset view, Download is one of the featured buttons placed under the asset.
Downloading multiple assets
If the user wants to download more than one assets at a time, they need to multiselect the relevant assets and then choose the option "Download" from the the list of multiselect actions located at the top bar. The user has to now make a number of choices concerning the inclusion of metadata in the download file and quality of images/videos.
The following download options are available for the user:
| Download type | Options |
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| Assets | The user can select a predetermined download quality or define a custom quality for all the assets Assets are downloaded as a .zip file.
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| Assets + Metadata | The user can select:
A .zip file containing assets and an Excel spreadsheet with selected metadata is downloaded.
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| Metadata | The user can select which metadata fields should be included in the download. The metadata is downloaded in the form of .xlsx file.
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Requesting asset download
Some assets or some asset formats cannot be freely downloaded and the user is required to submit a download request for an asset, even though that user has a theoretical ability to perform a download. This is the case, if a download request workflow is configured for the system.
For more information about setting up and working with this type of workflow, please refer to MM5.5 Download request workflow.
Copyright Notification
If an asset requires accepting copyright disclaimer before being downloaded, the administrative user can enable the “Copyright Notification“ feature on such an asset from the metadata editor. As a result, other users will be shown a copyright disclaimer and be asked to accept it, before the asset can be downloaded.
Setting the copyright disclaimer
The copyright disclaimer is set per-asset and can be turned on or updated from the metadata editor.
The disclaimer is set by opening the metadata editor and setting the desired values for the metadata fields designated to hold information about the copyright notification.
There are two types of copyright notification that the user can choose between:
- predefined disclaimer (selecting one of the available options from the drop-down list will result in displaying a pre-set copyright text to other users),
- custom disclaimer (the administrative user can set a completely new disclaimer for this specific asset).
If both the predefined and custom values are set, the user will be asked to agree only to the predefined disclaimer.
If none of the values are set, the user will not be asked to agree to any disclaimer for that asset.
Accepting the Copyright Notification
When attempting to download the asset with copyright limitations, a copyright disclaimer for this asset will be displayed for the user. After the user consents to the disclaimer, the download will proceed as normal. The user agreement is logged in an audit trail that can be reviewed by authorized users.
When trying to download multiple assets, the user will be presented with the disclaimer of all the assets selected and have to opportunity to individually review each disclaimer. The download will proceed only for the assets whose copyright notification was accepted.
