Kaltura settings

The following list of features is available once your Pearl device has been registered with Kaltura.

VOD event channels

  • Channel - Select a channel for VOD.
  • Enabled - Select to enable the channel.
  • Main entry - Select which channel will be the main entry (only one can be selected).

Live-stream event channel

  • Channel - Select a channel to be live-streamed.
  • Secure streaming - Select to send an RTMPS (instead of RTMP) stream.
  • Backup stream - Select to enable a backup stream, the select the Ad hoc event backup stream from the dropdown list.
  • Ad hoc event primary stream - Select a primary stream. If Auto is the only available option, then no additional streams are configured for the channel.
  • Ad hoc event backup stream - Once Backup stream has been enabled, select a backup stream. If Auto is the only available option, then no additional streams are configured for the channel.

Unscheduled ad hoc event details

  • Session title - Assign a default title for ad hoc events. Default variables specify the current date and time as the title using the format yyy-mm-dd hh:mm. This default title can be changed when an ad hoc event is created.
  • Event owner - Assign an owner to ad hoc events created using the Pearl device.
  • Owner suffix - Enter a suffix to be automatically applied to the Event owner field when users authenticate with Kaltura from the Pearl device. For example, if the owner account is wilson@myorg.com, enter the suffix @myorg.com here so that the user only needs to enter wilson to authenticate.
    • For Pearl Nano, you must authenticate from the Admin panel.
  • Description - The description of the uploaded media that appears in Kaltura.
  • Tags - Assign tags to the uploaded media for use by Kaltura. To assign multiple tages, separate the tags with a ",".
  • Categories - Assign Kaltura categories to the uploaded media. To assign a nested category to the uploaded media, use the ">" symbol (with no spaces) between categories. To assign multiple categories, separate the categories with a ",". For example: Recordings>Tutorials>Biology1000, Recordings>Tutorials>Chemistry1000
  • Duration - Assign a default duration for ad hoc events. This value can be changed when an ad hoc event is created.
  • Automatically logout - Automatically logs out the ad hoc event creator when the ad hoc event ends. This is disabled by default.
    • For the Pearl-2 and Pearl Mini, automatic logout only works if the touch screen was used to create the ad hoc event.

Upload schedule

These settings are optional - they are not required for deployment.

  • File upload schedule - Select the check box to enable scheduled file uploads.
  • Start upload - Select a start time for file uploads
  • Stop upload - Select a finish time for file uploads.

Click Apply when you have configured your upload settings.

Advanced

These settings are optional - they are not required for deployment.

  • Kaltura groups -Provide Kaltura admin owner privileges to members of a Kaltura group for any Kaltura events created on this device. Now when you create a new event, you can select a Kaltura Group as an Admin owner, so the group will have Kaltura admin owner privileges to the uploaded file.

    • Pearl admin will only display groups created prior to this login session. If groups were created during the login session, log out and log in again to refresh the groups.

  • Kaltura monitoring dashboard - Select to allow Pearl Mini to be visible in Kaltura's My Dashboard. For more information on Kaltura's My Dashboard feature, contact your Kaltura administrator.