Setting up RSS Input Feeds

yospaceCDS can take a source MRSS feed and ingest content items it discovers into one or many Content Groups. Currently, only a standard MRSS (Media RSS) feed is supported. MRSS feeds are required because they contain URL references to the actual video data, whereas RSS feeds contain only references to the web page on which the video is embedded.

To set up a new RSS Input Feed, you need to configure the following settings:

Name

A short descriptive name that you will use to identify the RSS Input Feed in the summary screen

Description

Any additional information you want to associate with the RSS Input Feed. For your information purposes only.

Feed Type

Only Standard MRSS can be selected at this time.

Source URL

The URL of the MRSS Feed.  The URL can contain a username and password to specify URLs behind HTTP authentication.  The syntax you should use is http://username:password@host/path

Update Every

The frequency by which yospaceCDS will poll the source URL for updates. The minimum value for this setting is 120 seconds.

Remove Content

Allows you to define when content is removed from the Content Groups into which the Input Feeds supplies Media Items. When a Media Item is removed from a Content Group, it is not deleted from yospaceCDS for 5 days, allowing clients that have cached a URL to a Media Item to still be able to access the content for 5 days after.

State

Active or Inactive. Inactive feeds do not poll the source URL.

Feed into Group

Select a Content Group into which the Input Feed will supply Media Items. The Input Feed can feed into multiple groups. In order to do this, you will need to save the feed, and edit it, where you will be able to add additional Content Groups.