How to provide a custom launch template
How to use Ad break
Configuration
How to add thumbnails
How to add waveforms
How to configure audio channel names
You can customize the audio channel names displayed in the Validate timeline using metadata in the launch template.
How to configure session retention
How to control audio track behavior
You can control which audio tracks are used for playback and whether audio tracks are automatically enabled when the player loads. This is useful when you want to choose which audio to play, or when you want to restrict playback to discrete audio files only.
How to define and use custom forms
Introduction
How to exclude tabs and files
This page explains how you can customize the appearance of the content tabs in the Validate UI.
How to configure marker table columns
Validate has a predefined set of columns that make up the marker table.
How to play DRM protected content
Configuration
How to play HLS/DASH content
In order to play HLS/DASH content you need to manually add the format of the video file as well as the video- and audio-streams of the video in the launch template.
How to play content using JIT
JIT (Just-In-Time) playback makes it possible to play video formats that would otherwise require transcoding before being playable in a web browser.
How to play multi-track video files
Browsers do not support playback of multi-track mp4 files, they will only play the first video, the first audio track
How to publish
How to reopen a session
How to Self-Host using Docker
How to Self-Host using S3
How to use asset status
The asset status feature lets you set a status on the asset via a dropdown in the application header. To enable this feature, turn on the feature flag assetStatus in the settings part of the launch template:
How to use authentication
How to use references in forms
A schema can reference another schema using the $ref keyword. It is possible, for example, to reference a complete form from a remote location, reference a sub-schema from a remote location,
How to use safe areas
Safe areas can be used in order to display an overlay image on top of the video.
How to set language on files
The Set language on files feature lets you change the language metadata on video, audio and subtitle files directly in the UI.