BLADE - MMX Program Schedule
- Jonathan Schmale
This is currently under development and is an early release beta version for preview and testing.
Use the MMX Program Schedule URL Generator to assemble the direct query URL for the program schedule content. This output is intended to meet the requirements of the AWS Program Guide.
Setup
The following steps must be done before executing the program guide request so that the information is available to be included.
Channels
Assign the following dynamic fields to each channel
Field Name | Sample | Notes |
|---|---|---|
MMX Image Path | https:/site.ca/mmx/Channel1/images | The URL must be accessible to the AWS service to access them for use with the guide |
MMX locale | en-CA | Identifies the language and territory of the related text (name, description, synopsis etc) A list of valid locales may be found here: cldr-json/cldr-json/cldr-core/availableLocales.json at main · unicode-org/cldr-json |
TimeZone | Eastern Standard Time Pacific Standard Time | It must be a valid Time Zone ID. A Flow Admin user can find a copy of this list in the User Import module. Click the Valid ID Values button to view the list. |
Programs
Assign the following dynamic fields to each program
Field Name | Sample | Notes |
|---|---|---|
genre | av_subgenre_talk_show_variety_news | Enumerated values are listed in the Video Central Genres Support – Video Central (Global Genres) one ring code. |
keyword | News, Weather, Traffic, Sports | May be used as a search term for the program. |
hero art | select an image/media item | Hero is without burned in title text. |
cover art | select an image/media item | Cover is with burned in text. |
box art | select an image/media item | Box art is studio created artwork. |
title art | select an image/media item | Title is used in place of title text on detail pages |
catalog type | movie | Only used by programs that are not a series. (Programs that are a series will use a TV Episode type within a Series and Season.) |
Images
The images are expected to be in one of these aspect ratios:
16:9
4:3
3:4
1:1
Program Ratings
Assign the Rating System codes to existing ratings. There was a new field added for this purpose in 16.12.5.2.
(This may not be necessary - the spec may not require it)
Steps to Generate a URL
Specify URL parameters, as defined in the following table.
Click Generate to produce the query string in the specified format based on the parameters you set.
Click Test to generate data in the specified format in a new browser tab based on the parameters you set. Use the Test function to view the format of the output with the current data available for your selections.
Copy and paste the Query String generated in your platforms as needed.
URL Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
Format | Select the data format. XML only |
Channel | Select a specific channel |
Date | The date to produce the schedule for |