Projects and uploads

Projects, videos and versions

A project groups every cut of one piece of work, such as an episode or a campaign. Inside it, files are grouped by video. Each upload becomes the next version of its video. Files with the same base name stack together (a trailing v2 or version 3 is ignored), or the uploader picks which video it is a new version of. Every version keeps its own review comments, status and notes. A version’s review status is needs review, changes requested, approved or rejected. Approvers and admins set it.

Uploading

Files up to 50 GB upload straight to storage in parts, and an interrupted upload resumes. Upload from the project page in the app, through an upload link, or from the CLI:

contence upload cut.mp4 --project PROJECT_ID
contence upload cut.mp4 --project PROJECT_ID --version-of VIDEO_ID
contence upload cut.mp4 --link https://app.contence.io/u/TOKEN --name "Your name"

An upload can carry version notes: what was asked for, what changed and which comments it fixes. To copy files in without downloading them first, import a Dropbox, Frame.io or https link into a project. The copy runs server to server:

contence import https://www.dropbox.com/... --project PROJECT_ID

Upload links

An admin can give a project one upload link for editors and collaborators outside the workspace. A link is either:

Open: anyone with it can upload, and signs the upload with the name they type.
Sign-in: the uploader must be signed in to Contence, and is recorded.

A link can expire, can be turned off and can be replaced with a new one. Uploaders see only their own uploads unless the project allows them to see the others. The project’s share link (see Review) can also accept uploads, so one link can be used to watch, comment and upload.

Comparing versions

A version page in the app shows what changed since the previous version. The CLI prints the same as a diff:

contence diff FILE_A FILE_B

Trash and moves

An approver or admin can move a version, or a whole video, to the project’s trash. It leaves the project, the Library and the upload page at once and can be restored for 30 days, after which it is deleted. Only an admin can delete it from the trash sooner. An approver or admin can also move a version or a video into another project of the same workspace. Its comments and review status move with it.

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