We are creating a video archive, and to minimize storage redundancy the videos are hosted via a third party and we are using the CSV Import to import the media metadata as an embed. The CSV has a column with the embed code and we use “HTML” under “media source” for the embed code. When the imported item is displayed this shows the media with its metadata, as expected.
There is, however, one nagging issue. When listing the “media” under “Items” in the admin interface, the media is listed as “Untitled”. Logically, the word Untitled is the default? for a missing “resource-name”?. Using the CSV import mechanism, how do I add, say, a file name or title (“resource-name”) for the media (video) in the CSV file so the media title is not “Untitled”?
Post upload editing is not feasible. I have combed the Forums and the documentation, but it is still unclear to me how to accomplish this using the CSV Import module. Being a newbie its probably something simple that I’m missing.
It sounds like you’re importing each row as an item and you’re able to attach the embed code as as Media. I could be wrong, but I don’t think there is an option to set the title of the Media with this option.
Typically I would either do 2 imports ( 1 with items and then 1 with the media) or a mixed resource import. Doing either of these would allow you to set the title for the Media.
Thanks for your response. If I understand correctly, I need to do two different CSV exports; one to create the “item” and the second to add the media to the “item” created by the first export. This implies post (first) export editing, which is not desirable.
I can give a title/name to the media via the admin interface using the HTML option, but with the approximately 1K videos to upload, it is a task I care not to do.
The ability to add the ‘title’ when using the HTML media option with CSV Import module would be incredibly useful, requiring only one bulk upload pass. From the Forum, it appears that this problem is not unique to us, and a solution would surely be heartily welcomed by others. Omeka Team? Daniel Berthereau?
@Legacy , doing two imports is only one option, the other option is to do a mixed resource import. This allows you to have an Item row and Media row and link them by some unique identifier. The unique identifier could be the title of the item or some other unique identifier in your metadata. Here is a very simplified example:
I thought it might be helpful to record a video showing how to use this example CSV. You’ll probably want to add your own metadata columns. This example just uses the bare minimum required to link the media to the item in a single import.
