This is basically a placeholder chapter. In WACS 0.9.2 a substantial amount of new functionality has been introduced to cover the manipulation of media assets, primarily video clips. This new functionality is provided through a number of API calls held within the WacsId module. One of these is called media_settings and this returns configuration information used in many of the media operations. As this functionality develops, this call will be updated to read those settings from a configuration file. In the 0.9.2 release, changing these settings is done by way of making a custom version of the WacsId module. This will become an XML file with only the defaults when the file is not present set statically within the Module code.

Currently the main aspect controlled by media_settings is the automatic generation of thumbnails for video files while they are being unpacked and placed using the colleciton management tools. It is envisaged that the naming of aspect ratios and resolutions will also be controlled from media_settings in the near future. This chapter will be significantly expanded in the next release.