Forum Discussion
Stream Channel: Organize/Categorize Videos
On a channel homepage, I need the ability to create video categories, as defined by me, the channel owner - possible? Alternatively, the ability to sort by Name would be an acceptable work-around.
I'm experiencing the same thing. I've organized our company videos into a channel for ease of access, but they can't be re-ordered in the list. They don't appear in the list in the order I uploaded them or even alphabetically.
Marc Mroz
Microsoft
MicrosoftDave Kartunen and Brad Millner - By default we sort videos in a channel by "Trending." This uses an algorithm to determine which videos are popular in the last few weeks against views, likes, comments, etc. A user could pick a different sort order for the channel when they are viewing it. But as I said above we don't have a feature for owner of channels to pick a different sort order by default.
I am an integrationist at a school, and when teachers load videos for class, the students do not notice the "All Videos" tab, though right there, and they assume the latest video has not been uploaded. Teachers like having more control. There really are very few options available in videos for sorting, etc.
We would also like to be able to give permissions in Channels to whole groups. If a class is working on a project, it is very time-consuming to have to load each student individually, especially when we have synced groups to use.
My company really needs to be able to manage the sorting option.
We need to be able to sort by metadata, or published date. Please add this -- it would be greatly appreciated.
- Marc Mroz
Teresa Swehla - Could you explain a bit more on what you are looking for in terms of more sorting options?
Is it that the user can sort on things when they view a group/channel list of videos?
Is it that as a group/channel owner you want to determine the default sort orders of videos when people visit your channel?
Are you looking for more of a playlist feature where you can build a playlist and put videos in a specific order?
Something else?
Hello -- thanks for your response.
Our users want to be able to sort ascending & descending order of their videos by title or a metadata field. Right now the default sorting of videos when linking to Stream is "Trending" -- that doesn't help them at all. They want to be able to choose what default they prefer (which is linear...most recent to oldest).
There is a view that appears to work this way. The view they most enjoy is the "play" view...when a video is selected to play, the other videos appear on the right margin in chronological order of upload date/time. Linking to that view doesn't work though.
Basically, if the videos could have metadata assigned to them to allow users to create desired views to display the videos the way that is most helpful to their groups, THAT is what they're looking for.
Thanks - Tracy
