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Import an MRSS Feed
Import an MRSS Feed

Follow our specifications to ensure a seamless upload of video content.

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Written by Customer Success
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Add a stream of video content by uploading an MRSS feed to MAZ. Get started here! 

  1. Navigate to the Section you would like to add the MRSS feed.
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  2. Click on +Content, +Feed, then +MRSS.

3. Enter the following metadata and Feed URL:

  • Name (Internal facing)

  • Feed URL

  • Title (External)

  • Subtitle (External)

  • Description (External)

4. In the next form you see, fill in the metadata for the content menu you are adding to your app and save the form. For example, access, cover date, release date, etc.

Find our MRSS Specs below:

The following sample feed contains all of the elements required for the proper functionality of MRSS feeds in MAZ apps.

Please Note: MAZ recommends MRSS with UTF-8 Encoding.

<rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0">
 <channel>
  <title>Home video feed</title> 
  <description>Some description text for the feed</description>
  <link>http://example.org/</link> 
  <lastBuildDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 11:52:32 ­0800</lastBuildDate> 
  <item>
   <title>A BIG Title for your Video</title> 
   <description> Description of the video </description> 
   <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 09:29:47 ­0800</pubDate> 
   <guid isPermaLink="false">9677095935</guid>
   <media:group>
   <media:content duration="123" medium="video" type="video/mp4" url="http://maz.com/samplevideourl/4mmaddgkad.m3u8"/> 
   <media:title>Media Title</media:title>
   <media:thumbnail url="http://mazsystems.com/thumbnailsample/2ej2kdj"/> 
   <maz:modified>1611829083</maz:modified>
   <media:keywords>fish,class,saltwater</media:keywords>
   <media:subTitle href="https://YourExampleSRTHere.com.srt"/>
   </media:group>
  </item> 
  </channel>
</rss>


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​Asset requirements/recommendations

  • Titles truncated after roughly 49 characters

  • Thumbnails minimum of 550 x 310 px

  • Video full HD quality, 1080 x 1920

  • The duration value within the <media:content> tag is optional.

Accepted file formats

  • ­H.264 video up to 1080p, 60 frames per second, High or Main Profile level 4.2 or lower

  • H.264 Baseline Profile level 3.0 or lower with AAC­LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

  • MPEG­4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC­LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats.

  • Non HLS/m3u8 format

The W3C provides a free RSS/ATOM feed validator, which can be found
​here: https://validator.w3.org/feed/. If you encounter any problems adding one of your feeds to our platform, try running it through this validator first to make sure it validates. This can be a great tool to pinpoint any errors that may be associated with your feed.


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