Series
- Introduction
- Define a series in JW (Using contentTypes)
- Define a series in JW (Deprecated - playlist based method)
- Create an all-series playlist in JW
- Create an all series screen
- Create an series screen
Introduction
This page describes how to define and show series, with seasons and episodes.
Define a series in JW (Using contentTypes)
Create Series in JWP
Create a series media asset in JW Player JWP Add a Series
Create Feeds in Zapp
- series/series hero:
zapp-dsp-base-url/jw/series/
- seasons tabs:
zapp-dsp-base-url/jw/series//seasons
- episodes within a season:
zapp-dsp-base-url/jw/series//seasons//episodes
- seasonId=
extensions.season_number
- seasonId=
If you do not use seasons here is the feed format for all episodes:
- episodes within a series:
zapp-dsp-base-url/jw/series//episodes
- seriesId=
id
Zapp setup
For the zapp set up of a series without tabs use a playlist with a series item that uses series management Type mapping: series
to connect to your series screen in zapp
For the zapp set up of a series with tabs use a playlist with a series item that user series management Type mapping: series
to connect to your tabs season screen in zapp Type mapping: season
to connect to the screen to display the episode list within a season tab
Define a series in JW (Deprecated - playlist based method)
You need:
- A media item (a.k.a. card) that links to the series playlist using
seriesId
- A ‘series’ playlist that includes episodes based on a tag
- Episodes with fields
episodeNumber
andseasonNumber
and a tag, that includes the epsidoe in the in the series playlist
Create an all-series playlist in JW
Create a playlist in JW Player, containing all the series. There are no special requirements.
Create an all series screen
- Create a all-series/shows feed using the middleware endpoint
/jw/all-series-playlists/
. This endpoint will ensure the type toseries
- Create a series/shows screen pointing to the newly created feed
- Do the type mapping to the series target screen
Create an series screen
- Create a feed for all possible seasons in your environment. E.g season 4 looks like this:
/jw/playlists/?media_filtering=seasonNumber:4&feedTitle=Season%204
- Create a series/show screen containing all possible seasons
- Ensure to enable ‘Hide Component if data is empty’