What is UCLS?

David Steidley · August 2021

I am looking into possible migration with content that is currently stored in a SharePoint environment. I see in the release notes that there is this UCLS XML based format... I am not sure what that is, and Googling it doesn't seem to help. Can some one please point me in the right direction?

Kathryn · August 2021

Hi David

It stands for Universal Content Library Specification, and it is an open, XML-based format for describing collections of videos so that they can be imported into a central repository.

You can find a press release from when this was made available here: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/panopto-announces-the-easiest-way-to-consolidate-video-collections-300652433.html

Also, the documentation and schemas can be found here: https://github.com/Panopto/universal-content-library-specification

Charles Barbour · August 2021

Maybe it's a typo? I know there is a UCS format. Universal Capture Specification

David Steidley · August 2021

As a follow up to that, is there any kind of documentation on how to use Python/JavaScript/REST to get a video file (*.mp4) that exists in SharePoint... and have it end up in Panopto... without first storing it on my PC?

I know we do something similar to this as we have the Panopto integration with Moodle.

Kathryn · August 2021

I don't think we have any public documentation specific to that scenario.

You can read more about uploading files using our API here, and for questions around using the API to transfer/upload video files, you can post in our API forum. The Dev team responds directly to posts made there.

I would also be happy to open a Support ticket with our team for you if you would like to get additional information.