Introduction

Dailymotion offers the possibility to migrate your existing video catalog to our platform using an MRSS feed.

MRSS feeds simplify the process of importing and updating video catalogs by providing Dailymotion with a structured and standardized way to communicate metadata and media links. This way, your video catalog can be migrated and updated while being available on multiple platforms without the need to manually upload content.

In this article, we’ll walk you through the process of preparing your MRSS feed for the migration with all required information.

Prerequisites

Make sure to complete the following requirements before moving forward with the other steps:

Subscribe to Dailymotion Pro Enterprise.
Get in touch with your Dailymotion Account Manager to define your needs for the migration
Upload a video to test the encoding compatibility

Migration steps

1. Prepare your server

In order for Dailymotion to access your video catalog, please make sure your server follows the below requirements:


Input formats	Dailymotion supports the following input formats for content ingestion: HTTP(S) FTP(S) SFTP (in this case, please add port information in each URL for proper access).
Content accessibility	Dailymotion will actively pull the content from your server: if you have blockers in place preventing content accessibility from external IPs, make sure your server is configured to allow “Pull mode” requests, and that Dailymotion IPs are authorized: 188.65.120.0 / 21 195.8.214.0 / 23 198.54.200.0 / 23

Input formats

Dailymotion supports the following input formats for content ingestion:

HTTP(S)
FTP(S)
SFTP (in this case, please add port information in each URL for proper access).

Content accessibility

Dailymotion will actively pull the content from your server: if you have blockers in place preventing content accessibility from external IPs, make sure your server is configured to allow “Pull mode” requests, and that Dailymotion IPs are authorized:

188.65.120.0 / 21
195.8.214.0 / 23
198.54.200.0 / 23

2. Prepare your MRSS feed

Declaration

Include the following declarations at the top of your MRSS feed to indicate the XML file format and namespace used.

XML declaration

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

Namespace declaration

<rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">

<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/">

<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dm="http://www.dailymotion.com/dmrss/">

MRSS tags

MRSS feeds must include metadata about each video item, such as title, description, media URL and any other relevant information.

Your MRSS feed needs to include an <item>v entry for each video in your catalog, and to be structured in a way that aligns with MRSS requirements.

CDATA sections

If you need to include in the tags text that might contain characters or symbols that could be misinterpreted as XML markup, we recommend using CDATA sections.

A CDATA section starts with <![CDATA[ and ends with ]]>.

<description><![CDATA[Description of the video can be up to 2000 characters long and can contain line breaks using the <br> html tag]]></description>

Required items

Each MRSS feed must include the following item tags to be processed by our service:

<title> – Defines the video title displayed on Dailymotion.
<category> – Defines the video category (list of categories).
<guid> – A unique key set on your database to link the Dailymotion video and your video.
<media:content url=""> – Direct link to the video hosted on your properties.

Available tags

If you want to add more metadata about your content, the following tags can be defined. See an example of an MRSS feed here.

Channel tags

Dailymotion RSS tag	Description	Value type
`title`	Name of the content provider. Ex: Universal Pictures	string
`link`	Website of the content provider. Ex:`http://www.universalpictures.com/`	URL string
`description`	Description of the content provider. Ex: Universal Pictures is an American motion picture studio	string
`lastBuildDate`	Last time the content of the feed changed. Ex: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 11:00:00 -0400	RFC 2822

Item tags - General

*required tags

Dailymotion RSS tag	Attribute	Description	Value type
`title`*		Title of the video. Ex: Back to the Future	string
`description`		Description of the video. Ex: Back to the Future is a 1985 American science fiction film	string
`category`*	`scheme="urn:dm:channel"`	Dailymotion channel (list of categories). Ex: news	string
`guid`*	`isPermaLink="false"`	Unique and persistent identifier for the video that should be the primary key in the content provider database. Ex: 12345_back_to_the_future	string
`dcterms:valid`		Date (or range) of validity of the video. Ex: start=2013-07-10T12:35+00:00;end=2013-12-21T12:35+00:00;scheme=W3C-DTF	ISO 8601
`media:content`*	`url`*	Direct link to the video _Ex: _ `http://www.example.com/video/12345_back_to_the_future.mp4` `ftp\://login:[email protected]/video/12345\_back\_to\_the\_future.mp4`	URL string
	`width`	Width of the video (px). Ex: 1280	digit
	`height`	Height of the video (px). Ex: 720	digit
	`bitrate`	Video bitrate in bytes. Ex: 3317	digit
	`filesize`	Video filesize in bytes. Ex: 1326739508	digit
	`duration`	Video duration in seconds. Ex: 6960	digit
	`type`	MIME type of the video. Ex: video/quicktime	string
	`lang`	Language of the video (“en” by default). Ex: en	ISO 639-1
`media:thumbnail`	`url`	Direct link to the thumbnail (max filesize: 5Mo). Ex: `http://www.example.com/img/12345_back_to_the_future.jpg`	URL string
	`width`	Width of the thumbnail (px). Ex: 1280	digit
	`height`	Height of the thumbnail (px). Ex: 720	digit
`dm:poster`	`url`	Direct link to the poster image. Ex: `http://www.example.com/poster/12345_back_to_the_future.jpg`	URL string
`media:keywords`	value	Relevant keyword or a list of keywords comma-delimited describing the video. Multiple values can be passed. Ex: DeLorean, Time Machine, Back to the Future	string
`media:subTitle`	`href`	Direct link to the subtitle file (.srt). Multiple values can be passed. Ex: `http://www.example.com/subtitles/12345_back_to_the_future.srt`	URL string
	`lang`	Language of the subtitles. Multiple values can be passed. Ex: en-us	RFC 3066
	`type="text/plain"`	Subtitle type. Multiple values can be passed. Ex: text/plain	string
`media:category`	value	ID (xid) of the Dailymotion playlist OR desired playlist name. Multiple values can be passed. Ex: x2qsde	string
	`scheme="urn:dm:playlist"`	URI that identifies the playlist scheme. Ex: urn:dm:playlist	URI
	value	Show name. Ex: Game of Thrones	string
	`season`	Season number/name. Ex: 1	string
	`episode`	Episode number/name. Ex: 2	string
`media:copyright`	value	Copyright information for the video. Ex: Copyright Universal Pictures	string
	`url`	Copyright URL for the video. Ex: `http://www.universalpictures.com/`	URL string
`media:restriction`	value	Country codes (space-separated). For all countries : `all` Ex: us fr	ISO 3166 Alpha-2
	`relationship`	Indicates the type of relationship (allow \| deny). Ex: allow	string
	`type="country"`	Ex: type=”country”	string
`media:rating`	value	Permissible audience to be declared. (adult \| nonadult) Ex: nonadult	string
	`scheme`	URI that identifies the rating scheme. Ex: urn:simple	URI
	`number`	Visa number. Ex: 60261	string
	value	Original title of the video. Ex: Back to the Future	string
	`language`	Original language of the video. Ex: en	ISO 639-1
	`country`	Country code of the video. Ex: us	ISO 3166 Alpha-2
`dm:released`	`year`	Date of release or production. Ex: Wed, 03 Jul 1985 04:00:01 -0400	RFC 2822

Item tags - Music

Dailymotion RSS tag	Description	Value type
`dm:music_artist`	The name of the artist. Ex: Ellie Goulding	string
`dm:music_artist_id`	The ID of the artist given by the label. Ex: id323234343	string
`dm:music_album`	The name of the music album. Ex: Holcyon Days	string
`dm:music_album_id`	Identify the album from where the music comes from. Ex: 1234-32131	string
`dm:music_isrc`	The International Standard Recording Code of the soundtrack associated to this video. Ex: FR-6V8-21-83311	string ISRC
`dm:music_iswc`	The International Standard Musical Work Code of the soundtrack associated to this video. Ex: T-034.524.680-1	string ISWC
`dm:music_upc`	The Universal Product Code of the soundtrack. Ex: 3610154759952	string UPC
`dm:music_genre`	The genre of the soundtrack. Ex: Pop	string
`dm:music_label`	The name of the record label. Ex: Sony	string
`dm:music_muyap`	The MUYAP ID (Turkish Phonographic Industry Society Identifier) of the soundtrack. Ex: BXjVm33LBNCIGfS6GBNw4A==	string
`dm:music_track_id`	The ID of the track/clip given by the label. Ex: 4234234-23	string
`dm:music_itunes_id`	The ID provided by iTunes for this soundtrack. Ex: id483555052	string

Item tags - Movie roles

Dailymotion RSS tag	Attribute	Description	Value type
`media:credit`	value	First name and last name of the actor. Multiple values can be passed. Ex: Michael J. Fox	string
	`role=actor`	Specify the role the entity played. Ex: actor	string
	value	First name and last name of the director. Multiple values can be passed. Ex: Robert Zemeckis	string
	`role=director`	Specify the role the entity played. Ex: director	string
`media:credit`	value	First name and last name of the producer. Multiple values can be passed. Ex: Neil Canton	string
	`role=producer`	Specify the role the entity played. Ex: producer	string
`media:credit`	value	First name and last name of the writer. Multiple values can be passed. Ex: Robert Zemeckis	string
	`role=writer`	Specify the role the entity played. Ex: writer	string

Dailymotion.com specific data

Dailymotion RSS tag	Description	Value type
`dm:private`	Status if video is private or not. Ex: false	boolean
`dm:advertising\_instream\_blocked`	True if the owner blocked instream ads on this video. Ex: true	boolean
`dm:delete`	Delete the video (source + encoded assets). Ex: true	boolean

3. Share your MRSS feed

You can now share the following information to your Dailymotion Account Manager so our technical team can start processing your catalog ingestion:

Your MRSS feed URL (with login/password if needed).
The Dailymotion channel where the content will be ingested.
The frequency defining how often the MRSS feed should be crawled.

Technical specifications

	Standard definition	High definition
Video codec	H.264 DivX WMV9 Progressive MPEG-2	H.264 preferred VC-1 acceptable
Video resolution	640×480 (4:3) 720×480 (16:9)	1280×720 (720p) 1920×1080 (1080p)
Video bitrate	Min: 1,2 Mbps Max: 3 Mbps	Min: 2 Mbps Max: 4 Mbps
Video framerate	25 fps	25 fps
Audio codec	AAC MP3 WMA9 MPEG Layer 2	AAC MP3 WMA9 MPEG Layer 2
Audio bitrate	Recommended: 256 Kbps AAC or 320 Kbps stereo MP3. Minimum: 128 Kbps stereo AAC or 192 Kbps stereo MP3. 44100Hz	Recommended: 256 Kbps AAC or 320 Kbps stereo MP3. Minimum: 128 Kbps stereo AAC or 192 Kbps stereo MP3. 44100Hz
Container	MP4 AVI MOV	MP4 AVI MOV

Feed example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
        <rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:dm="http://www.dailymotion.com/dmrss/">
            <channel>
                <title><![CDATA[Universal Pictures]]></title>
                <link>http://www.universalpictures.com/</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Universal Pictures is an American motion picture studio]]></description>
                <lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2013 11:00:00 -0400</lastBuildDate>
                <item>
                    <title><![CDATA[Back to the Future]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Back to the Future is a 1985 American science fiction film...]]></description>
                    <media:category scheme="urn:dm:channel">shortfilms</media:category>
                    <guid isPermaLink="false">12345_back_to_the_future</guid>
                    <media:content url="http://www.example.com/video/12345_back_to_the_future.mp4" width="1280" height="720" bitrate="3317" filesize="1326739508" duration="6960" type="video/quicktime" lang="en" />
                    <media:keywords><![CDATA[DeLorean, Time Machine, Back to the Future]]></media:keywords>
                </item>
            </channel>
        </rss>