Advanced Recorded Shows Search

The "Recorded Shows" section of the Web Admin interface, available from the Web Admin sidebar menu, allows users to search title, description, and closed-captioning text for instances of the search term.

To perform a simple search, enter a word, or a search string (as described in the Search Help appendix), in the text field next to the "Search" button.

Optionally, click the "Advanced Options" link to specify additional parameters:

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Click the checkboxes to define the data in which to search.

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Use Quick Dates to search for recordings made Today, Yesterday, This Week, Last Week, This Month, Last Month, This Year, or Last Year.

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Select Date Range and enter Start and End dates (in the MM/DD/YYYY format) to narrow the search to shows that were recorded within the specified date range.

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Use the Category Filter to restrict your search to a single genre.

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Enter a Channel number or callsign to restrict your search to a single channel.

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Click Search Tips to view the Search Help chart.

Then, click the "Search" button to initiate the search. The search engine will shortly present results similar to the example below:


NOTE: Clicking on Play will open a dialog box like the one below. Click Open to play back the video.

Each hit the search finds will provide up to six options.

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The Title of the show, and the link labeled Play, will play the recording in the Viewscape interface.

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The View Transcript link will open a transcript of the recording's closed-captioning text.

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The Download Transcript link enables the user to download the transcript of the recording's closed-captioning text in TXT file format.

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The More link will take the user directly to the recording's Options page (See Recorded Shows -- Options for more information.)