Onboarding

Drag, Drop, Send.

Sending your first file with latakoo is as simple as drag, drop, and send!

Once the latakoo Flight app is installed on your computer, open the application and log in with your credentials. Then, simply drag a file into the app window, or click Add to browse and select files from your computer.

Rename Your File

Renaming your file with latakoo is a breeze and helps keep your files organized and easy to find.

Type in a new name of your file. Hit save to apply the new name.

Quality Slider

The quality slider is our secret sauce for delivering files of any size lightning quick, no matter your bandwidth.

Further to the left is more compression for a very fast upload. Further to the right is less compression for a fast upload with higher quality. All the way to the right is no compression, to upload the original file.

Notice that the estimated upload time changes, depending on the quality selected. That is our application using machine learning to estimate the time it will take to upload your file. The app requires at least 20 uploads in order to begin providing the estimates to you. This allows you to select the highest quality for the time you have.

Note: you may have different quality settings than shown here.

Select the Destination

This drop down shows all of the networks (or folders) that you have upload access to. This is where your video will be stored and where other users in your organization can find your files on latakoo.com. You can upload to multiple networks at once.

Different networks have different jobs. Typically, your organization’s main network will be attached to an automated ingest workflow with latakoo HUB. You may also have a network that automates transfers to a website CMS. Check with your management team or latakoo support for your specific workflows.

Click Start

Once you click start, the file will be encoded (if you have selected a compression setting) and sent to the latakoo cloud in the network(s) you selected. Once you set your default settings, you can send files quickly with those defaults.

If your organization uses metadata, a link will appear as soon as your upload begins. Add script, tags and more, depending on your organization’s settings.

Set Your Defaults

It’s a good idea to set your default upload settings in the latakoo Flight app. That way your file will always upload at the quality you want, to the network you want by default.

First, click options. On the general tab, select your default quality settings for upload.

Then, select the default upload network(s) for your uploads. This is typically your main ingest network. Additional networks can be added.

Finally, select your default download folder. This is where your files downloaded with the Flight app will be saved on your computer.

latakoo Pilot: Your Custom Content Feed

After logging in to latakoo.com, you’re immediately placed into your latakoo Pilot content feed. On the left is a list of content networks (or folders) that you have permission to access.

“My uploads” is a shortcut to locating your uploaded files. Narrow the list of displayed networks, by using the filtering option.

Some networks are for sharing, some for automated ingest, some for automated file transfer. Check with your manager for specific guidance.

Different Views

Use the three buttons at the top of the network list to toggle between views.

The left button is the All Network view. If selected, you will see all networks that you have access to in the network list on the left hand side.

The middle button is the Home Networks view. If selected, you will only see networks within your home organization (that you have access to) in the network list. Your content feed will only be from these networks.

The right button is the Pinned Networks view. If selected, you will only see networks that you have chosen to see under your settings. This is your own customized view of the Pilot feed.

Locating Files

To search for a file, type in a keyword in the search bar and hit enter. The system will search for the keyword in any file names, user names, associated Metadata and transcription.

For a more advanced search, simply click the advanced search icon. Now, you can enter a specific date rate and search by specific user(s) along with your key word.

From the latakoo Pilot feed, you can also click on a user’s name to filter to their content. The same functionality works for network names as well.

View a File

Click the thumbnail or filename to open a file. Play the video, open in full screen mode and see details about your upload.

To the right of the video player is the file’s information, Metadata, transcription (if subscribed) and comments.

You can use the latakoo clip editing tool to quickly create a new clip from any file in Pilot. You can also edit the metadata for the file here, if you have permission to do so.

Clip Editing Tool

You can use the latakoo clip editing tool to quickly create new clips from any existing file in latakoo Pilot, even from incoming live streams.

You can use transcription to set your in and out points, give the new clip a name and select where the file will be sent. If you send it to a network attached to a HUB workflow, the new clip will automatically get ingested in your asset manager.

No transcription? No problem. Simply use the timeline to set your exact in and out points for the new clip.

Transcription & Translation

Every file uploaded to latakoo is quickly transcribed (if subscribed) with automatic language detection available in over 50 languages.

Transcriptions can be searched, edited, downloaded, and translated into 99+ different languages.

Timestamped Commenting

You can make general comments or give feedback directly on the video timeline with latakoo.

Make general comments in the message box or click the stopwatch to add your exact timestamp to your comment. Your comment will appear on the timeline where it was made.

Downloading a File

There are a couple of ways to download a file from latakoo Pilot. Click the download  button to see all options.

If you have a latakoo HUB workflow, the first option is to download to your Asset Manager. This will trigger an automatic download via the HUB and ingest into your Asset Management system.

The second option is to download via the web. Use this option to do a straight download through your browser.

The rest of the options listed will use the latakoo Flight app to download the file. Besides downloading the default file (the file type that was uploaded), you will have the option to transcode the file to a different codec and wrapper. The latakoo Flight app gives you the ability to change the file to suit your workflow.

Sharing a File

Click the share button to see all of the sharing options.

The first option is to share via email. Type in the recipient’s email address (or multiple separated by commas), add a message if desired, choose their options (allow downloads, require login, allow resharing) and click share.

The second option is to share via direct link. Set your options and click get link. Once generated, you can copy and paste the link to share the file with anyone.

The third option to to make the file embeddable and generate an iframe.

File Actions

File action buttons include copying the file to another network, moving the file to another network and deleting the file.

You will only see actions you have permission to perform. If you do not see the button, you do not have permission to perform any of these actions on that particular file.

Bulk File Actions

Any file action can also be done to multiple files at once. Use the tick boxes to select your files. This opens a selected items pane on the right hand side, so you always know what files you have selected. Use the bulk action buttons at the top of pane to select your action or clear all selected items.

You can download, copy, move or delete files in bulk (as long as you have proper permissions for the action on each file).