What is AFD?

AFD stands for Accelerated File Delivery, and is a piece of software which allows you to benefit from multi-channel downloads to get your media & files faster from European Tour's Media Hub and download multiple files at once from Record Pages. Using this software, you can link computers to your European Tour's Media Hub account and send downloads to linked machines. You can read more details about AFD and the benefits of it here.

Setup & Use Batch Downloading Using AFD

Batch Downloading Via AFD

European Tour's Media Hub stores and organises media and its metadata in the following way:

- 'Record' qualifies the metadata entry for your media file(s)
- 'Media Item' qualifies the media file submitted to the system, attached to a record
- 'Rendition / Profile' qualify the subsequent media files created by Imagen to support your web browsing experience or provide immediate download (e.g. Mezzanine quality files) upon media ingest.

A single Media Hub Record can hold multiple Media Items (indicated by the icon), each with their respective renditions. You may download multiple files of the same Rendition / Profile from a single record using Imagen's AFD (Accelerated File Delivery client).

How to Batch Download using AFD

1. Navigate to the record you wish to download from

You will need to have permission to view the media items. From Search Results you may quickly identify content which holds multiple media items as you will see the icon

2. Click the 'Download media' option

Select 'Download media' option to the right of the media Item's metadata - you will then see the following pop-up:

4. Change the download location option to your desired linked AFD Machine (if this is set to 'In Browser')

If you do not see any options other than 'In browser', you have not linked an AFD installation (see AFD setup instructions). If you cannot select a linked AFD Machine, this means the target AFD app is either not running or the device is offline.

5. Check the 'Download All?' checkbox first to unlock batch download options

If you do not see this, your record only has one media item.

6. Choose the appropriate level of profile you wish to download. Choose from:

- All originals (across all available media/file types)
- All originals of a particular media type (e.g. All Original Audio, or All Original Documents)
- All renditions of a particular type (e.g. al HLS video)

7. Click Download, and your transfers will begin in your target AFD device.

You can track the overall download progress online within the Imagen platform's notification centre (bell icon) or on your target machine where you will see each queued transfer in more detail in AFD.

What is AFD?

Setting AFD up

1. Download and install* AFD on your computer

2. Link AFD to your European Tour Media Hub account

3. Download via AFD

4. Add a Second Account or Link a Second Machine