Screenocean is an online digital library containing program material and related metadata from the Channel 4 archive. Once registered, users can search for and view archived media records and their associated metadata and also create workspaces.

Help contents

• Registering
• Logging in
• Basic search
• Advanced search
• Viewing records & their media
• Workspaces

Registering

1. Click the "register" link to take you to the registration page.
2. Enter your email address and password which you will use to log into Screenocean. We will also send an account verification email to this address.
3. Enter details into the mandatory fields marked with * and any additional information you wish to add to the other fields.
4. Click "register".
5. Once registered a confirmation email containing a link will be sent to your email address, click the link to confirm this email account.
6. Once your account has been confirmed information will be passed onto a web administrator, this will then be authenticated and you will receive a further confirmation email to notify you that your account has been activated.

Logging in

1. Click the "login" link from any page on the Screenocean site.
2. Enter a registered email address and password.
3. Click "login".

Basic search

A basic search will use the key term entered to search through a number of metadata fields associated to each archived record and return results on a hitlist page.

To perform a basic search;

1. Enter a search term into the search bar on a Screenocean page.
2. Press the "search" button.
3. The results will be returned on a hitlist page.
4. The number of results displayed on each hitlist page can be altered using the drop down box on the right hand side of the page.
5. Use the arrows at the top and bottom of the page to browse hitlist pages if more than one page of results is retrieved.

Advanced search

An advanced search can be used to locate records by searching specific metadata fields attached to records within the archive. These fields can be searched individually or in combination.

To perform an advanced search;

1. Click on the "advanced search" link.
2. Enter search information into one or more of the metadata fields, use the "Add more fields" button to add additional search fields.
3. Use the "Transmission Date" parameters to search within a specific transmission period.
4. Press the "submit search" button.
5. The results will be returned on a hitlist page.

Viewing records & their media

Records can be viewed from returned hitlists or by selecting a record contained within a workspace.

To view a record;

1. Retrieve a hitlist using one of the search methods outlined above or enter a workspace containing records by clicking on the workspace link.
2. Click on the thumbnail or title for the record you wish to view.

When viewing a record you can view the media, view image frames taken from the media and add the record to a workspace.

To view media;

1. Click on the play button in the flash player.
2. Video or audio can be paused using the pause button in the flash player.
3. Video or audio can be scrubbed forwards and backwards by clicking and dragging on the time bar.
4. Use the volume slider in the flash player to adjust volume.
5. Use the "full screen" button to view the media in full screen.

To view the media frames for a record;

1. Select the "frames" tab below the main media window.
2. Select the desired frames interval by clicking on any one of the "15", "10" or "5" second tabs.
3. Use the "more frames" and "previous frames" arrows to scroll through the pages of frames.
4. Media can be played back from a specific frame in the main media window by simply clicking on the desired frame.

To add the record being viewed to a workspace;

1. Click the "add to workspace" icon to bring up the workspace box.
2. Either create a new workspace by entering a title and clicking "create" or select a pre existing workspace from the drop down list and click "add".

Workspaces

Workspaces can be used to create collections of records which are stored together under a given title, these can then be shared publicly for other users to view if you wish. Any number of workspaces can be created and any number of records can be added to a workspace, you can also save individual notes with each workspace.

To create a workspace;

1. Retrieve a hitlist containing results you wish to add.
2. Click "add to workspace" underneath the desired record to bring up the workspace box or enter a specific record and click the "add to workspace" icon.
3. Either create a new workspace by entering a title and clicking "create" or select a pre existing workspace from the drop down list and click "add".

Once a workspace has been created it can be edited or viewed.

To view a workspace;

1. Click on the "workspace" link
2. A list of your workspaces will be displayed on the left hand side of this page, to view a particular workspace click on its title.
3. All newly created workspaces will default to "private", this means other users will not be able to search for and view your workspace. To change this simply select a workspace and click the "make public" icon on the my workspaces page.
4. Records can be deleted from workspaces by clicking the "X" below the record thumbnail.
5. Media can be viewed by clicking on the media thumbnail or title.
6. Workspaces can be deleted by clicking the "delete workspace" icon on the my workspaces page.

Workspaces can be viewed in either tabular or thumbnail format, thumbnail format will provide a basic title and thumbnail for each record contained in the workspace being viewed. Tabular format will provide a thumbnail, title and further metadata information for each record. To change the view select either of the "thumbnail view" or "tabular view" tabs.