Customize your Mediasite Desktop Recorder deployment (optional)

You will customize your MDR deployment as part of the My Mediasite application settings. You will use the Mediasite Desktop Recorder Deployment Configuration settings to customize MDR’s behavior as needed for centralized management and large-scale deployments (e.g. with Microsoft SCCM or Dell KACE).

Once you choose your settings, you will download either a standalone configuration (config.json) file or a complete installer bundle. The configuration file is useful for modifying an existing package or testing your settings on already deployed Desktop Recorder installations. Alternatively, you can package the installer bundle with the configuration management system of your choice.

If you create an installer or other self-extracting executable for users to download via My Mediasite, you may also upload it and use it in place of the standard Desktop Recorder installer.

To use the Desktop Recorder Deployment settings, you must have Mediasite Desktop Recorder 2.2.400 or later. In addition, users responsible for customizing MDR deployments should have experience deploying enterprise software in a large-scale environment using their chosen configuration management system.

1. Click Settings > Application Settings > My Mediasite and navigate to the MDR Mass Deployment Options section of the page.

2. Update the Mediasite Desktop Recorder Deployment Configuration settings as needed:

Settings	Details
Disable MDR Auto-Update Notifications	Click No (default) to send notifications to users when MDR software updates become available. Click Yes to prevent users from seeing notifications.
Use Custom Recording Folder	Click No (default) to use the default folder for storing desktop recordings installers included with My Mediasite. The default location is the user’s "Documents\Mediasite Desktop Recordings" folder. Click Yes and enter the new default location’s folder path. If you do not want users to be able to choose a different folder location, select the Lock Path Option check box.
Use Custom Registration Dialog	Click No (default) to use the default MDR registration dialog included with My Mediasite. Click Yes and enter the text for the dialog using the built-in. Click Preview to see the content as it will appear to your users.

Settings

Details

Disable MDR Auto-Update Notifications

Click No (default) to send notifications to users when MDR software updates become available. Click Yes to prevent users from seeing notifications.

Use Custom Recording Folder

Click No (default) to use the default folder for storing desktop recordings installers included with My Mediasite. The default location is the user’s "Documents\Mediasite Desktop Recordings" folder. Click Yes and enter the new default location’s folder path. If you do not want users to be able to choose a different folder location, select the Lock Path Option check box.

Use Custom Registration Dialog

Click No (default) to use the default MDR registration dialog included with My Mediasite. Click Yes and enter the text for the dialog using the built-in. Click Preview to see the content as it will appear to your users.

MDR Auto-update settings are different from the "Enable version checking for Desktop Recorder" server setting. They only affect clients using config.json files.

If you will use environment variables in the folder path and need more information, click How can I use Environment Variables?

Settings	Details
Download Config File Only	Click Windows config.json and Mac config.json to download your settings as Windows and Mac configuration files, respectively.
Download Bundle	Click Windows Bundle or Mac Bundle to download the MDR installer bundles for Windows or Mac installations, respectively. Select the Include Batch check box to include a batch file with the installer bundle. The batch file contains commands to run the installer and copy the config.json file to the correct location.

Settings

Details

Download Config File Only

Click Windows config.json and Mac config.json to download your settings as Windows and Mac configuration files, respectively.

Download Bundle

Click Windows Bundle or Mac Bundle to download the MDR installer bundles for Windows or Mac installations, respectively. Select the Include Batch check box to include a batch file with the installer bundle. The batch file contains commands to run the installer and copy the config.json file to the correct location.

Mediasite packages and downloads installer bundles as zip files so you must unzip the files and create self-extracting executable files before you can use them as your custom installers. You must also digitally sign it. For more information, see KBA3970 available on the Mediasite Customer Care Portal at www.sonicfoundry.com/support.

4. Choose the MDR installers that will be used when users download MDR from My Mediasite:

Settings	Details
Use Custom Windows Installer	Click No (default) to use the default MDR Windows installers included with My Mediasite. Click Yes and click Select a file to navigate to and select your custom Windows installer.
Use Custom Mac Installer	Click No (default) to use the default MDR Mac installer included with My Mediasite. Click Yes and click Select a file to navigate to and select your custom Mac installer.

Settings

Details

Use Custom Windows Installer

Click No (default) to use the default MDR Windows installers included with My Mediasite. Click Yes and click Select a file to navigate to and select your custom Windows installer.

Use Custom Mac Installer

Click No (default) to use the default MDR Mac installer included with My Mediasite. Click Yes and click Select a file to navigate to and select your custom Mac installer.