Introduction

This article explains which articles new FUGA clients should read during their onboarding period. These resources will help you become familiar with the FUGA interface and, where relevant, provide essential guidance for ingestion of your catalog and deliveries made via FUGA’s own deals with Digital Service Providers (DSPs).

The FUGA Interface: Platform Basics

These articles guide you through essential functions in the FUGA interface.

• How to Create a New Product in the FUGA Interface?
  Learn how to build and register a new product, including metadata setup and versioning.
• How to Create a New Asset in the FUGA Interface?
  Step-by-step instructions to upload, tag, and assign audio or video assets.
• Delivering Products to DSPs via the FUGA Interface
  A guide to initiating and managing deliveries to Digital Service Providers (DSPs) using your account setup.
• Setting Territories in the FUGA Interface
  Explains how to configure availability by country and region within your deliveries.

Metadata Ingestion Self-Service

The below resources will help you uploading and structuring assets using the MISS Tool. 

• Getting Started with the Metadata Ingestion Self-Service Tool (MISS)
  This article explains the Metadata Ingestion Self-Service (MISS) Tool.
• Preparing Metadata for Ingestion Using the FUGA CSV Template
  How to prepare and format your catalog metadata for ingestion into the FUGA platform using our standard CSV template.
• Bulk Ingesting Videos Using the MISS Tool
  This article explains how to ingest music video files via the MISS Tool.
• How to Upload Assets onto the FTP Server
  How to upload audio and artworks to the FUGA FTP server, including connection details, file specifications, folder structure requirements, and next steps for ingestion.
• Ingesting Audio and Video Files Into FUGA
  You will learn how to start a new ingestion, validate your metadata against the files on FTP, handle errors and warnings, and confirm a successful ingestion.

Artist and Metadata Configuration

These resources ensure your artist data is correct and helps avoid common metadata issues.

• Retrieving Artist Identifiers on Spotify, Apple Music, Audiomack and SoundCloud
  Locate artist identifiers for use in the FUGA interface when preparing deliveries to major Digital Service Providers (DSPs).
• How Do I Add Artist Identifiers In the FUGA Interface?
  Learn how to associate International Standard Name Identifiers (ISNIs) and Spotify or Apple IDs with artist profiles.
• Artist Name Metadata Guidelines for DSP Delivery via FUGA
  Understand how artist data influences DSP pages and how to maintain accurate artist mapping.

Content Policies and Technical Requirements

The following materials apply only to clients who deliver over FUGA’s DSP deals.

• DSP Delivery Requirements
  Various articles with an overview of technical and metadata specifications for major DSPs including Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, and more as well as FUGA’s guidelines regarding content types, copyright standards, and prohibited materials.