Key:

Click "Create Key" in the Media Encryption tab to generate a Creator Key .The appendix "[Creator Key]" is automatically added to the given name.

Media:

Now choose the media files (MPEG or WAV) which are part of your project and add them to the key via the "Add Files" command. If you have chosen a file by mistake, select it and click "Remove Files".

Encryption:

Select the command "Encrypt" to start the actual encryption. The "status" and "%" row inform you whether the media is unencrypted, in progress or already encrypted with the chosen key. As a rule of thumb, two minutes fullHD footage take 10sec to be encrypted.
Already encrypted files will not be encrypted again, there is no need to remove them from the list.

The encrypted files (mpx or wax) are saved in the same sub folder on your hard disk as the original files. Please note that another encryption with a second key will overwrite the first file when the original file was not moved to another folder.
The encrypted files are automatically added to the project and will be shown in the list as soon as you choose the used key via the drop down menu. The list helps you to keep an overview and to allocate the key if you have forgotten it.

You may choose whether you want to encrypt the files before even assigning the policy. This is because the key encrypts the media. The policy validates the key and has nothing to do with the media itself.

Policy:

In order to setup the time limit, please choose "Create".
In the pop up dialog choose a Creator Key from the drop down list. This will join the policy and the key. Metaphorically speaking it imprints the necessary meta information on the key. Only then, the key is of value for the end customer.
A policy will always remember the key it was allocated to at last.

Time Limit:

Choose if you want to have an unlimited policy or a time-based encryption.

How does a time-based policy work on a Media Dongles?
After having chosen a time restriction including the day and time, the time difference to your local time will be added to the time reference on the Media Dongle, and later on from the dongle to the customer´s time. This way the timeout is always calculated correctly even if the system´s time has changed.

Key Delivery:

It doesn't matter which string you export first. For security reasons there is no text file generated automatically on your hard drive. Select the "Export Key" button to generate the key string. Click the "Copy" button and insert the string to a file of your choice or into an email directly. The key is always transferred digitally.

Policy
Delivery:

The policy string can be transferred as a "digital policy" or as a more secure "dongle policy":

To export the policy string and send it for example via email, select the "Export" button and copy the string.

To write the policy string onto a Media Dongle, scroll further down to the list with "Active Policies" and select the site the Media Dongle is attached to. Then click the button "Assign" at the very bottom of the tab where it says "Change Dongle Policy On Selected Sites". The list will update automatically and the column "Dongle" will show your policy. In case there was already an older policy string, it will be overwritten by the new data. The button "Clear" deletes the current policy from the dongle.
Now, you need to ship the Media Dongle to the customer and send the key via mail.