# News Segmentation

News segmentation analyzes news broadcasts, identifies the times at which news stories start and finish, and extracts the key concepts from each story. This task requires that you first run speech-to-text and text segmentation. For more information about configuring news segmentation, refer to the Media Server Administration Guide.

Configuration Parameter | Description
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IdolHost | The host name or IP address of the IDOL Content component to use for news segmentation.
IdolPort | The ACI port of the IDOL Content component to use for news segmentation.
Input | The name of a track that contains the news data to segment.
MaxNoTopicDuration | The maximum duration of a segment that can be considered to have "no topic".
MaxShortStoryDuration | The maximum duration of a segment that can be considered to be a short story.
MaxStoryDuration | The maximum duration of video segment that can be considered to be a story.
StoryLengthPreference | Specifies the sensitivity of news segmentation to changes in topic.
Type | The analysis engine to use. Set this parameter to `NewsSegmentation`.

## Output Tracks

Output track | Description
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`Result` | Media Server adds a record to this track for each segment that is identified in the video. A segment can represent a story, a short story, or have no identified topic.

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