Plumi and Engagemedia IRC Notes

andy nicholson presenting enngagemedia
he is programmer
there are content gatehrers, people who get funding etc

[03:24] zoeyoung_: tey say they are like youtube for activists
[03:24] zoeyoung_: they host video but don't take licenses and let people download at full res
[03:24] zoeyoung_: and hgave automatic flash transcoding
[03:25] zoeyoung_: flash cloyuids, latest events etc
[03:25] zoeyoung_: latest feature is call outs for submissions, festival organisation etc
[03:25] zoeyoung_: centrre column allows featuring of videois
[03:25] zoeyoung_: not just time based ordering
[03:25] zoeyoung_: publish and browse buttons on left
[03:26] zoeyoung_: links to miro, donate, announcement list
[03:26] zoeyoung_: using 'the other big OS CMS - Plone, written in Python
[03:26] zoeyoung_: steep learning curve compared to drupal and php, but powerful
[03:27] zoeyoung_: can browse by genre, category and keywords
[03:27] zoeyoung_: static link to VLC player
[03:27] zoeyoung_: transcode status appears if you are a logged in admin user
[03:28] zoeyoung_: keywords are free form tagging
[03:28] zoeyoung_: videos can be identified by user, category, whatever
[03:29] zoeyoung_: can get RSS2 feeds for search results or latest vids
[03:29] zoeyoung_: plone has 'workflow' system
[03:30] zoeyoung_: semi-=open publishing
[03:30] zoeyoung_: user can register without approval, publish without approval and share that url and video.. but presentation on the front page requires approval
[03:32] zoeyoung_: also use vpip, but mainly use open source flash player
[03:32] zoeyoung_: indytube
[03:32] zoeyoung_: server oriented script running in background looking for videos to encode using ffmpegtheora or somesuch
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[03:32] zoeyoung_: MYBE
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[03:33] zoeyoung_: player doesn;t really work yet
[03:34] zoeyoung_: 3 steps to publish:
[03:35] zoeyoung_: real site, and system running with database where testing goes on
[03:35] zoeyoung_: q, how does the content come to the site?
[03:36] zoeyoung_: team are from indymedia, bring contacts and networks from that world
[03:36] zoeyoung_: but seeking fuinds to hire someone just to seek out more content
[03:37] zoeyoung_: 2nd page, you enter metadata
[03:37] zoeyoung_: one genre, multiple toipics, free form tags
[03:37] zoeyoung_: creative commons license chooser
[03:38] zoeyoung_: step three is file upload
[03:38] zoeyoung_: problems with http uploads,
[03:39] zoeyoung_: so looking for a browser compatible upload progress indicator
[03:39] zoeyoung_: also want toi do what v to v do, so people cam just post a url
[03:39] zoeyoung_: and the server will find the fiole for you
[03:39] zoeyoung_: because posting over the web is non resumable if the cionnection bfreaks
[03:40] zoeyoung_: can publish your own profile, a pic of yourself etc too
[03:40] zoeyoung_: tryingh to create info on what users are interested in, so you can find fellow music vid fanatics etc
[03:41] zoeyoung_: at a later point in development
[03:41] zoeyoung_: currently have 360 users
[03:41] zoeyoung_: no\
[03:41] zoeyoung_: 460
[03:42] zoeyoung_: developed the softweare on plone, wrapped it up, disposed of EM specialist elements and promote it as Plumi
[03:43] zoeyoung_: geopgraphic limitation is an issue,. not absolute because EM not big enough to be rejecting users
[03:44] zoeyoung_: em automatically majkes a torrent file
[03:46] zoeyoung_: if one vid was being breally cabned, could turn opff the downloader and only torrent it\
[03:47] zoeyoung_: WSF using Plumi, some Italian librarians and othjers
[03:47] zoeyoung_: demo.plumi.org
[03:48] zoeyoung_: plone is built on zope, different devt model to php mysqul
[03:48] zoeyoung_: zope is all object oriented
[03:48] zoeyoung_: no database to see content in rows
[03:50] zoeyoung_: EM use a virtual server in us, paying $200/month
[03:51] zoeyoung_: mick is just cutting and mpeg using avidemux
[03:53] zoeyoung_: so that andy can do a test publication
[03:58] zoeyoung_: plumi has a
[03:58] zoeyoung_: n 'all rights reserved' option
[04:01] zoeyoung_: non coding admins see more than a reegular user and can add in other prioductrs form plone
[04:05] zoeyoung_: creates RSS 2 feeds with enclosures but no plan to suck feeds from other sites
[04:06] zoeyoung_: plumi.org/report/3
[04:06] zoeyoung_: aiming to let people upload using bittorrent so that they can automatically resume
[04:10] zoeyoung_: plone is good on accessibility compliance
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[04:15] zoeyoung_: plumi are aiming to merge with the more modular plone for artists model
[04:16] zoeyoung_: which doesn;t have a fully integrated in a box doanloadabvle tool for video publishing
[04:16] zoeyoung_: plumi was funded by Hivos
[04:17] zoeyoung_: money runs out the end of this year