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Comparison of Video CMS Solutions
This survey currently covers the following Content Management Systems
- OurVideo
- Plumi (Plone)
- Drupal note the drupal info has not been entered into the comparison below, needs to be completed. For examples of video-tailored Drupal installs check http://ourmedia.org and http://filmforge.koumbit.net. --SashaCostanzaChock July 3 2007.
Please follow the links above for futher information
Questionnaire
If you just want to give your input very quickly, there is a questionnaire at
http://maxigas.hu/research/video-cms-solutions.txt
Background
| Name | Website | Developer | License | Modularity | Programming language(s) | Web server | Server requirements | Installation Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ourvideo | http://ourvideocms.sourceforge.net/ | Mick Fuzz | GPL | Standalone | PHP | Any | PHP | |
| Plumi | http://plumi.org http://engagemedia.org | EngageMedia | GPL | Modular | Python/Zope | Any | Zope/Python ... | Hard |
Metadata capabilities
| Name | Upload form questions | Metadata fields added by editors | Automatically added metadata | Subtitle support |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ourvideo |
Title, Subtitle, Date of creation, Language, Region, Contact email, Creator, Distributor, Rights, Website contact URL, More information URL, Long Description, Keywords, Screenshot Image URL, File type, File format, File Duration, File Quality [rough bitrate indicator], Filesize, Filesize in bytes |
No |
None |
Yes [upload a linked file for download] |
| Plumi |
Title, Description, A short summary of the content, Producer, Director, Producer's email address, Producer's address details, Project Name, Production Company, Website address, Distributor, Date produced, Long Description, Country, Genre, Topic, License, Thumbnail, Thumbnail Description, Keywords, File format, File Duration, Filesize |
No |
None |
No |
Feeds and formats
| Name | RSS1 | RSS2 | Atom | Democracy Player compatible RSS | Feeds by user | Feeds by topic/tag | Custom feeds | Import External feeds | Video hosting | Upload formats | Download formats | Streaming formats | Supported licenses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ourvideo | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Any | Any | None | Any | ||||
| Plumi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Any | Any | Flash FLV | Creative Commons, GNU Free Document License, Custom Licenses |
Community services
| Name | User profiles | Group profiles | Free tagging | Tag cloud | Calendar | Search | Blogs | Contact member thru site | Comments | Collaborative Workspace | Private members areas | Buddy Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ourvideo | No | Yes | No | No | ||||||||
| Plumi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Workflow support
| Name | Open publishing | Submitted items | Configurable Workflow | Access Control | User Moderation - Open Editing | User Notifications | Video file versioning | Subtitle file versioning |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ourvideo | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Plumi | Yes - login required | Yes | Yes | Yes | possible | Yes | No | No |
p2p
| Name | Videos made available on p2p networks | Which networks | Automatic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plumi | Yes | BitTorrent | Yes |
Video Playback
| Name | Progressive Download Video | Embedded Playback | Embedded Playback formats | Auto-Transcoding |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plumi | Yes | Yes | mov, mp4. wmv, mpg etc. if transcoding disabled | Flash/OGG |
File Uploading
| Name | http | ftp | other | multiple file uploads | Mobile Phone uploads | Other media types (audio/txt/image) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plumi | Yes | no | no | no | no | yes |
Additional Features
| Name | WYSIWYG Editor | Language Support |
|---|---|---|
| Plumi | Yes | 35 languages |
