Walk through for Users - Comparison of different video CMS Projects

CMS Options for newbies started 9:30 broke into 5 groups

11:00 presentations

Show in a box.tv presented by Dian mentored by Cheryll

• group of community developer and designers (there's a forum available for support etc)
• create plug-ins, themes, forum, tutorials etc
• different versions QT, flash, ipod, ogg (there can be a subscribe toolbox)
• plug-ins include share button, subscribe to comments, video archive (downloadable @ WP.com!)
• can customize themes, widgets can be dragged
• use of tags and help relate videos with each other
• created by michael verdi, etc

pad.ma presented by the group mentored by Sanjay

• public access (online) digital media archive
• filmmaker, activist community, built for video
• upload video, raw/edited sharing/downloadable/searchable using bit torrent + annotation (covered w pad.ma license)
• right now holds around 200 events (140-150 hrs of footage)
• cool features include a timeline, metadata, and could be scrolled! (no need to wait for it to buffer), can be edited using a simple offline html

server requirements

• difference – you contribute to an existing archive that has a common search functions
• catered toward people looking to a solution for tons of DV tapes piling up in cupboards

Plone/ Plumi presented by jo, et al mentored by andrew

• video sharing content management system (plone, drupal, wordpress etc), an organising tool online that can help
• started as an internet platform
• plumi is a set of products and configrations that add video sharing functionality after

-plumi is created by engagemedia, under GPL license 2007, plone 10yrs -turns the material to flash for viewing, allows video podcasting miro subscribes podcast RSS really simple syndication – using tags, a delivering content system

• plone is built on python language
• uses its own server and development framework called zop (python-zop-plone-plumi)
• allows feedback

-ex world social forum, engagemedia, uniontube

• requires a unified installer (python, zope, etc.) downloadable at plumi.org, more sophisticated/ heavier (python vs PHP language)
• build our own templates, python is built on html that can edit
• features include video uploding, embedded playback, custom templates, open content licensing, mobile phone feeds

flimforge presented by relax mentored by sasha

• runs on drupal
• cms analogy: you want a house, and u find stuff for your house (furnitures are already designed for you, you shop for them – check out the admin page)

web management is online, instead of making pages offline and uploading them upload and download videos

• accommodates metadata

plone4artist presented by ariani and nate

• an add on for plone, where you can add videos by way of plone or blip.tv/ google vieo/ you tube
• has all the features that wordpress has, you dont have to host the video but you can control what it looks like. it pulls the metadata on the file from other hosts.

support for plone is in over 50 languages, it is easy to make site accessible in different languages

summary

facilitated by nate

concerns that would help one choose a cms

• authoring

tools for uploading (flash, java, FTP/WebDAV) support for different video formats transcoding to flash (most common for audiences) wysiwyg editor thumbnail generation categories/ tags metadata

 file metadata
 video metadata
 transmission.cc

licensing

 creative commons
 workflow (if many others are controlling the site)
 multilingual (user interface, content)
 embedding of files from external sources
 plug-in like “commerce” -- premium subscriptions / pay per video

• find

 tag cloud
 related videos
 search feature – great if it searches metadata
 ratings
 # of views

• share

 RSS feeds (easy subscription like mediaRSS, itunes)
 embed videos (from external sites or popular video sharing sites)
 email to a friend
 download videos
 bittorrent (minimizes download time, lets you upload high quality video,    cant be put down the web!)

• community

 build a community around your work, social network (member profiles, top 	contributors makes it possible to start a conversation)
 moderation and flagging

nate and others will make a table comparing the 5 CMS described paste link here

end 11:15 notes by Risa