[CODE4LIB] Anyone doing streaming video reserves for online film classes?

2011-07-07 Thread William Helman
We are in the information gathering stage of a project to look at offering streaming video course reserves for online/distance multimedia classes the University of Baltimore offers. Think Netflix streaming for obsucure films not on Netflix (such as digitized films from special collections, or inst

Re: [CODE4LIB] Anyone doing streaming video reserves for online film classes?

2011-07-08 Thread Madrigal, Juan A
Bill, You would need three minimum components to get the job done. An asset management server for managing media and publishing, a streaming server, and a web front end. Here are some to look into: STREAMING SERVERS Wowza Streaming Server http://www.wowzamedia.com/ mod_h264 http://h264.code-sh

Re: [CODE4LIB] Anyone doing streaming video reserves for online film classes?

2011-07-08 Thread Claire Stewart
Bill, These resources from Juan are great (though I believe Final Cut Pro Server may be end of life), just wanted to chime in that I know you're not alone, lots of libraries looking for solutions here, too. My institution, Northwestern University, is hoping to partner with Indiana University and s

Re: [CODE4LIB] Anyone doing streaming video reserves for online film classes?

2011-07-08 Thread William Helman
Thanks for all the great advice, folks! Now to delve into all the great links you've shared. -Bill Integrated Digital Services Librarian - University of Baltimore Langsdale Library whel...@ubalt.edu - ph. 410 837 4209 - http://whelman.com

Re: [CODE4LIB] Anyone doing streaming video reserves for online film classes?

2011-07-08 Thread Cary Gordon
We are looking at Fluemotion, a server solution based on the gstreamer libraries. http://www.flumotion.net/ It is available in both free and commercial versions. Cary On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 7:48 AM, Madrigal, Juan A wrote: > Bill, > > You would need three minimum components to get the job done.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Anyone doing streaming video reserves for online film classes?

2011-07-08 Thread Cary Gordon
I really should avoid keyboards on Friday... On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Cary Gordon wrote: > Soyyr, that was Flumotion... > > On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Cary Gordon wrote: >> We are looking at Fluemotion, a server solution based on the gstreamer >> libraries. http://www.flumotion.net

Re: [CODE4LIB] Anyone doing streaming video reserves for online film classes?

2011-07-08 Thread Cary Gordon
Soyyr, that was Flumotion... On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Cary Gordon wrote: > We are looking at Fluemotion, a server solution based on the gstreamer > libraries. http://www.flumotion.net/ > > It is available in both free and commercial versions. > > Cary > > On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 7:48 AM, M