of interest? : ) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 11 July 2007 12:15:34 PM
Hi all, EngageMedia are very excited to announce the first public release of Plumi, a Plone-based video-sharing CMS. Plumi enables you to create a sophisticated video-sharing and community site out-of-the-box. In a web landscape where almost all video-sharing sites keep their distribution platform under lock and key, Plumi is one contribution to creating a truly democratic media. http://plumi.org Plumi is based on the popular Plone Content Management System <http://plone.org> and adds a wide array of functionality including: * Video uploading in any format * Automatic server-side Flash video transcoding and embedded playback * Playback of Quicktime, Flash video, Real and Windows Media within the browser * Expanded video metadata set and classifications system * RSS1 and RSS2 (vodcast) feeds created automatically from taxonomy items - eg country, genre, member, topic, or through creating custom smart folders * Tagging * Custom templates for browsing and publishing * Custom profile page for site members with their personal vodcast feed * Open Content Licensing including Creative Commons (through their API), the GNU Free Documentation License and the ability to add your own custom licenses Future features will include: * Automatic creation and seeding of BitTorrent files upon video upload * Large video file uploads * Mobile phone uploads and downloads * Enhanced calendar functionality * Transmission metadata standard: http://wiki.transmission.cc/index.php/Metadata_Workspace * Donations system for contributors and online purchasing * Integration with gnutella and other p2p networks * Collaborative film production tools ||| Download ||| To download version 0.1 RC1 see: http://plumi.org or http://plone.org/products/plumi For an out-of-the-box demo of Plumi see: http://demo.plumi.org To stay up to date with developments you can join the announcement list: http://lists.plumi.org/listinfo/plumi-announce If you are interested in getting involved in development, have questions or suggestions you can: * join the developers mailing list: http://lists.plumi.org/listinfo/discuss * join us in chat: irc.freenode.net #plumi * email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Plumi is the system that runs EngageMedia.org - a video sharing site focused on social and environmental issues in Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific. EngageMedia is an Australian based media/tech activist collective. http://EngageMedia.org Thanks, The EngageMedia Team Andy, Anna, Andrew, Dave, Lachlan -- blog : http://www.skynoise.net video : http://video.skynoise.net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
