Engage Media release Plumi
EngageMedia are very excited to announce the release of Plumi, a free software video sharing platform. 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 | http://engagemedia.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 (over http) * Server-side flash transcoding and embedded playback * 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 * WYSIWYG editor * Extendable workflow, roles and permissions system * Live search and RSS feeds from search results * Customised workspaces for hosting files and other works, which can be made private or shared only with particular site members * Embedded Playback of Quicktime, Flash video, Real and Windows Media within the browser * Custom templates for publishing and browsing videos * Custom profile page for site members with their personal vodcast feed * Open Content Licensing including Creative Commons and 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
For a listing of out-of-the-box base Plone functionality see <http:// www.openia.com/services/plone/plone-features>
||| Download ||| For more information about Plumi and 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 contact@engagemedia.org
Plumi is the system that runs http://engagemedia.org – a video sharing site focussed on social and environmental issues in Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific. EngageMedia is an Australian based media/tech activist collective that develops Plumi and runs the EngageMedia.org site.