Re: [Dspace-tech] Regarding Video Content Support in DSpace

2008-04-03 Thread Mark H. Wood
I agree wholeheartedly that a copy of the video should be in the repository, regardless of other places to which one might refer. One of the things I wish I had time to do (and might get around to if no one else does) is to work out ways for external services (such as a streaming service) to get

[Dspace-tech] Regarding Video Content Support in DSpace

2008-04-02 Thread Nitin Duggal
Hi, We are evaluating DSpace to be used as the Content Management System at our Company. I know that DSpace supports Management of Video contents but we want User to Search for Video Contents and After succesful search we want the User to Play the Video. Is playing Video or Audio Possible with

Re: [Dspace-tech] Regarding Video Content Support in DSpace

2008-04-02 Thread Mark H. Wood
Unless these videos are extremely short, that would involve adding a second content delivery model to DSpace. Users aren't going to be satisfied to sit and wait while their browsers download 5GB of video content before starting to play it. I've experimented with storing a simple SMIL document as

Re: [Dspace-tech] Regarding Video Content Support in DSpace

2008-04-02 Thread Scott Phillips
One strategy you may want to adopt, is to include a reference to a steaming sever in your items metadata. Then have your theme display that link as the file to download. This way you can separate all re technology you need to run a proper streaming sever from your repositry which doesnt

Re: [Dspace-tech] Regarding Video Content Support in DSpace

2008-04-02 Thread Shane Beers
I've said this before, and I have to say it again due to my philosophical outlook on the issue: Using a repository record to link to an item stored elsewhere is a tactic that will continue to cause more difficulties in digital preservation. When the record and the item are stored

Re: [Dspace-tech] Regarding Video Content Support in DSpace

2008-04-02 Thread MacKenzie Smith
Hi Shane, I share your concern about preservation-ready repositories, but in this case I think we can have our cake and eat it too... and I think this is just a different way of saying what you said. There's no reason that the repository couldn't store an archival master copy of the video