Ok, been looking around a bit, and per the roadmap it seems like the adoption of jQuery and Bootstrap in Arches v3 would indicate a replacement of ExtJS. I have found simple examples of videos embedded in bootstrap modals, so I feel that this whole concept is possible... Still, any feedback or suggestions would be welcome.
Adam On Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 11:50:40 AM UTC-6, Adam Cox wrote: > > Hello all, I'm doing some planning would be interested for any input on > this issue. > > One thing that the Cane River National Heritage Area is very interested in > is using Arches as a way to store and catalogue their collection of oral > histories and other interviews/recordings from around this area. One way I > had envisioned this was uploading videos and audio files as Information > Resources, similar to a pdf or photo. I figured that they would at the > very least be downloadable by anyone viewing the database, and most > browsers seem to play .mp3 files without needing to download them so if > someone found an audio file in the database, the report for that entry > would just have a link to the file itself. > > I've been looking at ExtJS and I haven't found there to be a good > up-to-date extension that would support an embedded video in the report for > a resource. So, I was thinking maybe all of the videos could be uploaded > to YouTube instead, and then the Arches resource report for that video > would have an embedded YouTube video (html iframe element). I think the > workflow could be along these lines > > 1. upload the video to YouTube and copy the video ID from the YouTube > watch link (e.g. vAOVRkSCWmg) > 2. Create new Arches resource for the video, and store the video ID > somewhere within the resource graph > 3. construct the form for video Information Resources pull the video ID > and construct the YouTube embed link. > 4. Optionally, you could go back to the YouTube video and add description > with some way of linking to the Arches resource report (maybe) > > This could be done with the .mp3 files as well, I suppose, but that would > require some conversion and prior editing. > > There are some good upsides to this, like not having to store and use your > own server for people streaming video. Also, people could find more videos > on YouTube and then be referred to the Arches database that way. > > Anyway, any feedback on this strategy would be much appreciated. I > haven't gotten my feet wet with ExtJS yet, so there may be some issues that > would not make this possible... > > Thanks, > Adam > -- -- To post, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]. For more information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Arches Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
