Integrating a streaming server with DSpace to present audio and video files is
desirable
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Key: DS-1115
URL: https://jira.duraspace.org/browse/DS-1115
Project: DSpace
Issue Type: Improvement
Affects Versions: post-1.8.x
Reporter: Amy Lana
DSpace users are asking for better functionality in order to display the
material in their repositories in a usable fashion, not just documents, but
audio and video files as well. Requests for a streaming solution include a
poster at OR11 [1], and an email to the DSpace general list [2] requesting
information about enabling streaming with products such as JW Player. It was
also discussed during the Committer's Meeting at OR11 [3][4]. Rather than
asking our programmers to continue to find ad hoc solutions and our users to
download or link out to any number of players, I propose that the request in
DS-1021 be expanded to include an embedded streaming server, as well as
corresponding embedded clients in a DSpace theme, which can handle document
viewing as well as streaming media and be adoped by DCAT and the committers as
functionality to be included in the next release of DSpace.
While using a DSpace theme that can embed viewers would be an easier option, an
embedded streaming server to go with the viewers would provide better user
experience. Streaming servers not only perform better for most users but allow
random seek (the user can skip around through files to seek specific parts of
the content). There are open source server options available which could be
integrated with DSpace to provide the needed functionality and it's my
understanding that some DSpace installations are already working with their own
solution. Some might propose DuraCloud, which supports streaming, but the
stream isn't actually DuraSpace produced, it's simply streaming from the cloud.
This is an added complication for institutions that are cloud-resistant and
discourage their members from using anything based in the cloud. Also, as this
week's Duracloud Webinar made clear, the DSpace integration with DuraCloud
replicates content in the cloud as AIPs, which are just zip files, and thus are
not capable of streaming. Simply put, streaming from DuraCloud is not yet an
option, and may never be a practical option, given the reluctance on the part
of some universities to entrust non-open-access content to the cloud.
[1]
https://conferences.tdl.org/or/OR2011/index/search/presenters/view?firstName=Elias&middleName=&lastName=Tzoc&affiliation=Miami%20University&country=US
[2]
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=DEB600B0F083BD4E915FBA181FA85975FA34133DE3%40EXBE.fit.edu&forum_name=dspace-general
[3] https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/DevMtg+2011-06-06+-+OR11+Meeting
[4] http://piratepad.net/or11dspacemeeting
The DCAT community considers this a medium-high priority.
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