The dreamhost post and an email I received at the same time, reminded
me of this thread about Joomla as a video host. I also just happen to
be cutting screenshots for a powerpoint presentation.
So...
Back to the early days of December myfirstmemory was asking about
video uploading to joomla.
One of the things I mentioned was HWDvideoshare ( http://
hwdmediashare.co.uk/ ) .
One of the responses was that it was too ugly to use.
Here's how it wound up looking for me:
http://k9athlete.com/images/stories/devscreenshots/videoplex.jpg
I changed the site back to blue, so I'll have to skin it again, but
it's real nice looking, I think.
It also does JW player, to whatever specs are available on the player
at present.
Perl uploader, mencoder, ffmpeg... it's a pretty nice solution.
I'm still on a shared server, so I've not been able to get it all up
and running...
It should handle user generated submissions for myfirstmemory and
will be handling them for my site.
I know it's a little late, a month later and all, but my memory was
jogged and it was sitting right in front of me.
I think it's worth taking another look at.
Peace,
Ron Watson
http://k9disc.blip.tv
http://k9disc.com
http://discdogradio.com
http://pawsitivevybe.com
On Dec 8, 2008, at 3:55 PM, myfirstmemorydotorg wrote:
Hey there,
so you are using JomSocial.
Did you also try Community Builder and if so, any feedback?
Have you considered having people contribute video, and if so, how?
Cheers,
MyFirstMemory.org
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Ron Watson k9d...@... wrote:
Joomla as Video Portal
---
Here's something that I don't know if any of you know about.
http://hwdmediashare.co.uk
From the website:
hwdVideoShare is a powerful video gallery for Joomla that allows
you
to display video media in an organised and managable layout on the
Internet. hwdVideoShare can handle the uploading, server-side
processing and playback of large video media in all popular
formats.
I'm looking at this for the 'large project' I've been talking about
for the last year or so, but it's an alpha release right now, and
the
current styling is not very good. The developer seems to be the
bomb,
though, he's making it happen real quick and has a great reputation
for delivering outstanding support very quickly. From what I can
see,
that's an understatement.
I'm not sure which direction I'm going to go, but this is a
possibility.
There is also a real nice video tool for joomla, called All Videos
Reloaded: http://allvideos.fritz-elfert.de/
Very cool stuff.
Joomla is becoming much more robust, and is really starting to
embrace media and social networking.
Check out my old standard: http://k9disc.com .
If you goto Main MenuConnectDisc Dog Cantina to see a brand
spankin' new Social Networking component, JomSocial, in action.
I think it looks pretty slick and has been well received by the disc
dog community.
I'm not real happy with the organizational structure, but I'm about
ready to wrap it into that 'large project'.
More on the 'large project'
---
I'm in the process of creating a dog sport community, not unlike
k9disc.com - but BIGGER - that will feature pay to play
instructional
video, a facebook-esque social network, affiliate vendor support,
and
online magazine.
If anyone is interested in discussing Joomla as a media/social
network platform, I'd be happy to engage in that conversation. I've
been buried in the application for a few months now, and have a lot
of information to share.
I think Joomla has been overlooked and is under-appreciated
application by this community, and would really like to see a little
focus put on it by some of you serious video geeks.
I sure could use someone to bounce ideas off of.
peace,
Ron Watson
http://k9disc.blip.tv
http://k9disc.com
http://discdogradio.com
http://pawsitivevybe.com
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