[Klug-general] Media Server

[Kevin Groves]

Take a look on theregister.co.uk they constantly review nas with lots of
bolt-ons and today there have been a few nice new ones that I like the
look of.

On 03/06/10 16:24, james snyder wrote:
> I am currently pursuading the University of Greenwich to consider
> purchasing a server and to then run an OSS Media server, on Linux,
> since the head of ICT systems is a lover of Debian.
> The official requirements list is for an integrated system.
>  
> Is anyone already running some kind of open source media service on
> Linux / Unix?
> Has anyone ever found a system that can run these services from an OSS
> Media server?
>  
>
>     * upload and storage of existing media assets (in many formats,
>       including wmv, avi, mov, flv, mp3, etc.)
>     * delivery of those assets (both as downloads and as streamed
>       media) via a web front end and in a variety of formats to suit
>       varying (and varying sizes of) devices
>     * live streaming of events
>     * delivery of live streaming via a web front end
>     * simultaneous production of static media from live streamed events
>     * searchable, categorised media assets; so that media can either
>       be tagged or be situated in a folder structure (or both) using
>       School/Department/Course/Project/Conference/Research group
>       information
>     * ability to edit the media (download/upload to replace, online
>       metadata editing), possibly with workflow management and editing
>       history
>     * role-based access to manage and upload media, such that users
>       may have rights to manage assets with a particular tag or in a
>       particular location, but not elsewhere
>     * options of open and restricted access to view / download media,
>       such that some media will be restricted to e.g. participants in
>       a certain course, but others will be open to everyone
>     * connection with the existing University network, user database
>       and possibly client machines (although maybe web access for all
>       functions to make this unnecessary)
>
> Looking forward to your ideas. BTW ITALC is running well here, thanks
> for your advice.
>
> james.snyder at linuxmail.org <mailto:james.snyder at linuxmail.org>
>
>
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