Distributed Multimedia Database System Phase 1

Context And Goals

This tasks aims at publishing a multimedia database system that would enable each content provider to share his media archive with other G.I.S.S. participants. This media database should be available as a GPL package for most common systems ( debian, ubuntu, ... ) and easy to install on any G.I.S.S. user server.

G.I.S.S. will not provide hosting space, but the package and instructions to set up your own database easily and to connect it to other multi-media archives.

Work achieved

Prototype

A prototype has been published in catalan for the internal canal of hangar : Video Canal Hangar

It has the following features :

• supports ogg/theora and flash formats
• is skinable for each user :

see Chevil Canal for the creation of a user channel.

• upload and conversion of video files

To do

It lacks for now :

• support for audio archives
• traduction in other languages
• playlists
• documentation and installation instructions