This is the list of that will ultimately be features provided by the full Open Media System.
Content Ingest, Encoding and Management
- Automated and User-driven content ingest/digitization/encoding
- Automated and User-driven show info/metadata collection, including thumbnails
- Automated flash encoding for web
- Automated MPeg 2 and Mpeg4 encoding for broadcast
- Content management and complete history of airings, website views, etc
- User-driven quality control and reporting
- Remote uploading/ingest via the web
- Media content protection and back-up
- Licensing management (Creative Commons)
Programming/Broadcast Schedule Management
- Flexible/Intelligent scheduling system removes need for specific program durations
- Automated scheduling based on a variety of station-defined parameters including:
- theme block/category
- popularity
- newness
- local origination/regional information
- advanced voting data
- membership status
- User-driven scheduling (Allowing members to schedule their own shows based on parameters set by station)
- Support for dynamic interstitial content (schedule information, bulletin boards, and other content based on rules and parameters determined by station)
- On-line programming schedule displays, linked to show and producer data
Content Sharing with Access Stations, Websites and Other Broadcasters
- Viewer voting, tagging, and commenting via the web and cell phones/SMS-Text
- Streaming & Video On-Demand via the web
- Update viewers about new content from shows and producers via RSS or Email
- Embeddable files easily posted to myspace, facebook, blogs, etc
- Searchable content library with 24/7 access to archived content
- Ability to share and retrieve content from other Access stations, CTCs, websites, etc
- Automated upload to sites like Archive.org, Miro, YouTube and more
- Content recommendation engines
- Support for a Public Access Shared Media Repository
Membership Management Profiles and Equipment Facility Use Management and Reporting
- Member management, including mailing lists, groups, etc.
- Facilities & equipment use management and reporting
- Equipment Reservation: manages permissions-based user-driven equipment reservation for studios, edit stations, and field equipment.
- Class Registration: manages creation, posting, registration, payment for training workshops
- Member Profiles, including favorite shows, photos, blogs and bios, shows submitted, classes taken, membership level
- Crew Connection tool for helping producers, camera people, editors, graphic designers connect on projects of shared interest
- Social Networking & Bookmarking tools, blogging, commenting, embedding
Web Content Management
- Extensible: leveraging thousands of pre-built Drupal Modules from Blogging, to fundraising and membership management.
- Secure: Building on Drupal's extensive security features, free security updates, a community of developers
- Support: Easily managed by non-technical staff with help of Drupal community
- Scalable: Modular design allows for easy, incremental adoption and integration of only those features desired