This group is where users and developers of the Knight sponsored Open Media Project share information, discussions, and documentation. The Open Media Project is both a suite of modules based on the system developed by Denver Open Media and the group of 7 development partners who are contributing development, testing, documentation, training or other resources to make the Open Media modules more usable for both the PEG and Drupal communities.
The primary goal of the Open Media Project is to leverage Drupal to give local communities more control over their public access channel. The system will build on several existing modules and maintain the suite of new modules through Drupal's CVS. This is a different approach than most of the previous investments the PEG community has made in Drupal. We are also committed to developing modules that are flexible enough for a variety of uses beyond public access channels.
Current Custom Modules: Open Media Project, Open Media Show, Open Media Airing, Open Media Playback Servers, Open Media Timeslot Scheduler, Open Media Support, Internet Archive and MERCI.
Support CC Uploader for Drupal's Chances of Getting a Catalyst Grant
Creative Commons is offering Catalyst grants of up to $10K empower individuals and communities deeply rooted in the principles of openness and sharing. The current configuration requirements that limits Open Media implementations to hosting in the same physical location as the archive and playback server have been a deal breaker for many stations. Most stations lack the bandwidth and/or staff with system and network administration skills required.
Read moreAmherstmedia's Video Ingestion Workflow
After much discussion and the invaluable help of kreynen, darrick and raytiley, work is well underway on a revised Workflow for video ingestion at Amherstmedia.
Essentially: As this diagram shows the mpeg2 files on our Tightrope SX4 Cablecast can be converted to various web-friendly formats via a video encoder.
Read moreSimplifying the Open Media Workflow
When it works, media_mover is an amazing piece of code. But when something goes wrong, media_mover is the Achilles’ heel of Open Media workflows. A few of the stations we worked with during the beta didn't need media_mover, but because we were trying to build on a common platform they got it anyway. Both channelAustin and Portland Community Media had already invested in encoders far superior to what a media_mover/ffmepg_wrapper configuration could do. Those stations were getting all of the disadvantages of media_mover while leveraging very few features.
Read moreTelvue Servers - Cannot remount
I cannot transfer shows from the website to the playback servers. The SOAP insert shows up in content but the media file is held up even though the status shows up as "on server". I check the server status and go this error: Unable to connect: Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at admin.
I tried transferring the show to another server and got the same results. SOAP insert but no media file.
I then checked openmedia/om-timeslot-princeton, as far as I can tell everything looks fine.
System Health for 56.
Read moreSummary of Telvue's API Improvements
For the last 2 years, we've worked closely with Telvue's developers to identify issues in their existing API and lobby for features that we'd like to see in future releases. The recent 3.7 release includes several fixes as well as improvements that make programmatic scheduling much easier. If anyone is considering using the Open Media modules with a Princeton, I really recommend upgrading to 3.7 first. These are just some of the improvements made to the API while I've been working on this...
GUID in the RSS
Read moreopenmediaproject.org node revisions
Notes on Node Revisions on Open Media Project site
Below is a list of all nodes that have been revised in the handbooks pages in two categories: pages with content and pages without content. The reverted pages generally go back to January 19 2010 as the most recent. I checked 132 book pages only. On other book pages not reverted, I deleted spam comments.
Pages with Content (need to be verified there is not more recent version)
http://www.openmediaproject.org/equipment/about/terms
http://www.openmediaproject.org/handbooks/scheduling/sample-timeslot-rules
http://www.openmediaproject.org/handbooks/open-media-project-feature-set...
http://www.openmediaproject.org/handbooks/video/preparing/handbrake
http://www.openmediaproject.org/handbooks/open-media-project-feature-set...
http://www.openmediaproject.org/handbooks/equipment/recipies/dom
http://www.openmediaproject.org/handbooks/open-media-project-feature-set...
http://www.openmediaproject.org/handbooks/user-documentation/uploading-c... (This one has image file errors)
http://www.openmediaproject.org/handbooks/scheduling/configuration/creat...
http://www.openmediaproject.org/handbooks/open-media-project-feature-set...
http://www.openmediaproject.org/handbooks/social-networking/configuring-...
http://www.openmediaproject.org/handbooks/scheduling/how-producers-self-...
Pages with No Content (need to be verified that there was no content)
http://www.openmediaproject.org/handbooks/equipment/management/reports
http://www.openmediaproject.org/handbooks/open-media-documentation/how-r...
http://www.openmediaproject.org/handbooks/user-guides/profiles-0
http://www.openmediaproject.org/handbooks/open-media-project-feature-set...
http://www.openmediaproject.org/handbooks/open-media-project-feature-set...
http://www.openmediaproject.org/handbooks/equipment/recipies
http://www.openmediaproject.org/handbooks/video/about/build
http://www.openmediaproject.org/scheduling/submodules
Meeting Space for Visting Drupal Meetup
I am beginning to organize a meetup targeted toward Community Media Centers in Pittsburgh during the Alliance for Community Media's National Conference (alliancecm.org). The conference is happening July 7-10, 20010. Ideally the meetup would happen on Thursday July 8th or Friday July 9th.
I'm in Denver and unfamiliar with Pittsburgh. Does anyone have suggestions for a location that is walkable from the Hilton? Any assistance finding a location is very much appreciated.
Read moreNew Screencast for MERCI
Updating Date, CCK, and FeedAPI on DOM
As most of you know we are updating Denver Open Media's site this month with the changes made to the modules for BAVC. Some of these changes require newer versions of other modules than what DOM has been running. This morning I updated Date, CCK, FeedAPI, and Feed Element Mapper (feedapi_mapper). Because we also moved the site to a new server, I was able to test this first without causing a problem on the live server.
This is the process I used...
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Procedure for Importing Data Into MERCI
channelAustin is now testing MERCI's import feature and looking to expand its capabilities. We have a large database of equipment and want to minimize the amount of manual data entry required. Some basic information about MERCI's import feature is located in the Open Media Project handbook in the section on Equipment.
Read moreBest MERCI approach for Resources like Studios?
This is a discussion about what is the best approach in MERCI for dealing with Resources that comprise a number of additional Resources, Buckets, and/or Accessories, such as a Studio.
The Open Media Project Handbook section on MERCI defines 3 types of equipment available for checkout:
Read moreResource - Individual items that are unique. Example: Studio A vs. Studio B
Bucket - Items that are identical or so similar that users don't care which one they get. Example: DV Cameras
Accessories - Items that you don't track other than to ensure that if someone takes one or more with other equipment, it is returned. Examples: Batteries, lens cap, usb cable.
Submit PBCore 2 requests before June 30
June 30 is the deadline for submitting requests or recommendations for PBCore 2.
Here is the request form: http://pbcore.org/2.0/?page_id=304
I recommended the following as additional genre vocabularies for purposes of describing music.
Alternative
Blues
Children's
Classical
Country
Eclectic
Electronica
Experimental
Folk
International
Jazz
Latin
R&B and Soul
Rap and Hip Hop
Religious
Rock
This was based on looking at the common denominator for music genres found on these sources:
allmusic.com
amazon.com
archive.org
audiogalaxy.com
dmoz.org (which is google)
channelAustin adopting PBCore
channelAustin is adopting PBCore as a metadata standard for video genre types. PBCore is the metadata standard for the exchange of Public Broadcasting content. With this decision, channelAustin joins the Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) and Denver Open Media in using PBCore. channelAustin is including the PBCore Module in its Open Media Project implementation (in development) and will model its configuration after BAVC.
Read moreBNN OMP Status
As some of you may know, there has been some transition at Boston Neighborhood Network (BNN) as of late, and they hired me to help get their OMP site launched. There is actually quite a bit left to do on the site, and I also have to work when their budget allows, which is why you haven't seen things take off at lightning speed on this one. It is looking like things will be fully running by sometime this summer.
Read moreContent Sharing Status in the OMP
The Open Media Foundation's last deliverable for the Open Media Project Knight Foundation grant is a shared content solution for the OMP partners. Our proposed solution differs from existing solutions in that we want to enable automated or user-driven content-sharing, as opposed to the admin-focused solutions that exist with PEGMedia or the ACM/Telvue solution... For example, we want a community member in San Fran, searching for "Cambodian Comedy" videos to see the matching files in SF, and also see a lower-tier of search results from other OMP partner sites.
Read moreDrupalCon Birds of a Feather OMP Meetup
Tuesday, April 20, 4:00 to 5:00 PM @ DrupalCon BoF in Room 206
http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/birds-feather
DrupalCon Unconference OMP Meetup
Sunday, April 18, 3:30 PM @ Drupal UnConference - Open Media Project Summit, Session, Presentation, Etc.
http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/unconference
Open Media Project gatherings in San Francisco
Open Media Project gatherings in San Francisco
Mark your calendars and spread the word to other digital community media drupalistas.
Sunday, April 18, 3:30 PM @ Drupal UnConference
Open Media Project Summit, Session, Presentation, Etc.
http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/unconference
Sunday, April 18, 6:00 PM @ Basil Canteen
Dinner and drinks at a great Thai restaurant 8 blocks from Moscone
http://www.basilthai.com/canteen/
RSVP to stefan/AT\iconmedia/DOT\org so I can book a space with the correct # of seats
Tuesday, April 20, 4:00 to 5:00 PM @ DrupalCon BoF in Room 206
Read moreOMP Workflow for Live Studio Programs
Seeking a complete explanation of the workflow for the submission of live studio programs - or other non-digital file programs - when using the OMP system.
Read moreFFMPEG Wrapper Configuration
I just upgrade FFMPEG Wrapper to the latest version and in Status Report I'm getting a message telling me "The path that you have set to FFmpeg does not appear to be correct."
Here's screenshot below.
This path: /home/bhiatt/vhook does not exist. There is no vhook there. Where might I check?
I also looked at /usr/bin/ffmpeg and don't see any ffmpeg in that bin.
Are the vhook and the ffmpeg executable supposed to be on the FFMPeg server?
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