4. Topics
What is it?
How is works
What about client side?
Key features
Past and future
Opportunities
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5. What is Mediamosa
Mediamosa is a video storage back-end
REST calls:
POST, GET
XML
User
Video frontend MediaMosa
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6. Why build own 'youtube'?
Security
Transcoding
Metadata
… and more -> ...
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7. Key features
REST is an engine
Scalable, service-oriented architecture (SOA)
Using and implementing open standards
(Dublin core, CQL, SOLR)
ACL: access limitations, f.e. domain and user
level
Transcoding with FFMpeg
Distributed job processing architecture
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8. Key features, II
Supports Open standards
Using Open protocols
Code is self-documented
Is Open source (GPL2) by itself
Using open source software and approach —
trac, etc
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9. Mediamosa is ...
Media Asset Management System (MAMS)
Digital Asset Management System (DAMS)
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10. Asset
Asset Mediafile: Video
(Original)
Title Mediafile: Video
Description (Transcoded FLV)
Mediafile: Video
(Transcoded MPEG4)
DC/QDC fields like creation date, copyright, etc
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14. Drupal frontend: Mediamosa CK
Several Drupal modules are available
WLE (White Label Enduser Application)
Mediamosa CK for Drupal 6
Mediamosa CK for Drupal 7, based on 'Media' module
– based on nice PHP/Drupal 7 feature called streams
– allows to refer to mediamosa files in the same way as to
YouTube, Flickr, etc.
– youtube:// flickr:// mediamosa://
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15. Front-end applications
Drupal modules
Just create anything you like on any platform in
any language, REST is the key
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16. REST sample
REST calls as a MediaMosa communication interface
Example: /mediafile/$mediafile_id [GET]
<items>
<item id="1">
<mediafile_id>V1XjsW9ojjpmUeLcH88QT53w</mediafile_id>
<asset_id>oDGgukVLA6bVQeLjSWZYV7a0</asset_id>
<app_id>14</app_id>
<owner_id>admin</owner_id>
<is_original_file>TRUE</is_original_file>
....
</item>
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17. Implementation
Drupal 7 multisite installation
with a lot of custom classes.
Every REST call, internal or external, is a class.
Drupal 7 with lazy loading is very important.
Developer experience: dive-in time.
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18. Human/machine friendly standards
CQL, Contextual Query Language:
dc.title any fish
dc.title any fish or dc.creator any sanderson
dc.title any fish sortBy dc.date/sort.ascending
RDF, Resource Description Framework:
<rdf:Description rdf:about="http://www.example.org/index.html">
<dc:creator rdf:resource="http://www.example.org/staffid/85740"/>
</rdf:Description>
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20. What mediamosa is NOT
No fancy streaming solutions at the moment;
basic HTTP
Videola
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21. What is good for you in MM
Developer / system integrator
An enterpreneur
A representative from *.edu
Current development contest
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22. History/ Future
Development started in 2008
First release made in June 2009
Trends: video / eLearning is quite on demand
Q4 2011: Mediamosa 3.5 planned
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