[Plumi-announce] Plumi 0.1 release candidate 2 released

[Plumi Announce]

Release Candidate 2 released - available from 
http://plone.org/products/plumi/releases/0.1rc2

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EngageMedia are very excited to announce the release of Plumi, a free
software video sharing platform. Plumi enables you to create a
sophisticated video sharing and community site out-of-the-box. In a
web landscape where almost all video sharing sites keep their
distribution platform under lock and key Plumi is one contribution to
creating a truly democratic media.
http://plumi.org | http://engagemedia.org

Plumi is based on the popular Plone Content Management System <http://
plone.org> and adds a wide array of functionality including:

* Video uploading in any format (over http)
* Server-side flash transcoding and embedded playback
* Expanded video metadata set and classifications system
* RSS1 and RSS2 (vodcast) feeds created automatically from taxonomy
items - eg country, genre, member, topic, or through creating custom
smart folders
* Tagging
* WYSIWYG editor
* Extendable workflow, roles and permissions system
* Live search and RSS feeds from search results
* Customised workspaces for hosting files and other works, which can
be made private or shared only with particular site members
* Embedded Playback of Quicktime, Flash video, Real and Windows Media
within the browser
* Custom templates for publishing and browsing videos
* Custom profile page for site members with their personal vodcast feed
* Open Content Licensing including Creative Commons and GNU Free
Documentation License and the ability to add your own custom licenses.

Future features will include:

* Automatic creation and seeding of BitTorrent files upon video upload
* Large video file uploads
* Mobile phone uploads and downloads
* Enhanced calendar functionality
* Transmission metadata standard: http://wiki.transmission.cc/
index.php/Metadata_Workspace
* Donations system for contributors and online purchasing
* Integration with gnutella and other p2p networks
* Collaborative film production tools

For a listing of out-of-the-box base Plone functionality see <http://
www.openia.com/services/plone/plone-features>

Download
For more information about Plumi and to download version 0.1 RC2 see
http://plumi.org or http://plone.org/products/plumi

For an out-of-the-box demo of Plumi see http://demo.plumi.org

To stay up to date with developments you can join the announcement
list http://lists.plumi.org/listinfo/plumi-announce

If you are interested in getting involved in development, have
questions or suggestions you can

* join the developers mailing list: http://lists.plumi.org/listinfo/
discuss
* join us in chat: irc.freenode.net #plumi
* email contact at engagemedia.org

Plumi is the system that runs http://engagemedia.org - a video
sharing site focussed on social and environmental issues in Southeast
Asia, Australia and the Pacific. EngageMedia is an Australian based
media/tech activist collective that develops Plumi and runs the
EngageMedia.org site.

Thanks,
The EngageMedia Team
Andy, Anna, Andrew, Dave, Lachlan


-- 
Andy Nicholson

+44 774 733 4891 [ .uk ]

+61 406 306 715 [ .au ]