[Plumi-announce] Released! Plumi - Plone Based Video Sharing Platform

[Plumi Announce]

Hi all,
EngageMedia are very excited to announce the first public release of
Plumi, a Plone based video sharing CMS. 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 adds a range of products and configurations to Plone to enable
a wide array of functionality including:

* Video uploading in any format (over http)
* Automatic server-side flash transcoding and embedded playback
* Playback of Quicktime, Flash video, Real and Windows Media within
the browser
* 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
* Custom templates for browsing and publishing
* Custom profile page for site members with their personal vodcast feed
* Open Content Licensing including Creative Commons (through their
API), the 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


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To download version 0.1 RC1 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 focused on social and environmental issues in Southeast
Asia, Australia and the Pacific. EngageMedia is an Australian based
media/tech activist collective.

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