Video transcoder

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Implement a transcoding service in python and integrate it to Plone, so
when you upload a video file to your Plone site it is transcoded to Flash FLV.

This may be a candidate for the portal_transforms tool, alternatively it
may be better implemented directly into p4avideo.  You will want to discuss
this with people in #plone and #plone4artists to get an idea of the best
way to implement.

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Original comment by mw4...@googlemail.com on 5 Dec 2007 at 5:23

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Also see: http://www.openplans.org/projects/plone4artists-naples/transcoding
http://www.openplans.org/projects/plone4artists-sprint/transcoding

Original comment by nateja...@gmail.com on 9 Dec 2007 at 2:55

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I'm interested in attempting this task, but I have a few questions first. I got 
most of my information from this 
link, http://www.openplans.org/projects/plone4artists-naples/transcoding, na... 
provided.

First of all, I understand that I would be able to use a program like ffmpeg 
for the encoding process, but 
would it be acceptable for me to make an os.system() call from my 
detached/asynchronous process, or is 
there some module that I should use/make? (I've never made a module, though I'm 
semi-fluent with C/C++. 
I'm sure that it would take me a while.)

Secondly, should I include the functionality to enable the transcoding process 
to be executed on a remote 
server? The link you provided me mentioned, "a transport mechanism for file 
handling between Plone and the 
encoding process.  WebDAV may work well for this." Honestly, I've never used 
WebDav or similar, so that 
could also take me a while.

Thanks for your help!

Original comment by halter73@gmail.com on 12 Jan 2008 at 4:15

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Original comment by mw4...@googlemail.com on 23 Jan 2008 at 11:41

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