Lecture2Go Plugins SDK

This software is based on the Liferay 6.2 http://www.liferay.com

Lecture2Go is an open source platform for media management and distribution. Our goal is to support the free access to knowledge. This software solution is aimed at academic institutions and has to strengthen the blended learning.

Change Log

Bug Fix and Feature Package [master-v.2-b5256] on Monday, August 31, 2020

• 2005 RM - citation2go via keyboard control
• 1985 RM - aria label contains link text
• 1987 RM - process descriptions texts to be more accessible
• 1990 RM - meaningful link texts, fixed W3C syntax error
• 1996 RM - No flickering for frontpage media
• 1987 RM - remove unnecessary   for spacing elements
• 1972 RM - optimize header tags
• 1972 RM - Optimize header structure on site title/ header tag
• 1983 RM - add language selection and footer to mobile view
• 1977 RM - optimize focus for accessbility
• 1976 RM - Fix menu accessibility
• 1976 RM - optimize carousel navigation on frontpage via keyboard
• 1947 RM - OAI-PMH lists wrong datasets fix
• 1902 RM - remove LastVideoList scheduler
• 1821 RM - cluster support added
• 1846 RM - secure token integration to the upload servlet
• 1856 RM - scheduler for deletion of aborted chunked uploads
• 1874 RM - add cluster support for autocomplete scheduler
• 1816 RM - fix for thumbnails creation for videos with unknown duration
• 1777 RM - secure upload
• 1581 RM - activate chunked uploading

Bug Fix and Feature Package [master-v.1-b5226] on Friday, Februar 28, 2020

• 1356 RM - fix RSS generation for lectureseries without open videos
• 1364 RM - Streaming-Server-Portlet-Problem
• 1372 RM - avoid file transfers after upload
• 1373 RM - No description in RSS feed
• 1377 RM - Delete symlinks upon file deletion
• 1491 RM - disallow empty upload date
• 1515 RM - remove google plus
• 1519 RM - optimize visualisation of added creators upon saving
• 1520 RM - Hide thumbnail generation tool if no video exists
• 1521 RM - Rename Lectureseries to series
• 1522 RM - preview picture (HTML5 Embed Code) not existing
• 1529 RM - Missing tag when no institution is connected to video
• 1574 RM – wrong text in video caption
• 1580 RM - EditVideo removal of creators not working
• 1581 RM – Upload failure
• 1628 RM – category relation not deleted when series is deleted
• 1635 RM – CSS: remove double bold for elements using strong tag
• 1664 RM – Remove red color from uploaded files
• 1667 RM – tag search
• 1721 RM - removal of invalid xml control characters for oai pmh, add correct cursor information
• 1731 RM – wrong htaccess entries
• 1577 RM - Download button works directly
• 1501 RM - Explanations of upload formats
• 1672 RM - Video tags in search
• 1379 RM - integrate subtitles in Iframes

Bug Fix and Feature Package [master-v.1-b5162] on Friday, June 14, 2019

• 1316 RM - Opening and closing of div elements in the video admin area works incorrectly.
• 1354 RM - Download file points to wrong location.
• 1366 RM - RSS creation aborts for data without open access videos.
• 1315 RM - Author field in the admin area remains red after saving the new entry.
• 1237 RM - Problems with the chapter functionality on edge browsers.
• 1295 RM - Videos and lecture series with special characters can not be found.
• 1299 RM - Videos and lecture series with the special character "&" are not highlighted after searching request.
• 1348 RM - Download fall back for public videos refers to incorrect file location.
• 1341 RM - Searching for speakers does not return individual videos.
• 1346 RM - Chapters for audio files have broken pictures.
• 1358 RM - Chapter clicks do not jump to the video.
• 1357 RM - Search for Lecturers returns (empty) hits for closed-access videos.
• 996 RM - Coding problems with feeds.
  • The AdminLectureSeriesManagement.generateRSSforAllLectureseriesWhithOpenaccessVideos () method should be run if all RSS feeds are to be regenerated.
• 1032 RM - Subtitles integration.
  • For an upgrade only follow the steps below:
  • A "captions" folder is introduced to store (via symlinks) the subtitles for the end-user;
  • Two entries need to be added to the properties file:
    • lecture2go.captions.web.root=${lecture2go.web.root}/captions
    • lecture2go.captions.system.path=${lecture2go.media.repository}/captions
• 1333 RM - Add CC-BY-SA (4.0) and more to selectable licenses
  • For an upgrade only follow the steps below:
  • INSERT INTO LG_License (licenseId,fullName, shortIdentifier, url, schemeName, schemeUrl, selectable, description) VALUES (1,"USTOM LICENSE", "UNI-CUSTOM-LICENSE", "https://your-custom-license", NULL, NULL, 1, NULL);
  • INSERT INTO LG_License (licenseId,fullName, shortIdentifier, url, schemeName, schemeUrl, selectable, description) VALUES (2,"Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0", "CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0", "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/", "SPDX", "https://spdx.org/licenses/", 1, NULL);
  • UPDATE LG_Video SET licenseId = 1 WHERE videoId IN (SELECT videoId FROM LG_License_old WHERE l2go);
  • UPDATE LG_Video SET licenseId = 2 WHERE videoId IN (SELECT videoId FROM LG_License_old WHERE ccbyncsa);

Bug Fix and Feature Package [master-v.1-b5146] on Wednesday, February 20, 2019

• 1273 RM - List of recently uploaded open access videos not updated correctly
• 1152 RM - Generation of the video hit list incorrectly
• 1262 RM - Renewed password entry on video call after call via series link
• 1257 RM - Change creation date of videos subsequent
• 1270 RM - Search function integrated in the "authors" view
• 1211 RM - The L2G_video_lectureseries table is reorganized.

Bug Fix and Feature Package [master-v.1-b5122] on Tuesday, January 22, 2019

• 1150 RM - Saving of video meta data takes to long.
• 1258 RM - Embed code in Moodle does not work.
• 1269 RM - Chapter function: umlauts in timeline not utf8 encoded.
• 1268 RM - RTSP Stream references always to the uploaded MP4 version.
• 1238 RM - Incorrect statistics values in the system menu.
• 1233 RM - Video detail page can not be accessed.
• 1217 RM - Refactoring of getFullVideo method
• 1216 RM - Search function in the "User Roles" interface implemented.
• 1256 RM - Search function in the "My Videos" interface implemented.

Bug Fix Package [master-v.1-b5050] on Thursday, October 11, 2018

• 1167 RM - Term scheduler integration.
• 1214 RM - Sub institutions can not be deleted
• 1215 RM - Response time of the catalog page optimized.
• 1165 RM - Download speed for closed access videos optimized.
• 1188 RM - Preview image for short videos is not created.
• 1041 RM - Wrong statistics for closed access videos.

Bug Fix Package [master-v.1-b5005] on Friday, September 28, 2018

• 1125 RM - Hits after search request for lecture series ignore specific order defined by the admin.
• 1187 RM - Upload alert shows wrong upload size limit.
• 1131 RM - Link to the lecture series ignores the defined video list order.
• 1202 RM - Submenu does not work on touch screen systems with the chrome browser.
• 1185 RM - Incorrect number of videos is displayed on the catalogue site for lecture series.