Re: [Cctools-cchost] CCHost update and features request

[Jon P. <jo...@cr...>]

On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 09:34 -0500, Brett Gaylor wrote:
> Hello Jon, Victor et all.  I recently noticed a posting on the CCHost
> Sourceforge page mentioning a 1.1 Release sometime in the future.
> I've been developing a CCHost site at www.opensourcecinema.org -
> basically trying to get a video mixter set up.  If you check out the
> content you'll notice most of it is around CC isues - this is because
> I'm directing a feature film on the subject, in partnership with the
> National Film Board of Canada.
> 
This is so great!

> Why I'm writing is I thought I'd mention a couple of key feature
> requests that would help make this site more useable and scalable.
> The biggest is support for multiple file uploads, from a URL.  This is
> essential for video - since a lot of the files will be held on a
> different server (say, blip.tv or ourmedia) - it is ESSENTIAL that
> users can enter from a URL address.  Also, for me setting up a sample
> pool, I need to be be able to do multiple files or the process is
> intensely tedious.

Great, can you please file these feature requests (RFEs) on our
sourceforge.net page: http://sf.net/projects/cctools

> 
> The other is a playlist functionality, akin to what they are creating
> over at Dabble (a la the drupal playlist function).  Users could
> arrange playlists of their favourite material that would play back in
> an aggregator or embedded.

I think this is a brilliant idea. Maybe you could add this type of
feature and submit your patch.

> The software is great out of the box, but I feel as though I've hit a
> bit of a wall with it, and its difficult to find developers to work on
> it because its proprietary. The budget I've been able to raise mostly
> goes towards creating the film, so I also don't have huge resources to
> throw behind it.  I do have some limited funds, however, and perhaps
> if I was to hire a PHP developer, I could hire one of you guys for a
> couple of hours to explain the development process to someone - that
> is, if you don't think the above features would be implemented.

We are hired to exlain this, so that is for free! Bring on the
questions! Also, explain with detail these features...the more detailed,
the easier implementation becomes.

> Thanks!  And great work so far...
> Brett

Thanks Brett, please upgrade to the new version 2.0.1 which has many new
features. I do think your suggestions are great.

I would recommend filing these detailed bugs, and then following up on
the list noting these bugs...

Jon

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