Re: [Ndlb-developers] video support

[David G. <df...@gm...>]

Dear Pema,

Great I'm hpappy this won't be delayed too long. Andres is the airplane
ticket ready to purchase?

Thanks.
david 

-----Original Message-----
From: pema geyleg [mailto:pem...@gm...] 
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 5:47 AM
To: df...@gm...
Cc: Andres Montano; ndl...@li...;
ndl...@li...
Subject: Re: [Ndlb-developers] video support

Dear David,

We have filed for the visa for Andres. We should be able to get everything
done to bring Andres to Bhutan in the coming week. Andres I am looking
forward to see you soon here in Bhutan.

Pema

df...@gm... wrote:
> Andres
>
> II am very excited by this too. H owever I remain confused about the
comrpssion issue and codex issues and how this will work. We need to talk. I
am back in us by Monday noon. When are you free Monday to talk? Best for me
would be as late as possible in evening - does that work and if so at what
time? What is status of Bhutan trip?
>
> Thanks. David
> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Andres Montano" <amo...@ga...>
>
> Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 02:31:47
> To:<ndl...@li...>
> Subject: [Ndlb-developers] video support
>
>
> Hi,
>
> An important update has taken place in NDLB: we have moved on from it 
> being an Image Management System to a Media Management System. Now 
> besides having pictures, it also accepts videos.
>
> All the user has to do is upload a video and the server automatically 
> does the rest (conversions, thumbnails, etc). For all of this to work 
> the proper gems and software (rmovie, rvideo, ffmpeg, and menconder) 
> should be installed on the server of course. There is a long way to go 
> here, but for now the basic functionality is there.
>
> Tenzin, you may want to change the process method under the video 
> model to the appropriate command-line instructions for it to work on
debian linux.
> Right now the commands there are what worked for windows.
>
> David, I haven't heard back from Matt nor Bess regarding the above 
> software so it doesn't work on aleph yet. What is available though is 
> playback. I have uploaded a sample generated on my development box to 
> aleph. You can find it by browsing by location to Bhumthang or 
> browsing by collection to Religion.
>
> A lot of changes have to take place like renaming some sections from 
> Images to Media, listing videos and images separately, displaying link 
> to low-res video playback, link to download video, thumbnail being the 
> middle of the video and not the beginning, etc. But at least the first 
> step, which was getting all the various pieces of technology to work, 
> was taken. Anyhow I am very excited about this. Take care,
>
> 	Andres
>
>
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