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Run Your Own Open-Source Streaming Video Server

Run Your Own Open-Source Streaming Video Server. Marc Johnson, Executive Director, ECMECC TIES 2011 – Tuesday December 13, 2011. History. Districts had content School board meetings Student produced content Professional development sessions Tried many solutions vBrick VOD

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Run Your Own Open-Source Streaming Video Server

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  1. Run Your Own Open-Source Streaming Video Server Marc Johnson, Executive Director, ECMECC TIES 2011 – Tuesday December 13, 2011

  2. History • Districts had content • School board meetings • Student produced content • Professional development sessions • Tried many solutions • vBrick VOD • Darwin streaming server • Ed-U-Vision • YouTube and other similar services blocked • Limited budget

  3. Solution • Kaltura Community Edition • Open-source, community supported (?Free) • Flexible • In-house server and storage • Examples • ISD 15 board meetings • North Branch student produced videos • Professional development sessions • North Branch audio / Sunrise behavior series

  4. What you can do • Stream video / audio to all platforms • Embed videos in web pages, blogs, wikis, CMS • Give rights to anyone for uploading / embedding • Encode in many “flavors” – bitrates, sizes, etc. • Customize the player • Create manual and automatic playlists • Stream “live” – with CE v3

  5. What can’t you do (or is difficult) • Have a “channel” or portal • Record directly to the server • Edit video once uploaded • Limited social network functionality • Directory Integration

  6. What You Need… • Linux Server – CentOS 5.6 / Ubuntu 10.04+ • Plenty of RAM • Storage to fit your needs • Someone versed in Linux and command line editing to get it set up and running • Time to give it TLC • Patience

  7. Where Do You Get It? • www.kaltura.org • Instructions / installers • VM appliance (may not work “out of the box”) • Support Options • Community forums • Online searches • Know the right people

  8. Other Options? • www.kaltura.com • Commercial version • Hosted service • Dedicated support • YouTube, Google Video, Vimeo • Upcoming • CE v5 due for release in January • CE v6 due for release by Summer 2012

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