[opencms-dev] storing video assets?

[Andy Savin]

Hi Jens,

That sounds really useful.  Is there any chance you might consider 
making your source code available or  make your new classes etc 
available as a module?

Regards,

Andy

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On Mon, 24 Jan 2011, Jens-U. Mozdzen wrote:

> From: Jens-U. Mozdzen <jmozdzen at mozdzen.de>
> To: opencms-dev at opencms.org
> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:20:21 +0100
> Subject: [opencms-dev]  storing video assets?
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> 
> hi eelboy,
>
> I'm running a video site using Opencms. Originally I tried storing the videos
> in the database, which was doomed to fail once the objects grew from "short
> clips" to "medium-length clips"... and we're counting seconds here.
>
> In the end I got away with creating a new class that allows me to use RFS
> links inside Opencms - that way I can create a resource in Opencms with all
> the benefits (attributes, access, visibility etc) but still have the content
> stored in the RFS. In addition, I needed a new data type that uses that loader
> class.
>
> I found it helpful to create utility classes that let me create galleries of
> videos, with the extended feature of treating multiple video files of the same
> name (and a corresponding image) as a single video, letting the user pick the
> format of choice (like flv, rm, wmv), and managing several new attributes like
> "location", "camera operator", "copyright" etc.
>
> I disagree with the other response to your question, stating that maintaining
> the videos in the database had no added value - not using Opencms
> functionality to create dynamic galleries, access control and various other
> options would have been a real downer for me. OTOH it is perfectly right that
> the amount of data might easily kill your Opencms installation (for instance,
> the video is fully pulled from the database before sending it to the browser -
> in memory!) My JVM needed to be boosted significantly to serve even smaller
> videos...
>
> Regards
> Jens
>
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