p4a.video 1.4

The p4a.video is a Plone product that provides a framework for handling video content on the Zope 2 and Zope 3 platforms. It was inspired by the Plone ATVideo product and even borrows some UI.

p4a.video allows you to:

- convert a file object to a video
- extract the video metadata
- render an appropriate view (depending on the file format)

Installation:

p4a.video depends on the following packages:

- p4a.subtyper
- p4a.common
- p4a.z2utils
- p4a.fileimage
- hachoir_core
- hachoir_metadata
- hachoir_parser

If you use buildout, you can have it manage these dependencies by:

- adding these lines to your buildout.cfg file

[buildout]
...

eggs =
 ...
 p4a.video

[instance]
...

zcml =
 ...
 p4a.video

- re-run your buildout
- Install the add-ons from the Add-on Products page in the Plone Control Panel


Product's homepage

Here are some key features of "p4a.video":

Video Files:

Support for:
· Quicktime (MOV, MP4)
· Windows Media (WMV, AVI, WMA, ASF)
· RealMedia (RAM)
· Flash (FLV, SWF)
· Upload a thumbnail image to represent the video
· When clicked, the video will start to play video
edit form exposes metadata:
· file type
· author
· height / width
· duration

Video containers:

· Turn any folder into a video container
· Turn any smart folder (collection) into a video container
Provides a video listing view with all videos in the folder, including:
· thumbnail
· title
· description
· metadata
Video listing also shows:
· tags
· ratings
· comments about each video

Video feeds:

· Publish RSS feed of all the videos in a video container
· Feed entries can contain a link to the video view page, or a link to the actual video file (enclosure)
· Users can subscribe to a vodcast and have the videos downloaded to a desktop video player such as iTunes or Miro for offline viewing

Video feedback / commentary:

Requires:
· lovely.tag
· p4a.plonetagging
· Users can rate videos (1 to 5 stars)
· Plone keeps track of user ratings vs. editor ratings
· Users can tag videos
· Plone keeps track of your tags and everyone's tags
· Users can comment on videos. Other users can reply to those comments in a threaded discussion

Requirements:

· Python
· Plone CMS

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Don't pin exact versions of hachoir [aclark]
· Made VideoPageView inherit also from BrowserView so that it can be customized ttw with portal_view_customizations [ichimdav]
· Fix IE conflict with kukit [afd]
· Included the zcml from p4a.subtyper. [davidblewett]
· Included the zcml from p4a.fileimage, so it is not necessary to include manually when adding p4a.video to a buildout. [davidblewett]
· Minimum Plone version supported is now 3.2, removed all backwards-compatibility support for Plone 2.5. [davidblewett]
· Updated events to import from zope.lifecycleevent, instead of zope.app.event. [davidblewett]
· Changed annotation support to use zope.annotation instead of zope.app.annotation. [davidblewett]