Plumi 0.1 RC1 Now Available

EngageMedia are very excited to announce the release of Plumi, a free software video sharing Content Management System produced by the EngageMedia collective. Plumi enables you to create a sophisticated video sharing and community site out-of-the-box. In a net landscape where almost all video sharing sites keep their distribution platform under lock and key Plumi is one contribution to creating a truly democratic media.
 http://plumi.org |  http://engagemedia.org

Plumi is based on the popular Plone Content Management System < http://plone.org> and adds a wide array of functionality including:

• Video uploading in any format (over http)
• Server-side flash transcoding and embedded playback
• (Vodcasting): Expanded Plone standard syndication feeds. RSS1 plus RSS2 feeds with media enclosures created automatically from taxonomy items - e.g country, genre, member, topic, or through creating custom smart folders.
• Tagging
• WYSIWYG editor
• Sophisticated workflow, roles and permissions system
• Live search and RSS feeds from search results
• Customised Workspaces for hosting files and other works, which can be made private or shared only with particular site members
• Embedded Playback of Quicktime, Flash video, Real and Windows Media within the browser
• Custom templates for publishing and browsing videos
• Custom profile page for site members with their personal vodcast feed
• Open Content Licensing including Creative Commons and GNU Free Documentation License and the ability to add your own custom licenses.

Future features will include:

• Automatic creation and seeding of BitTorrent files upon video upload
• Large video file uploads
• Mobile phone uploads and downloads
• Enhanced calendar functionality
• Transmission metadata standard:  http://wiki.transmission.cc/index.php/Metadata_Workspace
• Donations system for contributors and online purchasing
• Integration with gnutella and other p2p networks
• Collaborative film production tools

For a listing of out-of-the-box base Plone functionality see < http://www.openia.com/services/plone/plone-features>

Download
For more information about Plumi and to download version 0.1 RC1 see
 http://plumi.org or  http://plone.org/products/plumi

Plumi is the system that currently runs  http://engagemedia.org - a video sharing site focussed on social and environmental issues in Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific. EngageMedia is an Australian based media/tech activist collective that develops Plumi and runs the EngageMedia.org site.

For an out-of-the-box demo of Plumi see  http://demo.plumi.org

To stay up to date with developments you can join the announcement list  http://lists.plumi.org/listinfo/plumi-announce

If you are interested in getting involved in development, have questions or suggestions you can

• join the developers mailing list:  http://lists.plumi.org/listinfo/discuss
• join us in chat: irc.freenode.net #plumi
• email contact@…

Thanks,
The EngageMedia Team
Andy, Anna, Andrew, Dave, Lachlan