Package: p4a.video
p4a.videoOverviewThep4a.videopackage 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.Project Descriptionp4a.videoallows you to:convert a file object to a videoextract the video metadatarender an appropriate view (depending on the file format)Installationp4a.videodepends on the following packages:p4a.subtyperp4a.commonp4a.z2utilsp4a.fileimagehachoir_corehachoir_metadatahachoir_parserIf you use buildout, you can have it manage these dependencies by:adding these lines to your buildout.cfg file[buildout]
...

eggs =
    ...
    p4a.video

[instance]
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zcml =
    ...
    p4a.videore-run your buildoutInstall the add-ons from the Add-on Products page in the
Plone Control PanelFeaturesVideo FilesSupport for:Quicktime (MOV, MP4)Windows Media (WMV, AVI, WMA, ASF)RealMedia (RAM)Flash (FLV, SWF)Upload a thumbnail image to represent the videoWhen clicked, the video will start to play videoedit form exposes metadata:file typeauthorheight / widthdurationVideo containersTurn any folder into a video containerTurn any smart folder (collection) into a video containerProvides a video listing view with all videos in the folder, including:thumbnailtitledescriptionmetadataVideo listing also shows:tagsratingscomments about each videoVideo feedsPublish RSS feed of all the videos in a video containerFeed 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 viewingVideo feedback / commentaryRequires:lovely.tagp4a.plonetaggingUsers can rate videos (1 to 5 stars)Plone keeps track of user ratings vs. editor ratingsUsers can tag videosPlone keeps track of your tags and everyone’s tagsUsers can comment on videos. Other users can reply to those comments in a
threaded discussionChanges1.4 (2012-11-28)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]1.3 (2010-07-28)Updated flowplayer to version 3. This allows it to work on IE again.
Thanks to cdw9 for the help with the template.
[claytron]1.2 (2010-06-18)Added CSS and JS files to their respective registries.
Removed them from video.pt.
[davidblewett]Updated README to include dependency information in the Install section.
[davidblewett]Updated README with information from the plone4artistsvideo product page.
Changed setuptools’ long description to use the contents of README.txt.
[davidblewett]Updated old reference to p4acal.
[davidblewett]Forgot to commit more translations. Sorry
[tzicatl]Added more translation strings.
Added Spanish translation strings
[tzicatl]Remove some unused imports
[rosspatterson]Pyflakes fix
[rosspatterson]add the it translation
[stemrc]pinned Hachoir versions to 1.2 since the latest 1.2.1 only works with Python 2.5
[nate]1.1.1 (2008-10-10)FeaturesSupport for iPod video - video/x-m4v.  TODO: tests.  (Nate Aune)Brazilian Portuguese translation. (ericoandrei)Preliminary fixed rate Real media support. TODO:
tests. (danielblackburn)Bug FixesFix rich text widget handling.  TODO: tests.  (Nate Aune)Depend on hachoir. (Nate Aune)fixed issue where url assignment, was not updated properly with rest
of the method. TODO: tests. (danielblackburn)1.1 (2008-04-09)Bug FixesFixed ContentLicensing optional’ness to fix issue #40 (Ross Patterson and
Rocky Burt)Fixed handling of unicode AT titles for issues #41 and #47 (Ross Patterson
and Rocky Burt)Updated vPIP (Nate Aune)Updated flowplayer (Ross Patterson and Rocky Burt)Portal status message handling was made to work better to fix issue #38
(Ross Patterson)Hooked up video/mpeg mime type and player link to fix issue #28
(Ross Patterson)1.1b1 (2008-02-13)FeaturesAdded Plone 3 compatibility (Rocky Burt) r1794Added rich text description field (Rocky Burt) r1829Now uses p4a.subtyper to expose video subtype action (Rocky Burt) r1787Bug FixesSupport additional mime type synonyms - video/x-msvideo and video/x-flash-video (Ross Patterson) r1881Support reasonable default dimensions for the players
(Ross Patterson) r1920MiscellaneousNow uses standard plone/cmf comments instead of easycommenting
(Rocky Burt)1.0 (2007-11-28)FeaturesDefault video container view has been updated (Rocky Burt)Added description field to IVideo and subsequent views (Rocky Burt)1.0beta1 (2007-07-31)Various bug fixes and general improvments.1.0alpha1 (2007-04-29)First release.