Package: p4a.plonevideo
p4a.plonevideoOverviewThep4a.plonevideopackage is an integration component for integrating
thep4a.videoframework with the Plone platform.  It was inspired by
the Plone ATVideo product and even borrows some UI.Project DescriptionThep4a.plonevideoproduct lets you upload a normal File to your Plone
site. It usesp4a.videoto:
* auto-detect the object as a video file
* auto-extract the video metadata
* render an appropriate view (depending on the file format)Watch thescreencastto experience a nice intro the the product.
Thanks to Jonathan Lewis for putting this screencast together!InstallationAdd these lines to your buildout.cfg file, and re-run your buildout.
Then install the add-ons from the Add/Remove products page in the
Plone Control Panel.:[buildout]
...

eggs =
    ...
    p4a.plonevideo

[instance]
...

zcml =
    ...
    p4a.plonevideoFeaturesVideo FilesUpload a normal file and Plone auto-recognizes it as a video file,
extracts metadata and chooses an appropriate player support 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 / commentaryUsers 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 discussionChanges1.3 (2010-06-18)Addp4a.subtyperas a dependency and load the zcml for it so that you don’t
getComponentLookupErrorwhen adding a file.
[claytron]1.2 (2010-06-18)Remove references to p4a.plonevideoembed and functionality it provides.
[davidblewett]Updated README to include text from plone.org Product page.
Changed setuptools’ long description to pull in text from README.
[davidblewett]mini redundancy cleanup
[tom_gross]added itunes-format of basesyndication
[tom_gross]added missing description to feed-adapter
fixed path for ATVideo-class used by migrator
[tom_gross]test video container with links (p4a.plonevideoembeded)
[tom_gross]fix egg dependencies
[tom_gross]1.1.1 (2008-10-10)FeaturesSupport for iPod video - video/x-m4v.  TODO: tests.  (Nate Aune)Bug fixesInclude ZCML dependency.  (Nate Aune)Initial support for ATVideo->p4a.plonevideo migrations.  (Nate Aune)1.1 (2008-04-09)Bug fixes#26 - Remove ISubtyped on uninstall (Rocky Burt, Ross Patterson)fixed issue where uploading video files to a Windows server running
p4avideo would bomb (Rocky Burt)Fixed issue where catalog wasn’t being updated on subtype change
(Tim Terlegard)Various blob fixes to work better with new zodb blob support
(Ross Patterson)1.1b1 (2008-02-14)Now uses p4a.subtyper to expose video subtype action (Rocky Burt)p4a.plonevideo is now installable using QuickInstaller (Rocky Burt)Blob support fix (Ross Patterson) r1886Fixed a bug which would break the view if allowed discussion was not enabled for File content type (Tim Terlegard) r1916Make reupload of videos work (Tim Terlegard) r17891.0 (2007-11-28)miscellaneous bug fixes1.0beta1 (2007-07-31)Various bug fixes and general improvements at the Plone4Artists sprint in Boston 2007.#1 - Too many arguments to media_player#2 - IVideoSupport utility is not loaded#3 - All videos are automatically played#4 - Video container view gives error#6 - video.google.nl is not recognised as video.google.com#12 - Cannot Activate Video for FLV file#13 - p4a video crashes when activating unsupported mime type1.0alpha1 (2007-04-29)First release.