PowerPoint Presentation

Avalon Media SystemDemonstration and RoadmapJon DunnIndiana University

Hydra Connect 2015September 22, 2015

What is Avalon?Hydra Solution Bundle for audio/video access

Goals:Easily installable and configurableServe a variety of use cases and institutionsCreate a basis for sustainable development

Why Avalon?Existing repository systems dont work well for time-based mediaDSpace, Fedora, Digital Commons, ContentDM, Issues: integration with streaming servers; hard to support time-based navigation; difficulties in integrating access controlExisting media systems dont work well with repositoriesKaltura, Brightcove, Ensemble, ShareStream, Issues: focus on short-term access for teaching and learning; limited metadata and access control capabilities; integration with preservation workflows

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Project Funding2011-2015: National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services2015-2016: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Partnership between libraries at Indiana University and Northwestern University

Discuss motivations4

Project Partners and Advisors

Avalon ArchitectureAvalon Media SystemArchival StorageAuthentic-ationLMS, websitesILSHydrant Rails AppAll UsersDesktop,MobileBrowser,Drop boxSearchBrowseViewIngestDescribeManageIntegrationsCollectionManagersAuthoriz-ation Avalon code consists of Hydrant Rails App and the Rubyhorn gem. Other pieces are leveraged.

UsersFedoraSolrMatterhornMedia ServerMedia Player(mediaelement.js)

Can-Can

Ruby-horn

Hydra Head

Black-light

Omni-Auth

Release History0.1 July 20120.5 October 20121.0 May 20132.0 October 20133.0 May 20143.1 July 20143.2 January 20153.3 March 20154.0 September 2015

Current Use CasesVideo e-reservesHosting of licensed educational video contentAccess to archival audio, video, film collectionsAccess to teaching collectionsMass digitization

Faceted browse via Blacklight

Desktop/Mobile Player

Embedding

Learning Tools Interoperability

Learning Tools Interoperability

Manage Content

Add item: Upload, Dropbox, or Batch

Dropbox view

Batch Folder

Descriptive Metadata: MODS

Access Control

Bulk actions

4.0: Structural metadata creation

4.0: Structural metadata navigation

4.0: Accessibility Improvements

Other Avalon 4.0 ImprovementsSupport for Wowza media serverUpgrade to Hydra 8 (Fedora 3.x)Transcoding APIActiveEncode allows alternative transcoding enginesNew metadata fieldsoEmbed supportMedia URLs can point to specific time offsets

Avalon 5.0 (Expected 1Q16)Updated playerPlayer API (possible)Content ingest APIIP-based access controlImproved structural metadata editorMore accessibility improvementsFedora 4 / Hydra 9?Preparation for SaaS pilot

Future Feature DevelopmentSee https://wiki.dlib.indiana.edu/display/VarVideo/Avalon+Release+Road+Map

Bookmarking, clip making, playlistsAnnotationSpotlight integrationSynchronized transcriptsPublishing out to external media sites (e.g. YouTube)Dynamic adaptive streamingAdditional access control optionsReporting and metrics toolsInternationalizationMore flexible metadataSupplemental materialsPCDM / RDFModularizationIntegration with external tools, e.g. annotation

Questions?www.avalonmediasystem.orggithub.com/avalonmediasystem