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Opencast offers a rich set of features to support educators, learners, video-operators and administrators.

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{% include fullsizebox.html title="Schedule" description="Opencast Schedule lets you schedule an event to be automatically recorded on specific days and times of the week, and the distribution channel to which the recordings will be published.

  • Based on open standard iCal format
  • Manual or automated capture based on schedule
  • Configurable capture encoding specifications
  • iCalendar import from external scheduling source
  • Integrates with open source and proprietary capture hardware
  • Tools for disaster recovery" image="/assets/img/large-schedule.jpg" align="left" imagewidth="40%" %}

{% include fullsizebox.html title="Process" description="Opencast Process is a workflow-based system that provides a scalable infrastructure for encoding and enriching video with metadata, preview images, brands, captioning and text analysis to make the media more discoverable and accessible.

  • Customizable workflow for processing throughout the distribution life cycle
  • Default encoding engine based on FFmpeg; other engines can be integrated
  • Advanced media analysis, including video OCR that extracts time-synched metadata from slides
  • Powerful search capabilities for static, dynamic, and user-generated metadata
  • Administrative dashboard for monitoring and management of media life cycle" image="assets/img/large-process.jpg" align="right" backgroundcolor=site.data.colors.box imagewidth="40%" %}

{% include fullsizebox.html title="Distribute" description="With Opencast Distribute enables you to publish recordings for on-demand viewing or download. Learning tools interoperability (LTI) and RSS/Atom feeds are available for integration with other systems, and publishing to iTunes U and YouTube can be automated.

  • Integration with many platforms, including Learning Management Systems via LTI
  • Publish as downloadable and/or streamed content
  • Local search index using solr available
  • Distribution via RSS/Atom to learning management systems
  • Automated publishing to iTunes U and YouTube
  • Custom workflows to enable distribution and archiving to local or distribution servers" image="assets/img/large-distribute.jpg" align="left" imagewidth="40%" %}

{% include fullsizebox.html title="Playback" description="The Opencast player can be used as a standalone application, or embedded inside other applications like blogs, wikis or content management systems. Opencast Playback enables slide segmentation and in-video text search. All player functionality is fully accessible, supporting assistive technology across multiple platforms.

  • Split-screen player for viewing video and slide content simultaneously
  • Heat maps indicate sections of content most often watched
  • REST APIs make it easy to extend to or integrate players
  • Easy customization and localization of the player interface
  • Customizable permissions settings
  • User directory integration (LDAP, CAS etc.)
  • Adaptive Streaming support with HTTP Live Streaming (HLS)" image="/assets/img/large-playback.jpg" align="right" backgroundcolor=site.data.colors.box imagewidth="40%" %}

{% include fullsizebox.html title="Manage" description="Opencast Manage provides a dashboard for administrators to configure the system, make bulk edits to content and metadata, track the status and performance of content and configure distribution of video content.

  • Metadata entry and editing for related recordings
  • Distribution to supported channels (i.e. iTunes, YouTube, RSS, Opencast Playback)
  • Manual media upload (e.g. user-generated or production video)
  • Bulk editing; media trimming and recording search/filtering
  • Monitoring dashboard; status, performance statistics and technical details" image="/assets/img/large-manage.jpg" align="left" imagewidth="40%" %}

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