ShareStream MediaMigrator

Prior to implementing the ShareStream Rich Media Platform, ShareStream customers typically have large pre-existing media collections in various storage locations and in various formats.

MediaMigrator — the component of the ShareStream Rich Media Platform that provides automated media upload and server-side transcoding — allows ShareStream's customers to ingest individual media assets or media collections in a batch manner into the ShareStream environment and streamline the process of transcoding media to all of the most commonly used media formats.

ShareStream's MediaMigrator Workspace

MediaMigrator typically serves two primary functions: for media professionals or librarians who manage large pre-existing media collections, MediaMigrator automates the process of migrating media accompanied by its metadata into the ShareStream environment with a low-level-of-effort and transcodes media collections to the appropriate end formats (files for streaming, podcasts, mobile, etc.).

For non-media specialists, such as faculty and students, MediaMigrator provides easy-to-use, "YouTube" style uploads, where users with the necessary credentials can upload files from any of the commonly used media formats, after which MediaMigrator will automatically transcode the file to the appropriate end format.

Metadata MediaMigrator

Some of MediaMigrator's features and functionality include:

• Upload that supports unlimited file size for uploads (similar capability to the "Advanced Upload" feature in YouTube)
• Batch Ingestion of media files and automatic metadata extraction
• Comprehensive support for the predominant media formats as both input formats and output formats, including, but not limited to MPEG-4, Flash, HTML5, QuickTime, Windows Media, Real Media formats
• Progress bar that provides real-time progress information on all uploads and transcoding jobs
• Functionality for Cataloging Assets with the Appropriate Metadata as well as Ad-hoc Tagging
• "Current Jobs" and Notification Dashboard, which allows users to monitor progress and receive progress notifications for batch media ingestion
• Online video-editing tool, which provides easy-to-use time-based editing, clip trimming, overlays, and other capabilities
• "Hot Folder" functionality that initiates a particular workflow for media files, such as transcoding files to pre-specified formats and publishing files to a pre-specified collection
• Workflow and Business Process Management for staging the process of ingesting media with approvals and edits from multiple groups or individuals before publishing media to end users
• Personal Media Gallery, which serves as a gateway into ShareStream where authorized users can edit media