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JIRA Reference: http= s://jira.duraspace.org/browse/DS-1021
Proposed: DS-1021 is a request for DSpace to add = integration with an online document viewer. This request is part of a= larger trend in which DSpace users are asking for better functionality in = order to display the material in their repositories in a usable fashion, no= t just documents, but audio and video files as well. Requests for a s= treaming solution include a poster at OR11 [1], and an email to the DSpace = general list [2] requesting information about enabling streaming with produ= cts such as JW Player. It was also discussed during the Committer's M= eeting at OR11 [3][4]. Rather than asking our programmers to continue to fi= nd ad hoc solutions and our users to download or link out to any number of = players, I propose that the request in DS-1021 be expanded to include an em= bedded streaming server, as well as corresponding embedded clients in a DSp= ace theme, which can handle document viewing as well as streaming media and= be adoped by DCAT and the committers as functionality to be included in th= e next release of DSpace.
While using a DSpace theme that can embed viewers would be an easier opt= ion, an embedded streaming server to go with the viewers would provide bett= er user experience. Streaming servers not only perform better for mos= t users but allow random seek (the user can skip around through files to se= ek specific parts of the content). There are open source server optio= ns available which could be integrated with DSpace to provide the needed fu= nctionality and it's my understanding that some DSpace installations are al= ready working with their own solution. Some might propose DuraCloud, = which supports streaming, but the stream isn't actually DuraSpace produced,= it's simply streaming from the cloud. This is an added complication = for institutions that are cloud-resistant and discourage their members from= using anything based in the cloud. Also, as this week's Duracloud Webinar = made clear, the DSpace integration with DuraCloud replicates content in the= cloud as AIPs, which are just zip files, and thus are not capable of strea= ming. Simply put, streaming from DuraCloud is not yet an option, and may ne= ver be a practical option, given the reluctance on the part of some univers= ities to entrust non-open-access content to the cloud.
Initial assessment: Relevant to the community--we= have the material stored, now we need to make it easily accessible. = Medium-high priority.
[1] https://conferences.tdl.org/or/OR2011/index/search/presenters=
/view?firstName=3DElias&middleName=3D&lastName=3DTzoc&affiliati=
on=3DMiami%20University&country=3DUS
[2] http://sourceforge=
.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=3DDEB600B0F083BD4E915FBA181FA85975FA=
34133DE3%40EXBE.fit.edu&forum_name=3Ddspace-general
[3] https://wiki.dura=
space.org/display/DSPACE/DevMtg+2011-06-06+-+OR11+Meeting
[4] http://piratepad.net/or11dspacemeeting