Streaming Server recommendations

[rheibel]

Dose anyone have a recommendation for a school internally hosted media server.

 

We currently have videos in a mapped network drive divided in to subject and year groups so users can access age appropriate videos. The mapped drive is to help prevent internet overload as well as removed youtube videos and issues of adverts. As more and more students use tablets/laptops for homework in school and at home, we are looking at some sort of streaming alternative with AD authentication, so students can access files from home but also in school without using internet bandwidth.

 

Microsoft stream is a obvious choice for external access but the issue is mainly around copyright we have licensed a few videos so can show to students but with the proposed EU requirement for hosts to check videos for copyright there may be issues going forward. It also has a issue with provision of age appropriate videos e.g easy to make a geography channel but cant then limit videos to y7 --- y12 etc. would need a channel for each yeargroup. so channels will either end up with duplicate videos or students have a long list of channels. internal streaming would be a issue as its cloud based not local.

 

Plex is one recommendation but like many it aggregates videos as TV shows and moves. ideally we want to preserve a hierarchical file structure with AD groups.

 

Code our own. Storing the videos in a web html5 suitable format is workable but not everyone would be able to stream a 1080p video on there home internet so something like a you-tube clone with different quality levels would be best. basicly a lot of work to make it work well.

 

 

So anyone got any flash player free recommendations?

[StandardN3rd]

We use planet estream, which is an educationally focused platform, it's very good. Planet eStream is the number one Unified Video Platform for Education

Vimp is an alternative https://www.vimp.com/en/vimp-corporate-campus.html

There was also an open source one that we played with that wasen't bad, I'll see if I can dig out the name of it.

[jdoyle]

+1 for Planet eStream.

 

Good for free to air recording as well as uploading content. Can be used for digital signage, has AD authentication, can link other resources to the video

 

can make "clips" so that if a lesson only needs from 1m36s to 4m44s then that can be titled as an offering in it's own right and made available for linking to PPT, VLE etc.

[rheibel]

Thanks for the info. is e-stream hosted locally or in the cloud? Im guessing cloud but certainly looks better than Microsoft stream and needs further investigation. Only other alternatives I have to add so far is changing VLE to firefly as they have a locally hosted option, but Free share-point to a paid for VLE may be pricier than than this years remaining budget for September.

[StandardN3rd]

Ours is hosted locally, but I believe they also offer a cloud version.

[ColinP]

+1 for estream, you can also do live streams to youtube if you want to do a big public event without killing your connection

 

also estream includes an ERA Licence for copyright

[unixman_again]

We use Medial - great product. Full AD integration. If you use Moodle or Blackboard videos are easy to embed in the page. Also includes live streaming and lesson capture as an add-on, which can open up a whole load of possibilities.

[rheibel]

Keep the suggestions coming we will need 3 quotes so even if its not the one you would chose it will help. estream looks very good with its locally hosted option. I also know some VLE's have video options like firefly / moodle witch also can be locally hosted to reduce load on the internet feed.

[ADMaster]

Our school used media cast years ago, it was expensive so we did not renew. It was windows media based running on server 2003 back then.

At home I use emby it has a great netflix style interface. I can set parental controls create custom channels and categories. I can hide a particular category regardless of rating if I choose.

The ldap bit is a premiere feature just released so worth looking into.

https://emby.media/introducing-ldap-support-for-emby.html

[markwilfan]

Throw them all up to Google drive if you have a g suite tennant

[markwilfan]

Just read the internet bandwidth thing. I'd still consider it

[newpersn]

Clickview. Can be used locally and online.