Campus-centric NREN Services Evolution of SWITCHcast Martin Kos martin.kos@switch.ch TNC, Vilnius, June 1, 2010

SWITCHcast Development started in 2006 Technology-driven development Lecture Recording System for Swiss Higher Education Redesign with feedback from customers “Listen to your customers” Next: overview of the system

Overview Recording Cutting Embedding Delivering Simple interface Multiple sources -> audio, video, slides Interlaced / progressive

Overview Recording Cutting Embedding Delivering Simple, online Chapters, thumbnails Publish = action

Overview Recording Cutting Embedding Delivering Everything is done on the web

Overview Recording Cutting Embedding Delivering Streaming from Flash Media Server Downloadable Quicktime & iPod -> different resolution

“Listen to your customers” Technical Administrative

“Listen to your customers” Technical Administrative Notification system Monitoring Alarms by SMS & e-mail Notifications connected devices audio level Video signal Encoding errors Ready for cutting Media published

“Listen to your customers” Technical Administrative Scheduled Recordings Managed from a central place Define recordings on a central calendar server iCal, Google Calendar etc. -> has to be subscribed in the local iCal

“Listen to your customers” Technical Administrative Authorization & Authentication Public SWITCHaai Private Organization SWITCHaai Federation External authority Token based Full access control by third party AA for recording, editing & viewing

“Listen to your customers” Technical Administrative Organizational structures Persons involved in service usage Authorization & Authentication Public SWITCHaai Private Organization SWITCHaai Federation External authority Token based Full access control by third party Proactive billing -> send information to OrgAdmin as soon as a channel is created

“Listen to your customers” Technical Administrative “Existing environment” Integration in Learning Management Tools (LMS) ILIAS Moodle Authorization & Authentication Public SWITCHaai Private Organization SWITCHaai Federation External authority Token based Full access control by third party

“Listen to your customers” Technical Administrative Authorization & Authentication Public SWITCHaai Private Organization SWITCHaai Federation External authority Token based Full access control by third party Nanoo.tv Record from TV channel Replace existing system Researcher chooses what to record Proactive billing -> send information to OrgAdmin as soon as a channel is created

Summary Video Management System “Software as a service (SaaS)” For content providers / producers and not for end-users The higher the customers influence, the higher the acceptance of the service

Outlook Technical Administrative HTML5 & WebM (VP8) EduCast OpenSource Price model Fixed vs. volume based New usage scenarios New roles Content lifecycle e.g. ILIAS Proactive billing -> send information to OrgAdmin as soon as a channel is created

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