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Hi,

  We are doing some research on open source DAM tools. Open edit has many features which fits our requirements. Can you please help on the following questions,

1) Where can i get the openEdit source code for customisations

2) How to add meta data for the products that we add to open edit?

3) Will open edit support image modifications and video streaming or do we need install these features externally?

Please help us on this questions.

Thanks,

Sarat

1.The source code for our projects is available here: http://dev.openedit.org/anthill.  The DAM system uses the archive, cart, editor, and base openedit projects.  Our development staff is also available for customizations and project work.  For more information on this, see the Contact Us section.

2.There is documentation on adding metadata to your assets, as well as configuring your own customized metadata fields, available here: http://openeditdam.com/dam/docs/pages/index.html.  Specifically, you will want to look at Chapters 3 & 5.

3. We do not have any tools for modifying images online, though we do have a system for adding and keeping track of new versions of existing images.  This feature is still in development but should be available in the next few weeks. 

We recently (yesterday!) added support for previewing common video/audio asset types (AVI, WMV, MOV, SWF, WAV, MP3) in an embedded media player and also ASX streaming.  This feature is available in the newest versions of the code, and will be available with our monthly release version tomorrow.

Thanks for your interest in OpenEdit.  Feel free to post any more questions here in our forum or Contact Us.

Hi.

  I have been installed the Open edit and some testing going on it. Can you please help on the following questions

1 . How can I convert Images from one format to another , where can I see the conveted file?

2 . Is it possible to convert the audio files from one format to another ?

3.  Is it possible to convert the video files from one format to another ?

4. Is it possible to generate preview for audio and video files ?

5. Is it possible to replace the ImageMagic with some othere tool.?

Please help us on this questions

regards,

:)

1.On the Product Details page there are links to download the image as a jpeg or pdf type.  If you want to do other types of conversions you would need to make some changes to the code.

2, 3. We currently do not have any tools for converting audio or video files from one format to another.

4. If you have a common format of video or audio file (WMV, AVI, MOV, MP3, WAV) then there should be an embedded media player to preview in the Product Details page.  This is the page you get to when you click on a thumbnail from the main archive view.

5. Currently imagemagick is required by OpenEdit to create thumbnail and medium sized images, as well as for converting image types.

Out of curiosity, why do you not want to use ImageMagick, and what would you like to use instead?

I'm sorry, but I'm not quite sure what your question is. It sounds like you have a good plan.  How much of this do you have working currently?  Where are you getting stuck?

Hi,

My goal is very simple -- convert the images from one format to another format.

We are calling some ajax code which converts the images to a required format and store it  in my repository(folder) and display a the download path as hyperlink. (in  “Product Manager” page)

1. Whenever I click on the download path (hyper link ) it should display a popup generated by me, but it is showing your home page.

2. The popup should call the code that i have written for downloading the converted image, but it is not downloading the file, but the code is working fine  with others(in my project).

3. Sometimes its displaying  the "security warning" and file is downloaded as  "unknown type"

 Please Help me on this or guide me to resolve this

Thanks in advance.

It sounds like the link to your download file is wrong.  This could be because you may need to set the "hostname" property.  This is located in "_site.xconf" at the root level of your webapp.

How can I tell what version of OpenEdit is installed? I inherited a system and was asked by your team to indentify the version (it's old...).

Look in [your openedit root folder]/WEB-INF/lib

You should see a file named something like openedit -v????.jar

That number is the version number.

Is there a "Getting Started" guide somewhere? I tried some of the links on this site and they're broken. The system is installed, and I just want a tutorial on how to start creating pages.

Thanks

Our documentation is posted here: http://www.openeditdam.com/dam/docs/pages/index.html