[Building Sakai] Attaching files with no user interaction. Can it be done?

[Tiago Gaspar]

Hi guys,

Thanks for the replys, and sorry for the late response...

First, let me clarify why media servers...

I'm working on a sakai tool that records videos in flash (as you know), so
I'm using media servers to stream and to record (Red5 or FMS). So, the
videos are recorded and stored in the media server hard disk.

Back to the problem...

I've solved this problem, some weeks ago, using the CHS approach mentioned
by Jim. Here it is:

   - Made an Apache mapping of the video folder in the media server
   - The video is uploaded and transformed in a byte array in the sakai tool
   - Using CHS, I can store the videos in a folder that can be accessed by
   the Repository tool.


The PodCast tool was really helpfull, It guided me on how to use the CHS
funcionalities.

Thanks to Casey and Jim for the Help!

Tiago.

On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Casey Dunn <caseyd.stan at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Jim Eng <jimeng at umich.edu> wrote:
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>> You can also store content in Content  Hosting directly from another
>> webapp.  You will need to inject the Content Hosting Service into the class
>> that needs to do this.  CHS has methods for creating new resources and
>> folders. This seems like a better approach than the access servlet if your
>> tool is inside sakai.
>> The filepicker is also a good approach because sakai users will be
>> familiar with the user interface for either uploading a new file or
>> selecting an existing resource.  But if you are creating the file by
>> recording audio or video and streaming that directly into your tool, then
>> maybe you will want to save the file in CHS using the API.
>>
>> Jim
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> yeah this all is sounding good, modulo knowing what Tiago is doing with the
> 'media servers' and why they are in the mix.
>
> Tiago - just what _are_ you doing?
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