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Structural Metadata: (examples - migrating from Variations to Avalon; importing new items with an existing file that is created outside of the system)
Navigation by structure (jump to point)
Designate structure (via specification file; file could be referenced in batch spreadsheet; structure per section)
including segment label
hierarchy
time offset
Means of editing previously specified structure (could be just a file edit in the interface)
Dependency Simplification/API
Pluggability of transcoding engines
- Wowza integration
- Hydra 8
Accessibility Phase One
Navigation of web page elements?
Using player controls?
Other potential new features
Notes field
Better visibility of access control status for bulk selected items
Indexing sections/structure labels
Release 5: Dec 2015
Implement technical environment for hosted Avalon service offering pilot
Structural Metadata stage 2 TBD
Interactive editor
Get structure from sources (media files via wav markers); internet source (freedb); physical media - like tracks on cd)
Remaining accessibility work
Captioning
APIs for player interaction, content ingest, metadata ingest, updating of existing content and metadata, and management of large collections of content
Release 6: June 2016
Bookmarking,Clip Making, and Playlists feature subset as determined by user research
Annotation
Spotlight Integration Support
Synchronized Transcripts
Release 7: Dec 2016
Publishing Out to External Media Sites
Additional Embedding Functionality
Dynamic Adaptive Streaming
Access control enhancements: IP restrictions, start/end dates, custom URLs with password or access-count features.
Technical work to schedule:
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