Centralize your media assets and work files for efficiency
Government Need: Centralize digital resources and make a fully searchable media library. Web-enabled system to store and manage media, computer files, compliance training, online courses, image collections and more. Increased access to education, training and work files.
MediaCAST Solution: The digital repository allows a library of media resources to be made available for instant viewing from any computer on your LAN/WAN. Instructional staff can upload any media or PC file formats and create links from the library to their training and communications. Resources are protected with digital rights management to help you meet and report on compliance with the copyright guidelines. The digital repository includes the ability to create reservations and bookmarks to assist in sharing licenses of content or software across an organization.
MediaCAST's strength is digital content management
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Create your own centralized, searchable, digital library of learning resources
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Link to training goals and compliance standards
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Track usage and generate reports
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Protect content and software licenses and ensure copyright compliance
Results: The unique feature is that is allows you to manage virtually any content in any format. Most systems have a short list of supported formats but MediaCAST supports most any electronic file from e-books to Google Earth and can be expanded as new formats become available. Additionally its reservation system lets you manage nonelectronic content and assets like a media cart, digital camera or printed resources. Some agencies import their library data electronically so all their content exists in the searchable library within MediaCAST. Multiple user levels allow clients to manage which users play the different content management roles.
MediaCAST also supports having multiple digital repositories and trusted libraries within the same system. Many clients want to segment libraries that may be for special groups of users or have unique viewing restrictions. The separate libraries of content can remain distinct or can be set as trusted libraries for sharing purposes.
Storage and Delivery Formats
| Video |
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Windows Media (WMV, ASF), MPEG 1, 2 and 4, QuickTime (MOV), Real Networks (RM, RAM), Flash Video (FLV), 3GPP, (AVI), live video broadcasts including multicast and unicast and IP cameras |
| Audio |
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Windows Media (WMA), (MP3), Real Networks (RA), (AAC), (WAV), (AU), (AIFF) |
| Images |
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JPG, GIF, TIF, BMP, PNG |
| Documents |
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Adobe Acrobat (PDF), Microsoft Word (DOC, DOT), Excel (XLS,.XLT), PowerPoint (PPT, PPS), Wordperfect, Text files (TXT, CSV) |
| Presentations |
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Microsoft Producer synchronized PowerPoint and video, Captivate presentations, Camtasia (screen captures) |
| Flash |
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Flash movies and html embedded Flash |
| Podcasts |
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Hosting of podcasts and publishing of podcasts through iTunes |
| Websites |
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http:// website links and Intranet URLs |
| eBooks |
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PDF and other electronic textbooks |
| Books/publications |
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Print materials can be cataloged and imported from library system |
| Equipment/rooms |
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Any physical object like a room, camera, media cart etc. |
| Drawing files |
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AutoCAD drawings |
| Smartboard |
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SmartNotebook files |
| Videoconferences |
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Capture and broadcast of H.323 and H.264 videoconferences from 3rd party CODECs, IPContact conferencing support |
| IP audio collaboration |
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Skype Audio Talk |