Organizations have several options when it comes to technologies for creating and capturing video and related rich media technology. This rapid proliferation of new video technologies is a potent driver of new video applications across the enterprise.
Ensemble Video is designed to easily integrate with a full range of video capture and creation technologies, support multiple media formats and any number of different media servers to help organizations maximize the value of their video assets.
Ensemble Video users now have a “watch directory” import option that increases publishing flexibility for high-volume batch encoding, importing content from external sources, and easy integration with other video technologies. The watch directory can be set up to monitor network-accessible media directories so, as media and metadata files (XML shadow files) are added, new video entries are automatically created in Ensemble Video libraries.
A simple publishing API allows Web developers to customize the viewer interface for any Web site where Ensemble Video is published. The same publishing API can be used to integrate video content with proprietary content management systems, portals, learning management systems and other Web applications. Flash Video is now supported in Ensemble Video, along with other media types including Windows Media, Real Media, QuickTime, MPEG4, MPEG2 and MP3.