Opencast is a flexible, scalable and reliable video capture, management, and distribution system for academic institutions. Opencast is built by a growing community of developers from leading universities and organizations worldwide.
Introduction
Opencast Studio Introduction
News
Opencast 8.4 has been released
22 May 2020 Opencast 8 maintenance release Read more…
Opencast 7.7 has been released
27 April 2020 Opencast 7 maintenance release Read more…
Integrating Opencast and Opencast Studio
01 April 2020 Recording of the webinar on Integrating Opnecast and Opencast Studio. Read more…
Opencast 8.3 has been released
26 March 2020 Opencast 8 maintenance release Read more…
Webinar Recordings
23 March 2020 recordings for a number of webinars about Studio, scaling, BigBlueButton, … Read more…
Features
Schedule
Schedule events to automatically record based on a pre-defined timetable and capture both video(s) of the presenter and the computer signal.
Edit
Bulk edit and trim video recordings. The UI provides graphical visualization of standard edits and can therefore significantly reduce editing time.
Process
A scalable infrastructure to encode video, generate metadata and preview images, create captioning and bulk edit to support video processing at scale.
Distribute
Publish recordings for download or on-demand viewing via YouTube, RSS, Atom-feeds or with OAI-PMH.
Playback
The media player is a standalone application or embedded on blogs, wikis or a content management system.
Manage
A robust dashboard to manage, configure and track the status and performance of video content and distribution channels.
Get Involved
Opencast has an active, helpful and engaging community. Here you can find information on how to get in contact with us.
