Opencast 14.4 has been released:
The release notes can be found in the Opencast documentation at:
RPM and Debian packages as well as container images will be available soon. Watch for announcements on the users list.
Opencast 14.4 has been released:
The release notes can be found in the Opencast documentation at:
RPM and Debian packages as well as container images will be available soon. Watch for announcements on the users list.
Opencast 13.11 has been released:
The release notes can be found in the Opencast documentation at:
RPM and Debian packages as well as container images will be available soon. Watch for announcements on the users list.
Opencast 14.3 has been released:
The release notes can be found in the Opencast documentation at:
RPM and Debian packages as well as container images will be available soon. Watch for announcements on the users list.
Opencast 13.10 has been released:
The release notes can be found in the Opencast documentation at:
RPM and Debian packages as well as container images will be available soon. Watch for announcements on the users list.
It was hot in Bern, very hot! Thanks to our hosts for the first “DACH unconference” (results of which will be circulated to the community), the social activities – and the air conditioned room!

PS: Die Aufzeichnungen…
The following article is in German, as it is about the German-speaking community meeting in Bern.
Am 14. Und 15. August findet in Bern das deutschsprachige Opencast Community Treffen statt. Hier findet ihr das aktualisierte Programm und den Link auf das Miro-Board zur Unconference. Eine Beschreibung des Veranstaltungsorts, sowie Unterkünfte und Wegbeschreibungen findet ihr in der Ankündigung der Veranstaltung.
Die Vorträge am Montagvormittag werden live gestreamt:
Opencast DACH Meeting 2023 – Live-Streams
SONNTAG, 13. AUGUST 2023
| 19:30 Uhr | Get Together in der Dampfzentrale |
MONTAG, 14. AUGUST 2023
| 08:30 Uhr | Registrierung |
| 09:00 Uhr | Begrüssung |
| 09:15 Uhr | Blitzlichter aus den Hochschulen (je 5min, z.B. Opencast-Zustand, aktuelle Projekte oder Probleme) |
| 10:30 Uhr | Pause |
| 11:00 Uhr | Lightning-Talks, je 15 min Opencast 14 Tobira – Zustand & Zukunft Einheitliches Redesign von Studio, Editor & Tobira Ziele, Effekte, Monitoring von Aufzeichnungen und Live-Streams Annotation Tool – Zustand, Szenarien & Zukunft Vorstellung ELAN |
| 12:30 Uhr | Mittagspause |
| 13:45 Uhr | World Café zu drei Themen: Engagement in Community und für Opencast (Raum: F011) Finanzierung: Ideen und Bedenken (Raum: F012) Kommunikation: Meetings, Mailing-Listen und mehr (Raum: F013) |
| 14:45 Uhr | Pause |
| 15:15 Uhr | World Café – Resumée |
| 15:30 Uhr | Start Unconference (Miro Board zur Unconference) Vorstellung der Themen (bisher eingereicht): Live-Streaming Architekturen – Austausch zu Lösungen, Vor- und Nachteilen Benutzerstatistiken – Austausch zu Matomo und ev. anderen Lösungen Monitoring von Aufzeichnungen und Live-Streams – Austausch zu Lösungen Video-Encoding-Einstellungen in Opencast – Diskussion über Standardeinstellungen Redesign von Studio, Editor & Tobira Tobira (versch. Themen möglich) Video Lifecycle Opencast: Quo Vadis? – Zeit für eine Modernisierung? Ownership Touch Panel Design für Hörsaalsteuerungen |
| 16:15 Uhr | Festlegen des Unconference-Programms |
| 17:30 Uhr | Stadtführung «Bern kulinarisch» (Startpunkt) |
| 19:30 Uhr | Get Together im «Alten Tramdepot» |
DIENSTAG, 15. AUGUST 2023
| 09:00 Uhr | Start Tag 2: Review des Programms |
| 09:15 Uhr | Unconference-Session 1 |
| 10:30 Uhr | Pause |
| 11:00 Uhr | Unconference-Session 2 |
| 12:30 Uhr | Mittagspause |
| 13:45 Uhr | Start Nachmittag: Review des Programms |
| 14:00 Uhr | Unconference-Session 3 |
| 15:00 Uhr | Pause |
| 15:30 Uhr | Unconference-Session 4 |
| 16:15 Uhr | Abschluss der Unconference |
| 17:00 Uhr | Tagungsende |
| 18:00 Uhr | Get Together auf der «Grossen Schanze» |
Hinweise:
Opencast 14.2 has been released:
The release notes can be found in the Opencast documentation at:
RPM and Debian packages as well as container images will be available soon. Watch for announcements on the users list.
In response to corrupt zip headers in our distributed jar files preventing startup of Opencast with OpenJDK 11.0.20 and above, and Opencast 12 still being widely used, we decided to provide this off-schedule release of Opencast 12.
The release notes can be found in the Opencast documentation at:
RPM and Debian packages as well as container images will be available soon. Watch for announcements on the users list.
Opencast 13.8 has been released:
The release notes can be found in the Opencast documentation at:
RPM and Debian packages as well as container images will be available soon. Watch for announcements on the users list.
Opencast 14.1 has been released:
The release notes can be found in the Opencast documentation at:
RPM and Debian packages as well as container images will be available soon. Watch for announcements on the users list.