Opencast 16.11

Hi everyone,
it is our pleasure to announce that Opencast 16.11 has been released:

The documentation for the release can be found at:

This release fixes minor bugs.

RPM and Debian packages as well as container images will be available soon. Watch for announcements in the Opencast Releases Matrix channel.

To all contributors, thank you for your hard work. This could not have happened without you, and I am glad we were able to work together and get this release out.

Best Regards

Opencast 16 Release Manager
Lars Kiesow
Michael Schwenk

Admin Interface BugBash on May 13-14, 2025

As mentioned at the recent Summit in Graz, elan and the University of Bremen are collaborating for an Opencast AdminUI BugBash: elan will lead an introductory workshop, to tackle the bottleneck caused by limited expertise in this area.

  • Date: May 13-14, 2025
  • Meetings (meet.opencast.video; p: welcome)
    • Kick-off Workshop AdminUI by elan: May 13, 8am UTC (10am CEST) (will be recorded!)
    • Technical meeting: May 13, 3:15pm UTC (5:15pm CEST)
    • Daily: May 14, 8am UTC (10am CEST)
    • Final: May 14, 3pm UTC (5pm CEST)

The goal of these two days is to bring together as many people as possible to identify bugs, fix them, and review the resulting patches in order to significantly advance the AdminUI.

If you want to help, that would be great. We need people to…

  • test the new user interface to create issues
  • fix issues and create pull requests
  • review pull requests

We would like to take this opportunity to once again highlight the webinar that explains how to test and review Opencast Admin UI pull requests. HERE

To add the necessary fun factor to the event, we will track progress on a leaderboard, just like in the last BugBash. Those who contribute the most can look forward to small prizes.

To participate just show up at the meetings, visit our Matrix channel at #opencast-community:matrix.org or just work in GitHub.

You cannot make it but want to help regardless?

  • You can already start identifying problems and file them as an issue. Please also file usability issues, or other suggestions for improvements.
  • You can put money into hiring developers from the usual suspects when
    it comes to experience with Opencast development.
  • You can help to translate the admin interface on Crowdin.

Opencast 16.8

Hi everyone,
it is our pleasure to announce that Opencast 16.8 has been released:

The documentation for the release can be found at:

This release primarily contains several bugfixes.

RPM and Debian packages as well as container images will be available soon. Watch for announcements in the Opencast Releases Matrix channel.

To all contributors, thank you for your hard work. This could not have happened without you, and we are glad we were able to work together and get this release out.

Best Regards

Opencast 16 Release Managers
Lars Kiesow
Michael Schwenk

Opencast 16.6

Hi everyone,
it is our pleasure to announce that Opencast 16.6 has been released:

The documentation for the release can be found at:

This release primarily contains several bugfixes.

RPM and Debian packages as well as container images will be available soon. Watch for announcements in the Opencast Releases Matrix channel.

To all contributors, thank you for your hard work. This could not have happened without you, and we are glad we were able to work together and get this release out.

Best Regards

Opencast 16 Release Managers
Lars Kiesow
Michael Schwenk

Opencast 16.5

Hi everyone,
it is our pleasure to announce that Opencast 16.5 has been released:

The documentation for the release can be found at:

This release primarily contains several minor bugfixes.

RPM and Debian packages as well as container images will be available soon. Watch for announcements in the Opencast Releases Matrix channel.

To all contributors, thank you for your hard work. This could not have happened without you, and we are glad we were able to work together and get this release out.

Best Regards

Opencast 16 Release Managers
Lars Kiesow
Michael Schwenk

Opencast 16.3

Hi everyone,
it is our pleasure to announce that Opencast 16.3 has been released:

The documentation for the release can be found at:

This is again a bugfix release of Opencast 16. For example the broken docker compose command is fixed. A new version of
Opencast’s admin interface is included as well. [#6100]

RPM and Debian packages as well as container images will be available soon. Watch for announcements in the Opencast Releases Matrix channel.

To all contributors, thank you for your hard work. This could not have happened without you, and we are glad we were able to work together and get this release out.

Best Regards

Opencast 16 Release Managers
Lars Kiesow
Michael Schwenk

DACH Meeting 2024 in Bremen: Venue & Hotels

The following article is in German, as it is about the German-speaking community meeting in Bremen.

Vom 23. bis 25. September findet in Bremen das deutschsprachige Opencast Community Treffen statt. Die Teilnahme an der Veranstaltung ist kostenlos inkl. Pausenverpflegung. Wir freuen uns über eure AnmeldungBitte beachtet, dass wir am Montagabend mit einem informellen Treffen und einer kleinen Besichtigung der Infrastruktur beginnen und das Hauptprogramm am Dienstag starten wird.

UNIVERSITÄT BREMEN

Hey, wir freuen uns die Opencast DACH Konferenz 2024 veranstalten zu dürfen. Für die Tagung haben wir Räumlichkeiten auf unserem Campus gebucht, den ihr grundsätzlich unter der Adresse Bibliothekstraße 3, 28359 Bremen erreichen könnt.

Zentralbereich der Uni Bremen
ANREISe AUTO

Es gibt einen großzügigen Parkplatz mitten auf dem Campus, den ihr mit dem Auto gut anfahren könnt: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ScUoQhQpEDTXCB236

Die Parkgebühren betragen 1€ pro Tag und das Ticket kann 24/7 an einem der Automaten bezahlt werden. Den Weg zu den Räumlichkeiten der Tagung werden wir ausschildern.

Anreise ÖPNV

Für eine Anreise mit dem ÖPNV bitten wir euch als Zielhaltestelle „Bremen Universität/Zentralbereich“ anzusteuern. Dies ist die zentrale Haltestelle auf dem Campus, von wo aus der Weg zu den Räumlichkeiten der Tagung ausgeschildert sein wird.

Vom Bremer Hbf fährt zum Beispiel in einer angenehm häufigen Taktung die Linie “6 Universität” innerhalb von 15 Minuten bis zum Zentralbereich.

RÄUMLICHKEITEN

Die Wege zu den Räumlichkeiten werden wir großzügig ausschildern. Für Montagabend haben wir einen Raum im Gebäude SFG gebucht. Für Dienstag und Mittwoch werden uns 3 nebeneinanderliegende Räume im Gebäude GW2 zur Verfügung stehen. Wir werden euch auch eine bewachte Garderobe anbieten, sodass ihr zum Beispiel am Abreisetag entspannt schon das Gepäck mitbringen könnt.

HOTEL

Grundsätzlich ist Bremen eine Stadt, in der die Wege nicht weit sind und das ÖPNV Netz sehr gut ist. Auch gibt es hier die allseits bekannten E-Roller und gute Fahrradwege.  Ein Blick in den DB-Navigator vor der Buchung wird euch wahrscheinlich bei den meisten Hotels für die Zielhaltestelle „Bremen Universität/Zentralbereich“ eine vertretbare Anreisezeit anzeigen, grundsätzlich können wir aber auch insbesondere die Hotels in Uni Nähe empfehlen:

Beim Hotel 7THINGS kann für einen Rabatt bei telefonischer Buchung „Universität Bremen“ als Stichwort angegeben werden. (Aber: Der Preis ist am Ende nicht unbedingt billiger als z. B. über Booking)

KONTAKT

Kontaktperson für die Veranstaltungsorganisation in Bremen:

Michael Schwenk

ocdachmeeting@zmml.uni-bremen.de 

WEITERE INFOS

Weitere Informationen im Detail folgen mit Veröffentlichung des Rahmenprogramms zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt in einem separaten Post.

Vielen Dank

Wir danken der Manfred und Ursula Fluß-Stiftung für Ihre Unterstützung, diese hat maßgeblich zu einer reibungslosen Planung und Durchführung beigetragen. Wir freuen uns nun darauf, die Opencast DACH Community an der Universität Bremen willkommen zu heißen.

Opencast 16.1

Hi everyone,

it is our pleasure to announce that Opencast 16.1 has been released:

The documentation for this release can be found at:

Most importantly 16.1 fixed a bug that made it impossible for Opencast 16 to work on clustered systems!

Please make sure to read and follow the upgrade guide carefully when upgrading from an older major version to Opencast 16.

RPM and Debian packages as well as Docker images will be available soon. Watch for announcements on the users list.

To all committers and involved contributors, thank you for all your work. This could not have happened without you, and we are glad we were able to work together and get this release out.

Best Regards

Release Managers Opencast 16.1
Lars Kiesow
Michael Schwenk

Opencast 16.0

Hi everyone,

it is our pleasure to announce that Opencast 16.0 has been released:

The documentation for this release can be found at:

Please make sure to read and follow the upgrade guide carefully when upgrading from an older major version to Opencast 16.

RPM and Debian packages as well as Docker images will be available soon. Watch for announcements on the users list.

To all committers and involved contributors, thank you for all your work. This could not have happened without you, and we are glad we were able to work together and get this release out.

Best Regards

Release Managers Opencast 16.0
Lars Kiesow
Michael Schwenk