Semedia Overview

VideoSearch (Y!) is a web-based prototype for searching video. It is currently applied to the broadcasting scenario, searching videos from CCMA. The main novelty of VideoSearch compared to state of the art video search tools is the ability to retrieve relevant fragments of videos as opposed to full videos. VideoSearch also provides search assistance tools such as query completion and query refinement suggestions.

SpycerWeb (DVS) is a Web Interface for DVS's content management software Spycer(TM) that is capable of searching for a company’s media files through the network or the internet. The user can view and edit content metadata and preview video files via an integrated streaming player. SpycerWeb is a Flex application that runs in a web browser with a Flash Player plugged in and is geared towards film and video postproduction environments.

Digimedia (CCMA) is a small and modified version of Digition, CCMA's own Media Asset Management, which has been transformed in order to be able to cope with SEMEDIA metadata, technologies and new user requirements. It is mainly used to show professional broadcast users the potential of SEMEDIA research, and to be able to gather their feedback in respect to the technologies. This feedback lets the research focus on real needs of the Broadcast scenario, one of the three real scenarios under SEMEDIA's scope.

CMD (Smoke&Mirrors) is web browser based allowing user access from any location. It is designed for S&M’s in-house use, as well as to be used by external clients. S&M will use it as a direct replacement for Cakes managing media assets, but its use will also be extended into a full workflow tool – planning and scheduling work to be done, recording work that has been done, allowing clients to approve work remotely, flowing through to despatch and invoicing.