File Store manages the storage of original and archival files for Archive Item records in the archive. It integrates with an external Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 storage bucket to securely facilitate the file transfer and file management activities within the administrative workflow of the archive.
Knowledge Base
Wiltja is a media caching software developed to work with Keeping Culture KMS over poor quality networks. It dramatically decreases the bandwidth requirements, consequently improving usability and responsiveness of your Archive.
How to incorporate Satellite and Road Map imagery from Bing Maps into your Keeping Culture archive.
There are two methods for adding media to a Keeping Culture archive – Public Folder and Simple Upload. Each have their advantages and disadvantages.
Learn how to setup and use Filezilla for FTP file transfer to your archive’s Public folder.
The first time you attempt to record an audio or movie annotation, the Flash Player will open the ‘Adobe Flash Player Settings’ window. You will be asked whether you wish to accept connections to your camera and microphone. You will need to accept in order to record audio and movie annotations.
The Simple Upload screen provides a streamlined method for ingesting media into a Keeping Culture Archive without the need to upload files via FTP or access the administration pages. Access to the Simple Upload screen is governed by the user, groups and permissions systems on both mobile and desktop interfaces.
Encoding and compressing movie files can be time consuming. It is unrealistic to expect users to wait for their files to encode during the upload process. As such, a workflow and Transcoder component has been devised to allow movies to be ingested into the archive and processed with minimal fuss and delay.
Attributes of Archive Item or Archive View classes can have a default value assigned to them. For most attributes this is unlikely to be needed. However, attributes like Conditions of Use, Copyright and Intellectual Property usually contain a generic statement that rarely changes.
Amazon Web Services provide Command Line Interface tools (AWS CLI) to download and synchronise data from S3. Amazon’s support documentation provides comprehensive instructions on installing and configuring the tools for use with your account details.