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Sonic Foundry Adds New Features to Webcasting Platform

• By Kanoe Namahoe
• 06/21/12

Attendees at last week's InfoComm 2012 conference in Las Vegas were able to demo new features of Sonic Foundry's Mediasite platform, according to a prepared statement from the company. The recently released capabilities include desktop capture and publishing, approval workflows, search-based catalogs, and customization.

Mediasite's new features are designed to automate the recording and publishing of user content. After recording the user's presentation, the Web-based desktop recorder automatically uploads the content to the Mediasite EX platform.

Additional features of the upgraded platform include:

• Collaboration workflows that enable users to review, edit, and approve content before its published;
• Catalog creation based on search terms, enhanced mobile catalog navigation, and analytics for individual catalog owners;
• Mediasite Player customization, including the ability to change video, slide and thumbnails sizes;
• Personalization of the Mediasite Management Portal;
• Content import and management for MP4s generated by NCast and Camtasia Relay, in addition to current H.264 and Windows Media Video import capabilities;
• Web-based Mediasite Editor, automatic software updates and data collection for Mediasite Recorders.

More information about Mediasite 6.1 and the Mediasite Desktop Recorder is available at Sonic Foundry's Web site.