[TYPO3-dam] Virtual/non-local/URL based media in DAM

[Dan Osipov]

At this time, no. However, we're working to make this possible with the 
FAL project[1].

[1] http://forge.typo3.org/projects/typo3v4-fileabstractionlayer

On 4/6/11 8:24 AM, Christian Weiske wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> I do have the same question as it was asked two years ago[1]:
> Is it possible to add media files to the DAM that are not locally
> available and where only the URL is known?
> Adding them to DAM should automatically fetch meta data from the URL and
> generate i.e. thumbnails.
>
> This is useful if you'd want to equip a html5/flash video player with
> videos that are hosted elsewhere.
>
> If it's currently not possible; would it be possible to add such a
> thing to DAM - without rewriting everything?
>
>
> [1]
> http://lists.typo3.org/pipermail/typo3-project-dam/2009-October/002741.html
>
>

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