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[AJ Ashton <aj.ashton@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've been following Novacut development with great interest and it
seems that DMedia could be an excellent solution not just for video
but for other types of media as well.

I'm thinking about two specific use cases that I work with a lot -
digital photography (raw files), and geospatial raster data (eg
satellite/aerial imagery & digital elevation data). Like video, these
are the kinds of files that take up a lot of disk space and that
professionals would want to ensure multiple known good copies of
across physical locations. They are also the kinds of files that
benefit from a local metadata/thumbnail cache whether or not the full
file is locally stored.

I realize that HD video is the current project focus, and I know from
experience the success that can come from focusing early development
on a single narrow use case. So I'm not suggesting a change in
priorities at all, just curious if thought has been given to this sort
of thing and what any long-term ideas/intentions for a more generic
media library might be.

For digital photography the workflow might be very similar to video,
however for geospatial data the import process and the metadata would
likely need a bit of a different approach. Is a pluggable system
allowing for different types of data and different metadata
requirements something you could see for DMedia down the line?

Anyway, fantastic work so far. Thanks.

AJ Ashton