Welcome to OpenPBS
All things Open created by PBS
This site contains information and links to projects being worked on by the technology team at PBS Interactive (PBSi). PBSi is the arm of PBS that updates and maintains the technology that runs pbs.org as well as the underlying infrastructure for most of the pbs.org producer sites. Additionally, PBSi is the group responsible for creating and maintaining the PBS APIs and open applications.
On this site you will find:
- Blog posts that discuss our activities and how we use new technology
- Links to source code that we maintain and use
- A questions site that PBSi stakeholders can ask questions about how to use our products
Latest blog entries
Edgar Roman (emroman@pbs.org)
Overview of how the Public Broadcasting Service streams video online. Learn how PBS uses python and other services to provide video streaming online. Talk will discuss lessons learned, explanation of video formats, and experiences with mobile device support. Talk will include recommendations for others to easily adopt similar practices to quickly host their own online video site.
pycaption: PBS's open-source caption converter
Aug. 15, 2012
Joe Norton (joey@nortoncrew.com)
PBS's newest offering for the open-source community: a Python-based closed caption conversion module.
Localization Webinar-20120725
Aug. 5, 2012
Thomas Crenshaw (twcrenshaw@pbs.org)
Using Python to access Amazon Simple Workflow (SWF)
June 12, 2012Edgar Roman (emroman@pbs.org)
I started experimenting using Python and boto to start communicating with Amazon Web Services' new Simple Workflow (SWF). So I wanted to share some of the examples.
2012 AWS Summit
April 20, 2012
Jon Brendsel (jcbrendsel@pbs.org)
I had the unique opportunity to share the stage with Dr. Werner Vogels, CTO for Amazon, at yesterday's AWS Summit held in NYC. There were more than 3000 registered attendees and many thousands more watching via AmazonLive streaming.