"It might be a little difficult to tell the difference from the name", explains Markus Hintermayer, service operator at the ZID. "The u:stream server was the predecessor of u:stream. From 2008, this tool made it possible for the first time to upload on servers at the University of Vienna and publish videos you had created yourself. Technically, the u:stream server used the Share service. Users needed special authorisation and had to connect to the server as a network drive on their computer."
As innovative as this was in the beginning, usage has steadily declined in recent years. Most recently, hardly any videos were stored on the u:stream server. Since the launch of the browser-based u:stream administration, which allows videos to be easily recorded, uploaded, edited, published and managed, the service has actually become obsolete.
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The ZID is therefore consolidating its video tools and decommissioning the u:stream server. Those responsible now have until 30 June to download and save the videos stored there. Authorised persons can find out how to do this by e-mail and in a practical user guide.
Incidentally, the u:stream server also has recordings of lectures from 2019 and earlier that were recorded in the lecture hall and automatically uploaded using the predecessor of today's u:stream service. If you still need these recordings, please contact u:stream support directly.
Or maybe it's time to say thank you for your attention and goodbye!