Media Mover

problem with files is not (mostly) about file types
currently solutions are type specific; eg. video, audio, images, ...

all files have similar needs
	get via upload, email, ftp, ...
	manipulation: convert, resize, ..
	store
	present to user
	
needed
	single file upload UI
	manipulate files outside of node context
	hook system for other modules act on
	move from content types to display layers
	move to api style coding

coming
	media module wil handle files and non-files like embeded content
	file api will address many of the problems

media mover
	handles harvesting, processing, and storage of files
	interface for complex media handling
	simple api
	three step system
		harvest
			nodes, cck, email, ftp
			harvest modules are responsible for checking that they're not re-harvesting already harvested content
		processing
			converting w/ ffmpeg, exif metadata manipulation, etc; antiword - converts .doc files to pdf format
		storage
			local or remote
			node, ftp, CDN networks, blip, amazon s3
	run by cron automatically for batch processing, can also be run manually or triggered by node insert or creating
	
	
antiword - converts .doc files to pdf format

related modules
	media mover
	xspf playlist
	flvmediaplayer
	
demo recipe: http://www.24b6.net/demo