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If you had the problem of having what you wanted to show to the world in different formats then your problem is more or less solved. Fachak a startups that has been working on bringing all rich media formats to one place has launched Mashbox. In simple words, MashBox would enable you to pick up your favourite content from across the internet and make it accessible through a single embeddable player. While Mashbox is a neat way to create embeddable video playlists, image slideshows, document collections, presentation packs etal, it has the potential to play around with mixed format compilations. Fachak, based in Delhi is one of the portfolio companies adopted by Morpheus Venture Partners.

If you are not into multi format compilation or rich media mixing, you may require to play around a bit. Users who have gone a step ahead have some interesting mashups you can see to better understand the concept or make use of yourself.

• Video Playlists – In its minimal avatar, Mashbox enables a user to create a custom playlist of unlimited videos and makes it easy to embed that playlist on any blog or website. Here is a nice example in a collection of nursery rhymes. Another one for Tom & Jerry fans. Yet another one is a nice music album from Miley Cyrus.
• Presentation Packs – Most of us have been big fans of Slideshare since it appeared on Horizon. So let’s all bask in glory of having witnessed the world’s best presentations. Or if you ever studied marketing in college, this set of Kotler’s presentations would surely warm your heart.
• Image Slideshows – The ability to create quick photo galleries out of otherwise scattered images and the ease with which they can be embedded anywhere, has made Mashbox an immediate favourite of many of our image aficionados. Here is a set of some  Google Logos.
• Document Sets – Mashbox a step goes further than normal document sharing services and makes it easy to share a set of documents with anybody. Here is an example in a collection of photoshop tutorials.

Some nice uses that come to mind with single format collections, but with multi-format mixing enabled, the potential use cases of Mashbox are limited only by imagination:

• Knowledge Box – Mashbox has been used to create quick knowledge resources. All you wanted to know about Swine Flu.
• Lecture Notes – Imagine a Mashbox that covers the complete course on Real Estate Finance (or for that matter any other subject) – ranging from course syllabus to class presentations to case studies & solutions to those case-studies.
• Events coverage – Mashbox can cover an event in its entirety, with all videos & ppts alongside each other. Check out Web 2.0 Expo in Europe.

Key Features of Mashboxes -

• Speed – Create a Mashbox in under 30 seconds.
• Embeddable - Mashbox can be embedded on any blog or website.
• Format Independent – Enables mixed format compilations too.
• Self Hosting – In case content is not already uploaded on supported sites, fachak offers a basic hosting service.

When I visted Fachak, I got hooked. I spent more time than planned but would like to share  the mashbox that took most of my time – the Vodafone ads! Your feedback, suggestions and thoughts on fachak are welcome.