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Streaming Media Reader's Choice Awards
The guys are Wowza continue to be hard at work pushing their platform - with good success as it turns out. They took first place in two categories at the Streaming Media Reader's Choice Awards for Best Streaming Innovation and Best Server Hardware/Software.
Date: 2009-12-04
FMS Dynamic Bitrate Streaming
I'm finally finding a bit of time (at 10pm) to upload a little video demo that had been sitting on my hard drive for a couple of months. The premise was that I wanted to have a play with the new dynamic bitrate streaming feature in Flash Media Server so I grabbed a trailer from Apple's website, fired up Flash Media Encoder and encoded the District 9 HD clip into 3 bitrates to .f4v format: 400kbps (low bitrate), 800kbps (medium bitrate) and 1.5mbits (high bitrate).
Date: 2009-11-20
PDF Redefined with Flash
I've just been sent information on the following free online event which covers new ways for Flex Developers to work with PDF documents. In short, you can build a GUI in Flex to skin the PDF and how the user can access the document contents.
Date: 2009-11-13
Embedding SWF Into Wordpress
One of the most popular posts on BloggerDesign is how to get Flash (swf) into a WordPress post. The previous post is about three years old so I thought I’d write up a follow-up post, as embedding Flash is much easier now as it’s all built into WordPress.
Date: 2009-11-06
Force.com Expands App Development With Flash Deal
Force.com Expands App Development With Flash Deal Force.com is a cloud platform that provides businesses the means to run applications. These apps range from project management to HR responsibilities.
Date: 2009-10-30
Localization Support for Flex Apps
When adding localization support for my Flex applications I often find myself having to create new locales. This process is not very easy and involves some Terminal/Commandline interactions.
Date: 2009-10-23
Adobe's Collaborative Platforms
There has been a bit of confusion around which one of Adobe's collaborative platforms offers or will offer certain features.
Date: 2009-10-16
Flash Player 10.1 Breaks New Ground
In what appears to be an on-purpose release of MAX related announcements ahead of the event which starts today in LA, Adobe have announced the latest version of Flash Player: version 10.1.
Date: 2009-10-09
Adobe MAX 2009
If you are even remotely interested in or have to work with encoding video content for the web then you do not want to miss Fabio Sonnati's session at MAX. If his talk at last year's MAX Milan is anything to go by then this will be a very technical and highly interesting session.
Date: 2009-10-02
Flash Sites with a No-Click Interface
In an age where websites' worth are driven by click traffic, a bold conceptual site called www.DontClick.It asks you to do just that. Or asks you not to, rather. Flash has been criticized for not being search friendly. Imagine this flash site's criticisms for proposing a non-click Internet. While all this is extremely unlikely, the concept does bring up some interesting philosophical ideas. And the flash design alone is worth acclaim.
Date: 2009-09-25
Tutorial: Easy Flash Cards
We’re going to make a really easy set of flash cards. Flash, flash cards. This would be great for anyone who wants to maybe make something interactive for kids to learn from, or a frame-by-frame click through cartoon or comic or something. Today, we’re making the beginning of the alphabet. Easy as A, B, C, 1, 2, 3!
Date: 2009-09-18
Flash Access 2.0
Adobe will soon be adding DRM capabilities directly to the Flash Player, a feature that was previously only available through Adobe AIR, Adobe's cross-platform desktop runtime. The new feature was announced at IBC in Amsterdam today.
Date: 2009-09-11
Adobe’s Flash Media Interactive Server
It’s time for another Flash Media Server User Group Meeting, this time covering Adobe’s Flash Media Interactive Server and Large Scale Deployments.
Date: 2009-09-04
Adobe Sponsors London Poker Tourney
The 6th Adobe sponsored PokerCoder London Poker Tournament (ALPT VI) for Adobe web professionals is happening on the evening of Thursday 3rd September, 7pm at the Loose Cannon Poker Club near Cannon Street tube on the Circle and District lines.
Date: 2009-08-28
FLVPlayback and the NetConnection Object
There are situations where it is necessary to call a server side method on FMS. Some CDNs, for example Limelight, used to or maybe still do require you to call the FCSubscribe method in order to request a live stream.
Date: 2009-08-21
Tutorial: Scratchy Film Animation
This easy tutorial will show you how to make an animation you can apply with a still image or animation in Flash, and make it look like damaged film.
Date: 2009-08-14
Google to Acquire On2 Video Codec
I'm sure you've heard the news by now that Google is to acquire On2 Technologies, makers of Flix Standard, Pro, Exporter, Live, Engine and Directshow SDK, plus intellectual property holder of a whole range of video codecs which include VP6, a video codec that Adobe has licensed from On2 and included into the Flash Player.
Date: 2009-08-07
Has Silverlight Become Irrelavant?
Jan just posted a great article about Silverlight, Flash and RIAs in general. As expected, Jan approaches the topic from a video angle, but comes to some of the same conclusions as many of us here in the Flash camp: "If Microsoft dropped Silverlight tomorrow, most web site owners and 'Netizens' wouldn't even notice, or care if they did."
Date: 2009-07-31
Tutorial: Create an Animated Shine
This tutorial will teach you how to create a really slick and easy shine effect.
Date: 2009-07-24
RED5 Flex Whiteboard Component Release
I'm proud to announce the immediate release of our Flex Whiteboard Component for Red5. This component is based on the existing and very popular FMS Whiteboard Component which has been ported to Red5.
Date: 2009-07-17
Dynamic Bitrate Streaming for Video Playback
I was recently tasked with upgrading the video player for the Kiwanis Convention website. The event itself has now passed but the videos are still online.
Date: 2009-07-10
Tutorial: Interactive Jessica Rabbit
This tutorial will demonstrate how to make a Flash-based paper doll cut out of Jessica Rabbit, complete with color changing outfits.
Date: 2009-06-26
The FlashMedia List Debate
The release of the RTMP specs by Adobe yesterday has thrown up some questions on the nologies. And free Adobe tech support too - I suggest you FlashMedia List, and several people are asking themselves if it is a good idea to actually read them as doing so (or even simply downloading the specs) will mean that you agree to be bound to the RTMP license.
Date: 2009-06-19
P2P Features in Flash Player 10
I've noticed two separate presentations having been posted by separate authors, both covering the Peer-to-Peer features in Flash Player 10 in combination with Stratus.
Date: 2009-06-12
Worthwhile Encoding References
My friend Jan was recently asked by a client for a list of H.264-related references. And Jan figured that if these references are worthwhile to his client, perhaps they might be worthwhile for you, so here they are.
Date: 2009-06-05
Customize Your Cursor in 3 Easy Steps
This tutorial will show you how to customize your cursor in three easy steps using Flash.
Date: 2009-05-29
Building a Webcam Snapshot Tool
As if Flash Lite development combined with FMS wasn't enough fun already I decided to start yet another side project, this time using AIR. The idea behind the project is to build (yet another) webcam snapshot tool - but with a twist.
Date: 2009-05-22
FlashComGuru's Flash Lite and FMS Project
I've had very little experience with Flash Lite to date, but right now I'm working on a project which requires a mobile element to it. Not satisfied with doing the sensible thing and playing it safe I thought it would be great to offer some real-time features on a mobile, either via AFCS or FMS.
Date: 2009-05-15
The Death of Adobe Media Player
Adobe is to discontinue the content syndication through the Adobe Media Player (AMP), essentially laying the whole initiative to rest reports NewTeeVee.
Date: 2009-05-08
Wowza Shakes Hands With Flash, Silverlight and iPhone
Wowza has previewed their latest version of Wowza Media Server at NAB. Named 'Wowza Media Server Pro Advanced', the upcoming platform will support multiple protocols for streaming video and thereby enable customers to not only stream to Flash clients but also to Silverlight, iPhone and Quicktime.
Date: 2009-05-01
Flash to Be Used in Set-Top Box Chips
In what is obviously a key part of their Open Screen initiative, Adobe has just announced it has secured a deal to put Flash directly into many of the chips that go inside TVs and set-top boxes, essentially enabling any device that contains such a chip (there will be millions if not billions of them shipping over the next few years) to run Flash natively.
Date: 2009-04-24
Build & Deploy Your Web Site with PageBuilder
Now with Ektron PageBuilder, developers can build the first-ever enterprise Web sites on which Web marketers are able to independently create and launch new Web pages. PageBuilder has something for everyone...
Date: 2009-04-23
Adobe User Group Developer Meetings
The FMS Online User Group held its meeting on April 15th. The topic this time was 'Transcoding/Video compression in the Adobe Suite', presented by Andy Beach who is the Director of Product Management at Inlet Technologies.
Date: 2009-04-17
Microsoft Silverlight Strikes Out
I know I know, I really should not feel as much Schadenfreude as I do over this topic but it’s just too good to miss (and hey, any chance of something like this happening to Adobe and I’m sure the dark side would be all over it.
Date: 2009-04-10
Adobe Flash Collaboration Service Wants Feedback
The Collaborative Methods blog has seen an update in which Varun Parmar, the AFCS Product Manager, is asking for feedback on the proposed pricing models for AFCS (aka Cocomo)
Date: 2009-04-03
Add New Revenue Streams to Your Business
Looking for a recession-proof marketing solution for your clients? Want to extend the range of services you offer and add new revenue streams to your business? Adding email marketing to the mix through VerticalResponse for Partners is the easiest thing you can do to bring more value to your customers and your own business!
Date: 2009-04-02
FlashNewz 4.0 Launches!
You’ve probably seen Kirin Knapp around FlashNewz if you have been reading us over the past recent months. She’s provided us with a few animation tutorials and now a rockin’ new website!
Date: 2009-03-27
Flash Making Strides Towards SEO Compatibility
SEO’s and Flash just can’t seem to get along. For years there has been the clash of the great looking site flashwith all the cool stuff on it and that stodgy old search engine crawler that acts like it doesn’t exist.
Date: 2009-03-20
Google Analytics ActionScript Event Tracking
DDX has implemented a turn-key, non-technical solution for Google Analytics Event and Pageview tracking in Adobe Flash Action Script (AS) 3.0 projects with GLU, their component based rich media management platform.
Date: 2009-03-13
Flash Tutorial: Animate a Writing Pen
This tutorial will demonstrate how to make a pen appear as though it is writing by itself. There are parts of this tutorial that may seem confusing or a little difficult, but as always I will try to break things down into steps that are as easy as possible.
Date: 2009-03-06
A Good Look at YouTube HD Encoding
My friend Jan Ozer has just published an interesting article about the specifics of YouTube's HD video (and audio) encoding parameters.
Date: 2009-02-27
Adobe Flash Collaboration Service Announced
The wait is over: Adobe have just announced the official name for what
was the service code named Cocomo. The official name is now Adobe Flash Collaboration Service (which in short would make it AFCS, or even shorter FCS - ring any bells? :).
Date: 2009-02-13
iPhone Gets ActionScript 3 API Reference
The ActionScript 3 API Reference is a free iPhone application that
provides a quick and convenient method for accessing the ActionScript 3
API class reference documentation.
Date: 2009-02-06
Introducing Rackspace Cloud Hosting
Minimize your expenses for hosting your sites, applications, files and email. Pay only for what you use. Grow as you need to without worrying about managing hardware. And do it for a lot less than what you are doing right now.
Date: 2009-02-04
Adobe Expands Flash Platform for Developers
According to Adobe’s Serge Jespers, the RTMP details will soon be published on Adobe.com. The full press release is here.
Date: 2009-01-30
High-Performance Audio/Video Transmission
Great news today amidst the Inauguration celebrations: Adobe is to publish the specifications for its (apparently patented) RTMP protocol.
Date: 2009-01-23
Download Flash Media Live Encoder 3.0
Yes it’s out, and this time I’ve double checked! Flash Media Server 3.5 is now available for download and purchase from the Adobe website.
Date: 2009-01-16
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