First showcase of Flash Media Player
20.03.05 @ 10:44 pmWell, here’s a sampler of a very basic build of the video player. At this point, the playlist is populated by an XML datasheet which makes things much nicer. It resizes without a hitch (still need to test resizing to different aspect ratios) and a buffer progress bar allows you to see how far the download is. Still, this baby has a LONG way to go. Stupid little quirks like the visible moving of some of the components isn’t too cool and some really basic features that will keep just about anyone from wanting to use this tool (mute, volume control, auto-play toggle, loop toggle, etc) need to be put in. Nonetheless, it definately can’t be mistaken for anything other than a movie player now. I’d say a few more heavy days of work and it should be done.
I thought it would be fun to throw a lot of different videos on here for a test but I was having FLV encoding problems so I left it to only two videos that are the definition of dichotomy. Have fun.
Here’s a list of both completed and incomplete features:
- XML-driven playlist - COMPLETED
- Customized play-control interface (playlist, pause, play, etc.) - COMPLETED
- Custom-styled Flash Components
- Hi/Lo Res toggle capabilities - SCRATCHED (not neccesary)
- Frame re-sizing feature - COMPLETED
- Better buffer functionality
- Volume controls
- Auto-play, loop toggle
- General polishing
By the way, With Teeth is coming out May 3rd. I honestly can’t remember the last time I was this excited about an albumn release. This is definately an artist worth supporting.
March 20th, 2005 at 11:27 pm
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Flash Video Player (A First Look)
OK, it’s still very rudamentry, with a lot of features that still need to be added, but I still think it’s worth a look. Head on over to SOMERANDOMDUDE and have a look-see. I’m shooting for a 1.0 by the…
March 21st, 2005 at 12:26 am
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congrats pj. i love the media player. and i love your NIN video equally. now you can assist me with my flash timeline.
March 21st, 2005 at 12:49 am
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Thanks Kellie, but it ain’t my video. Some very talented person/people were responsible for making it - I just played it.
March 21st, 2005 at 4:12 pm
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Dood. Nice. You have to explain the wizardry and magic potions behind this stuff. I scoff at the ashly simpson video
March 21st, 2005 at 7:43 pm
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Holy crap! Ashley Simpson really, really sucks!
March 22nd, 2005 at 12:20 am
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Show some love folks
I’ve gotten a couple comments here and there, but I really could use some more feedback on my Flash Media Player. Please give me any thoughts on what sort of features you would like for something like this and how…
March 22nd, 2005 at 9:05 am
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I really like the flash player. I would really like to incorporate it into my site, instead of the current embedded windows media player i’m using currently.
Were those boos to Ashlee? I loved it, that was one of the worst performances I’ve ever seen.
March 22nd, 2005 at 6:12 pm
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Sorry, but I don’t seem to understand. How are these two videos the definition of dichotomy?
March 25th, 2005 at 1:58 pm
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For all you flash heads.
http://www.flashforwardconference.com/default.asp
And also a fun article for MX developers:
http://pdf.sys-con.com/MX/MXDJFebruary2005.pdf
(and Yes. Yooch is officially a nerd!)
May 25th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
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I dont seem to be able to download the flash player that you have