Behind the scenes
A good argument for using a framework is the ability to extend the built in capabilities of the framework. For example, there was a comment on the ‘Getting Sstarted with OSMF Plugins‘ post that asked about using embedded images in theWatermarkPlugin sample. Here are the steps that I took to get an embedded asset (instead [...]
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I didn’t go to Adobe Max this year (yes I’ve kicked myself) but I think some of the news and tools that were announced there have me extremely excited! One of the more exciting items was RIM’s announcement surrounding the Playbook and Adobe AIR. The coolest part of the announcement, the free PlayBook for any [...]
Open Source Media Framework (OSMF) is an open software framework for building robust, feature rich video players and applications based on the Adobe® Flash® Platform. OSMF has two key objectives: Enable content providers to focus on the user experience, rather than player plumbing Enable ecosystem partners to focus delivering best-in-class services, instead of player integration [...]
In the past media players have had a problem. They all have custom implementations. When building a media player the developer encounters multiple services to load content, track analytics & quality of service information as well as handle advertising & custom user interactions among other things. The Open Source Media Framework (OSMF) provides a solution to these [...]
