Flash Video and MP3 Audio

Using licensed Flash media players from Jeroen Wijering you can easily add video and audio to any page. The media player widgets use SWFObject from Geoff Stearns so you do not get the annoying "click here to activate" message.

Media players can perform bandwidth detection and delivery of the most suitable media stream if available.

Progressive Flash Video

Progressive video is downloaded and buffered by the Flash player. You can not scrub (forward / back) through the video until it has been downloaded/buffered to the point you wish to view. The widget used to add this video is inserted directly in the content page via the XHTML editor. The Flash video file can be uploaded as a page asset or selected from the library.

The basic widget syntax is <widget:flashvideo file="video.flv" autohide="true" /> with numerous other attributes available for width, height, control bar, and bandwidth streams etc.

Streaming Flash Video

Streaming video can commence playing from any key frame embedded in the video. This means you can scrub (forward / back) through the without having to download and buffer the entire video first. Typically streaming requires a media server, however AssetNow NX can stream Flash video using native file processing. A true media server will still provide better performance and the ability to serve bandwidth optimized streams.

The widget looks like this: <widget:flashvideo file="keyvideo.flv" stream="true" /> where the stream attribute enables streaming if keyframes are available in the video file.

Flash Audio (.mp3)

Using <widget:flashaudio file="audio.mp3" /> you can add MP3 audio. The MP3 format audio is popular for music and podcast delivery.