HTTP Dynamic Streaming

I’d like to demo HTTP Dynamic Streaming for you….

Benefits:

  • * Adaptive bitrate – will seamlessly switch between streams depending on your flexing bandwidth conditions.
  • * Jump point navigation – can jump to any point in the movie instantly.
  • * Only download what you watch, only holds a small amount of buffer at a time. This saves on bandwidth charges.

I’m going to point it to this URL:

http://zeridemo-f.akamaihd.net/content/robinhood/robin_hood_25fps_3000-2.f4m

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OSMF Flash Video Player for WordPress

Trying out this WordPress Plugin:
Flash Media Playback

Up till now, I’ve used the Viper’s Video Quicktags, which has served me well to date, and is great b/c it allows you to embed a variety of videos like YouTube, Vimeo, Flickr and a bunch more. The problem with Viper’s is the Flash option uses the jwplayer, which comes with some restrictions like non-commercial use only.

So, I think the perfect combo of WordPress video plugins is Flash Media Playback for Flash with HTML5 fallback, and Viper’s Video Quicktags for YouTube, Vimeo, etc (i.e. everything else). Read on to see the examples:

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The end of the Internet is near

Well, maybe not the end of the Internet, but the end of the IP Address space, as we know it, is near. You know, IP addresses are the 4 blocks of number separated by periods, i.e. 10.0.0.1; well, there are only 4 billion of them. Sometime next year, 2012, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) will have no more IP addresses to give to the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). About a year after that, the RIRs will have no more to give out to Internet Service Providers (ISPs), such as Cox Communication and Go Daddy.

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Making bp-events work on BuddyPress 1.2 (with invites working)

There is a lot of chatter about wanting the plugin creator to update bp-events to work with Buddypress version 1.2, and so far it hasn’t happened, however, this guy has ported it for us so kindly:

http://codewarrior.getpaidfrom.us/2010/04/21/buddypress-event-plugin-for-1-2/

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My First Easy Database Data Widget

Just testing this new product out called Easy Database for Website – will be out soon.

All this does it put a table on my site. There are more interesting widgets, such as search and filter, and form widgets, just starting with the most simple list possible from the Music template. Here is the list of Genres that were pre-populated in the Genre table for me:

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Hack to make vipers-video-quicktags detect iPad and use HTML5 Video Tag

I use this WordPress plugin, vipers-video-quicktag, in a couple sites I maintain. I use it to display FLV video. I’ve found if I create .mp4 videos with the H.262 video and AAC audio codecs, it’ll play in the Flash player, as well as on iPhone, iPad and iPod. This is neat, a single video format … Read moreHack to make vipers-video-quicktags detect iPad and use HTML5 Video Tag