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Re: Joining the Disqus-tion

jccrosby — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:04:04 -0000

Disqus is a pretty nice system and I've had luck with is so far!

Re: 10 Web 2.0 Services I Use - And You Should Too!

jccrosby — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:55:29 -0000

How about http://is.gd because snurl is too long? :)

Re: the Hulu situation

jccrosby — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:48:14 -0000

That is def some bad news - You guys rocks! I hope the content providers catch up to what the users and tech providers like you guys want to use and provide!

Re: Web Site Allows For Movie Bathroom Breaks

jccrosby — Tue, 26 May 2009 23:17:57 -0000

Hey fun with technology is fun with technology. You can't be all work all the time. So combining 2 loves (movies and computers) is pretty freaking cool in my opinion! Right on @polygeek!

Re: http://thinkerly.com/post/2093427582

jccrosby — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 22:08:17 -0000

You're welcome & glad to be part of #reveb10 with you!

Re: http://thinkerly.com/post/2549656769

jccrosby — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 13:51:34 -0000

Thanks Julie! I hope 2011 is a good year!

Re: http://thinkerly.com/post/2549656769

jccrosby — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 13:52:03 -0000

Thanks Aba & Happy New Year to you too!

Re: http://thinkerly.com/post/2547598199

jccrosby — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 13:55:34 -0000

Thanks MDTaz - it was an awesome day with everyone I needed around me.

Re: Reading a file with ActionScript 3

jccrosby — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 23:49:06 -0000

You might check out the this PDF: http://www.friendsofed.com/...
Then it is just the same thing to read the contents of the file. Let me know if you get it figured out or not.

Re: What is HTTP Dynamic Streaming?

jccrosby — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:54:57 -0000

What version of the Flash Player are you targeting (HTTP Streaming requires 10.1+)? What do the requests look like? It should be 1) request the F4M file 2) Start requesting HTTP fragments. So something like /myvideoSeg1-Frag1...

Re: What is HTTP Dynamic Streaming?

jccrosby — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 09:56:51 -0000

Yeah, OSMF does have a steep initial curve. The DefaultMediaFactory (http://sourceforge.net/apps... is the key to different types of media. It allows you to pass in the media URL to a createMediaElement() method, then it does the work to figure out what type of media it needs to playback. You can also override this class for new media types and to gain access to or inject your own NetLoader.

BTW, HTTP Streaming playback is a monster task to create custom code for. OSMF has some a ton of work. Mostly because you're having to figure out the segment and fragment to request based on the time code, and the bootstrap data provided in the F4M file and then play that fragment back using NetStream.appendBytes(). If you want to see what OSMF is doing check out: http://sourceforge.net/adob...

HTH
John

Re: Getting Started with HTTP Dynamic Streaming

jccrosby — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 23:16:17 -0000

F4V is a flash video file format while F4F is a video fragment based on the F4V file format specification.

Re: Getting Started with HTTP Dynamic Streaming

jccrosby — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:20:12 -0000

Ludodos - thanks for the info on #1.
QD - #2: I don't have any profiles for encoding - sorry. But I'd be happy to ask some of the resources I have to get some info on it.

Re: Getting Started with HTTP Dynamic Streaming

jccrosby — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:21:33 -0000

Absolutely. Let me know if there is anything I can do to make it easier for you. If you wouldn’t mind giving me a little attribution, that’d be appreciated.

Re: Getting Started with HTTP Dynamic Streaming

jccrosby — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 12:43:15 -0000

F4F is based on the same spec as F4V the difference being an F4F file contains fragments (built using the F4V file spec - headers, boxes etc) grouped into segment files (the actual F4F file). The PDF at http://www.adobe.com/devnet... describes the headers and boxes that you deal with when creating or playing back F4F fragments. Look at "Annex C. HTTP Streaming: File Structure" (pg. 63).

Creating F4F files is a complex process of breaking up the source video file into the F4F segments and their contained fragments. I don't have a deep knowledge of the process to manually create the F4F files. This is where I rely on the f4fpackager tool to create the F4F files and the OSFM framework (specifically the org.osmf.net.httpstreaming package) for dealing with F4F during playback and for some of the tools that I've built.

Are you trying to accomplish something specific or just getting a better understanding of the format?

Re: Getting Started with HTTP Dynamic Streaming

jccrosby — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:16:09 -0000

It isn't really a matter of cost, but me finding the time to get the feature into the app.

Re: Getting Started with HTTP Dynamic Streaming

jccrosby — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:16:10 -0000

Sounds like another feature I'll have to add. For now you would need to run each file bitrate through with its own F4M.

Re: HTTP Dynamic Streaming & Live Events

jccrosby — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:55:38 -0000

Fei - first sorry for the delayed response.
Second - have you got it worked out?
Third - if not, what do you mean when you say Adobe Access config?

Re: OSMF Custom Media Elements

jccrosby — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:59:18 -0000

Thanks Carl. I think it has something to do with the download plugin that I'm using and the url rewrite. I'll look into it over the weekend.

Do you need me to email you the zip?

Re: We love you, Wunderlist. And your 2 million users too!

jccrosby — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:22:29 -0000

Wunderlist has replaced my goto todo list for many years - good bye to mac only apps and hello to access anywhere. I can just say thank you and congrats on the 2 million mark.

Re: The Mouthwash Principle: For Max Effectiveness At Work, Rinse And Repeat

jccrosby — Wed, 23 May 2012 11:04:18 -0000

Isn't the definition of insanity doing the same thing over and over expecting different results? How far do you take this kind of communication?

Re: How to Launch Your Blog Like a Pro

jccrosby — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 08:28:30 -0000

I've been blogging for a while, but my current project has totally stalled: http://goodfamilyman.com/