Dash Player Features

Here is a list of killer features for the initial launch of the Dash Media Player... Make sure you go to the Dash Player Showcase to see some live demos of these features in action!

• Compatible with ALL Drupal Media modules!
• Completely Skinable (using external SWF files) and Themeable!
• Create and Manage your Media Playlists using the Views module!
• RSS, XML Playlist, and Single File compatible
• High Definition Video Support ( H-264 )
• Complete Audio Support including MP3's
• Works great as just an Image Viewer.
• Written using latest Object Oriented Techniques in Actionscript 3
• Lightweight: All these features packed into only 75kB!
• 100% Resizable
• Secure: Using Drupal's Services Module
• Built in 5 star voting mechanism.
• Full Screen Support

So now you are probably asking, WHERE CAN I FIND THIS PLAYER!? Well, you can simply go to www.tmtdigital.com/project/dash_player, where you can download your free version! Please let me know what you think!

Below is a tutorial on how you can create an associative array within your Actionscript that will model itself from the contents of an XML file. I actually dug quite a bit on the net looking for this information, and realized that after I failed to do so, that I would just have to figure it out myself. So, below you will find information on how this can be achieved using ActionScript...

As the FlashVideo module becomes more and more popular within the Drupal CMS, I am finding that I am spending a lot of my time helping people debug problems that they are having getting the module up and running. This is not to say that there is a problem with the module by any means, but rather that because of the complexities that are involved with having a video hosting website, a newbie is bound to run into some issues that makes it hard for them to find the right solution to their problems.

I just found a fantastic article online about how to install FFMPEG on Ubuntu...and what do you know? They did it so that they could use the FlashVideo Module. I hope everyone finds this article as helpful as I did....

Here is the link....

http://symbiotix.net/node/35

Although this is a GREAT tutorial, there are some things that I had to do different to get it to work on my machine. You might have to do the same... Here are those things.

As of version 2.2, the FlashVideo Module has introduced two new major enhancements, the FlashVideo API, and a new plugin that utilizes this API... the FlashVideo CCK Plugin. In this article, I will go into detail about the benefits of these enhancements as well as give the foundation needed for anybody to utilize them successfully.

• FlashVideo API
• FlashVideo CCK Plugin

I am just letting everyone know about all the great new improvements that are being made the the FlashVideo module. I just release FlashVideo version 1.8, now with YouTube and Google Video Support. I also made many other bug fixes.

Many people take for granted the power of knowing a good command line scripting language. Command Line scripting is a skill that EVERY programmer needs to know how to do. With command line scripting, you can truly use your computer as a powerful tool by literally taking that processor and wield it to your liking.

Who said streaming video should be static on a page?

With the new VideoReel system, you can have many videos on a single page! Go ahead.... click on a thumbnail and see what happens. Not only does this increase the user appeal for your website, but it also cuts down on unnecessary page refreshes to watch the real video! You could have your entire video collection on one page!!!

With this system, you can also have a very user friendly method for allowing your users to resize the video to any size they want (just like on their desktop). They can move it around, minimize it, maximize it, you name it!

Introduction

Long ago, when I was playing around with the Views Module, I had one goal in mind. To create an easy filter system where I can search my content based on Taxonomy Terms. What I wanted to do was just create a URL filtering system where the user can just put in a URL, and then any other commands after this would then be used as a filter. With my early attempts to create this functionality using the Views Module, I became very frustrated. So what does any normal geek do when he is frustrated with software??? He writes his own!!

So, that's why I created the EasyFilter. It gave me an interface to filter my content based off of Taxonomy terms. Well, just very recently, I started playing around with the Views module again, and was surprised that due to the advancements in module, you can actually create the same EasyFilter effect with the Views module. Well, unlike most software writers. I will accept defeat to the Views Module. I have decided to discontinue the EasyFilter module. But to those 3 people out there who are actually using this module, please don't fret! I am writing this tutorial to show you how you can create the same functionality with the Views module like what I did in my Videos Section. You see... I'm not leaving you hangin!