A while back, Paul Gregoire introduced me to the jQuery JavaScript library. It didn’t take long for me to realize the power and elegance of this library. For the longest time, I’ve been wanting to take a shot at authoring a plugin for jQuery and I’ve finally gotten around to it. So, it is my pleasure to announce the creation of the jquery.transmit plugin. It is a flash-backed multiple file upload utility with a user experience similar to that of Flickr’s current uploader. The goals for the plugin were simple: Provide an easy-to-use interface, use flash to work around HTML and JavaScript based file upload issues, and wire it all together with jQuery. Getting started with the plugin is quite simple. Import the necessary CSS and JavaScript dependencies, edit the supplied HTML to your liking and invoke the plugin like so:
Code:
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#transmit').transmit('http://mysite.com/upload/');
});
While the plugin is still very much in its infancy and should be considered a work in progress, it is my opinion that it is easier to shake out bugs using an iterative development process. So, keeping that in mind, I’m hoping that a couple of you brave souls will wander over to googlecode and give it a try. Constructive feedback is very much appreciated.
While most developers are content to record video using the NetStream.publish(”streamName”, “record”) API, it is sometimes useful to take FLV snippets from the publishing stream instead. In my opinion, this is one of the greatest features of Flash Media Server (FMS) and Red5. Utilizing this strategy allows the application developer to precisely control when and how much of the video is recorded. While recording via the NetStream function has been available in Red5 since the beginning, recording video from the server-side application has not. In this post, I’ll demonstrate Red5’s ability to record an FLV with a very simple pair of publish and subscribe flash applications. Read More »
Server-side ActionScript (SSAS) has long been the bastard child of the ActionScript permutations. There are a number of editors that offer syntax highlighting and in the case of the Flash development tool, the bare minimum of auto-completion features for SSAS. That is until now. Read More »
Having followed the growth of the Red5 Media Server[1] from it’s fledgling 0.3 days, I’ve become fairly familiar with its offerings. One of the most frequently asked questions on the Red5 mailing list pertains to database connectivity for user authentication and application security. I’ll attempt to tackle one solution here using Hibernate[2], an object/relational persistence framework. Read More »
