Almer/Blank Labs

Multi-bitrate Streaming in Adobe OSMF

My new online video course on Dynamic Multi-bitrate Streaming with Adobe Open Source Media Framework (OSMF) has just gone live on Adobe Developer Connection.

It’s 35 minutes across five lessons and takes you through the process of converting the progressive OSMF video player (which we create in the first installment of this course on Building Progressive Video Players with Adobe OSMF, into a dynamic multi-bitrate streaming player. Multi-bitrate streaming occurs when you program your Flash to deliver the highest quality video a viewer can see (dependent on their bandwidth). *Dynamic* multi-bitrate streaming is similar, with the additional feature of having your player constantly meters the bandwidth throughout viewing, to adjust the playback between multiple videos seamlessly, as the viewer’s bandwidth may fluctuate. …read more…

2010 ActionScript 3 Workshops in Amsterdam and Toronto

Our CTO, R Blank, will be teaching ‘ActionScript 3 Events’ in Amsterdam on February 21st, 2010 (the day before FITC Amsterdam) and ‘Practical ActionScript 3′ in Toronto on April 24, 2010 (the day before FITC Toronto).

For a bit more information about these courses, check out R’s post.