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</s:Rect>

<mx:UIComponent id="mediaHolder" />

<s:TextInput id="mediaPath" width="400" x="48" y="330"

text="rtmp://cp67126.edgefcs.net/ondemand/mediapm/strobe/content/test/SpaceAloneHD_sounas_640_500_short"/>

<s:Button x="456" y="331" label="Play" click="playVideoURL(mediaPath.text)"/>

<s:Button x="534" y="331" label="Pause" click="mediaPlayer.pause()"/>

</s:Application>

The toolkit and documentation are available for download at:

www.OpenSourceMediaFramework.com

You can find more information at the OSMF developer forums:

http://forums.adobe.com/community/opensource/osmf/developers

and at the OSMF User Group:

http://groups.adobe.com/groups/7af970e6e4/summary

Summary

In this chapter we introduced you to video and audio using the Flash platform. We covered the supported

video and audio formats such as FLV and MPEG-4. We then looked at encoding video for Flash

applications by compressing video files using the Adobe Media Encoder. We examined the difference

between streaming and progressive download, and looked at creating custom music and video players.

We showed you how to create a simple video player using the Flex 4 component out of the box, and how

to embed a video file in Flash Player 10. Finally, we covered Adobe Open Screen Media Framework

(OSMF).

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