Saiweb

No I have not faded into cyber oblivion, things have just been way to busy on the work front to post any updates.

Such is the case with project deadlines, and frankly I’d rather be rushed off my feet than unemployed at the moment

That said I do have a few projects in the works first and foremost is the Wordpress-Flowplayer 2.1.0.0 release,

1. I have secured the latest version of flowplayer courtesy of the guys over at flowplayer.org,
2. I am working on integrating the mediamelon CDN service, which will be bundled with 2.1.0.0
3. With any luck provided I can get the code right this will also allow the use of 3rd party plugins
4. Working on an advance ’scripting’ area to allow you to embed your own syntax in the plugin hook.

I am also redeveloping Froomi at present to add in some additional features, which will be served using a RESTful API, more on that soon,

Lastly there will be a new blog appearing soon geared mainly toward security and pen testing, following a nickname I have now picked up from work ‘the sith admin’ I’ve registered an appropriate domain and will be setting up on there soon.

Finaly it is ready and in a state I am happy to release it.

Features

• Complete code re-write, much more efficient and easier to update
• Flowplayer 3.1.1
• License detection, will only use the commercial version if you enter a license!
• Playlists
• Better wordpress API integration, all settings now stored in wordpress no more config files!
• Same admin interface

(Videos from Apple.com)

As most have no doubt noticed the plugin is delayed … _again_

Too many projects, too few hours in the day.

Froomi – All in one HTTP Server, Search Engine, Pseudo Streaming Media server
(Might add transcoding)

This project is up on google code: http://code.google.com/p/froomi/

So far the HTTP module is basically complete and already has GZIP compression support for browsers that send the appropriate header to indicate they support it.

I will being working on the Pseudo streaming component shortly, to recap this is in an Alpha state at the moment, I will be putting the server live on http://www.froomi.com shortly once the Pseudo streaming component is complete.

Flowplayer for wordpress, is still in development the code base has been completely re-written as per the previews you can now see the meta boxes in action, along with the license detection, I think I am going to cut a couple of features and just get the next release out the door (yes RTMP will still be in this release!).

Contributions, some people have shown an interest in contributing to these projects, contributions are very welcome and will carry the appropriate credits in the source code and license, I would go so far as to encourage contributions from developers as this will actually speed up releases for these projects.

So feel free if to contact me.

Contributor Requirements:

• Familiarity with the programming language used in the project you are contributing to (PHP,Python,etc..)
• Working knowledge of creating diff patches (not required bug a huge bonus)
• Ability to document your changes in English, sorry this is a requirements
• Skype / MSN / Ventrilo client

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Tonight I will be pushing to the development SVN a beta preview of the 2.1 release.

Here are some of the changes:

Poor tags, we barely knew them…

GOODBYE! inpost tags, (sort of), configuration will no longer be handled using the inpost tags, the old tag structure will be retired in favor of an anchor to place the player in your content [FLOWPLAYER], configuration of the player will now be handled by an admin menu box.

That’s quite a list you’ve got there…

(basic) Playlists support has been added, this is configurable from the admin menu for the post

Dude, where’s your config file?

The saiweb_wpfp.conf file has now been removed *gasp*, now reliant in internal wordpress *magic* for the storing of the plugin config.

Your media is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it

Fixed a bug with the canvas colour settings

Is that a logo in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?

The commercial version of flowplayer will now only be used if a license key is specified, the free version will now be used if no key is specified which has a reduced logo branding.

I Once Was Blind, But Now I See

Player embed causing issues with some navigation menus, this should be resolved with the wmode setting.

Details of how to get the preview version and install it along with screen casts of the new menus (time allowing) will be added to this post once everything is committed to subversion.

UPDATE: 15/04/2009 Got my hands on flowplayer 3.1 code is around 60% finished, went for a complete re-write.

The 2.1.0.0 release is due for the end of this month, you can follow it’s progress from the TRAC page here: http://trac.saiweb.co.uk/saiweb/milestone/wordpress-flowplayer%202.1.0.0

At the time of writing this intends to close 9 issues / feature requests.

If you have anything you want to see in the next release please leave a comment, or raise a ticket in the trac system.

Cheers

Buzz

The following milestone is planned for completion by the end of March.

http://trac.saiweb.co.uk/saiweb/milestone/wordpress-flowplayer%202.1.0.0

This will be the first major revision jump since the 1.x to 2.x release.

This revision aims to close the final 5 enhancements for this plugin as logged in TRAC.

As such I am accepting submissions for feature request to make it into the 2.1.0.0 release, so please head over to our TRAC system and Make a request.

This release fixes BUG #23

Wordpress Flowplayer 2.0.1.3 comes with bug fixes and more features.

1. RPath not applying to /videos – FIXED
2. Commercial Support Customer Logo and Link (Dupe of #9)
3. comments posting over-writing config of player – FIXED
4. Removal of RPATH config – IMPROVEMENT

This release brings the commercial distribution of Flowplayer allowing for greater customization, it is recommended that you upgrade as soon as possible to fix the bugs in previous 2.x versions.

If you are interested in helping to test release 2.0.1.3, check out the current development version here:

Ah yeh so I forgot to blog about this, 2.0.1.2 of my wordpress plugin is now available, as noted development of this plugin is unaffected by recent events.

2.0.1.3 will be released shortly to amend a minor bug with nonstandard wordpress installs, 2.0.1.2 fixed the loading in of flowplayer and the javascript libs however as Jerry has pointed out here: http://www.saiweb.co.uk/wordpress-flowplayer/comment-page-1#comment-995 this does not extend to wp-content/videos/

As such for the time being as a work around please use the full http://yoursite.com/blog/wp-content/videos path when embedding media.