Cannes Lions widget powered by Adobe and Influxis
The Cannes Lions Festival is only a few weeks away now. The Cannes Lions Festival is a global festival for those working in advertising and related fields. Thousands of delegates from around the world attend the festival to view shortlisted work and attend seminars, workshops and master classes (via Wikipedia).
Adobe is planning lots of seminars and workshops this year and we’re also helping out with the Young Lions competition. Our CEO Shantanu Narayen is also speaking at the event.
A few weeks ago I built a little widget for the festival. The idea is similar to the MAX widget. It displays the latest Cannes Lions news, users can record their own testimonials and it’s incredibly easy to add the widget to your own social network page, blog or site.
I used Adobe’s Distribution/Promotion Service to enable the share functionality in the widget. This service is incredibly easy to use. With just a couple of lines of code you can add the share menu to your application. There’s no need to write any code that talks to all the specific social network APIs. The Distribution/Promotion Service does all that for you.
The video recording is handled by Influxis. I had never used the Influxis service before but I kept hearing good things about them. I’m glad to say that they are all true! The Influxis admin panel is just amazingly easy to use. Literally within seconds you can have your FMS app up and running on their servers. Influxis is also one of the few providers that give you full access to the Flash Media Interactive Server which was needed to enable this in-app recording experience. I know this almost sounds like an Influxis commercial but trust me… If your app uses Flash Media Server you have to check out Influxis. They even provide a bunch of ready-to-go apps so you can get started in a few minutes.
If you’re going to Cannes for the Cannes Lions Festival, leave a message here or come and say “hi”. See you in Cannes!
Flash Player 9 update + FMS3 + H.264/MP4
Some people may have gotten an automatic update for the Flash Player (9.0.124.0) today or you may have already downloaded and installed it yourself. If you’re one of them, you may have also encountered problems when trying to watch a streaming MP4/H.264 file streamed through Flash Media Server 3. The solution for this problem is actually very simple, just make sure that the FMS is running on the latest 3.0.1 update (download link). It’s that easy ;-)
“Operation MySpace” streamed live in HD Flash video
Next Monday, Kulabyte, together with MySpace.com, using Adobe® Flash® Media Server through Akamai‘s content delivery network, will distribute live HD video on the web from “Operation MySpace“. This live concert webcast featuring The Pussycat Dolls, Jessica Simpson, Carlos Mencia, … from Kuwait will demonstrate the future of video on the web, delivering high definition video of the event at less than 1.5 megabits per second. Yes… That’s no typo. Less than 1.5 megabits per second. Kulabyte developed the world’s first live 2 Pass VBR streaming encoders which makes it possible to get the best quality video out of less bandwidth.
Using the powerful streaming capabilities in Adobe Flash Media Server 3 coupled with the award-winning Adobe Flash Player runtime, U.S. troops, family, and friends can experience the webcast live over the Internet in full-screen HD. I’m really looking forward to see FMS3 shine in all its glory!
More information on : http://www.myspace.com/operationmyspace
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