Flash-Ajax Video Component

What Is the Flash Ajax Video Component?

The Adobe® Flash® Ajax Video (FAVideo) component is a small, open source Flash component that you can use to provide video playback within an Ajax application. It exposes all of the formatting and video playback controls necessary to build a video player customized entirely using HTML and Javascript.

  • One line instantiation makes it trivial to integrate video playback within an HTML and Javascript interface.
  • Simple APIs provide the ability to manipulate video size, position, and scaling prior to or during video playback.
  • Video playback parameters such as playback, video seek, cue points, and audio control allow sophisticated programmatic integration with Ajax applications.

When Should I Use the FAVideo?

The FAVideo component is useful in the following situations:

  • You need a video playback solution which is available to the largest possible audience. The FAVideo component will work on all systems that have Adobe Flash Player 8 installed, currently more than 95% of all computers connected to the internet.
  • You want to include video functionality in an Ajax application and work with JavaScript while scripting.
  • You need a compact video playback solution. The FAVideo component is only 15k and leverages the widely distributed Flash Player which is about 1 megabyte.
  • You want full creative control over presentation of the video within your application.

Download and Installation

The FAVideo component including full source code (BSD License) and sample usage can be downloaded here: FAVideo.zip

Note: If you view the sample HTML files locally it is possible that you may encounter a security error and the video files will fail to load/play. When a local web page connects to video on a website (such as if you are developing/testing locally), a security dialog will be displayed by the Flash Player. This can be disabled for testing – details are in this documentation: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/8/main/00001611.html

Related Technologies