Plug-ins

This page is intended to be the landing page for ecosystem providers to find all they need to get started creating a plugin for the Open Source Media Framework.

Overview

One the primary goals for OSMF is to provide a set of standard APIs for video ecosystem service integration so that player integration is no longer a barrier in the market. The framework will have a plugin API that allows for integration of client-side code for the full range of ecosystem services, including media delivery, media composition for advertising, event reporting for audience measurement, and other rich experiences. The plugin API is designed to support dynamic plugins as SWFs and integrated plugins as SWCs in a way that makes it straight forward for the same provider to support both scenarios.

Framework Features that Enable Plug-ins

• Plugin API spec
• Advanced Plug-in API spec
• SWF support spec
• Metadata support spec

Examples to Guide Development

• Akamai CDN connection plug-in source code is part of the OSMF code package (as of version 0.4)
• GlanceGuide/Nielsen sample app shows tracking plug-in integration (as of version 0.5)
• VAST spec and MAST spec are available to guide advertising plug-in development (as of September)

Planned Plug-ins

Anyone can write plug-ins for OSMF. Many organizations in the Flash ecosystem are planning to write plug-ins that enable a variety of services from advertising to analytics to content delivery. For a list of planned plug-ins and for more details about joining the OSMF plug-in program, visit http://opensourcemediaframework.com/partner.html.