Looking for the right language
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:27 pm
Hello
Im currently developing a web-based business wich will provide media content for plasma tv's. Basically, a wide selection of images and video files, to be played acording to the clients preferences.
After developing most of it in a VB software format, my boss told me that he now wants the client to be 100% free of any extra instalation - as long as he have windows installed, he should be able to use our system.
So I began developing it in flash and actionscript wich is perfect for the purpouse, and a few weeks later, my boss told me he wants to be 100% free of flash and actionscript. It is his view that something made in flash "looks easy and cheap".
But Im not here (only) to complain about him. I am still persistant on trying to make him see that using simple, well crafted external software is totally acceptable.
Regardless, for the sake of winning the argument maybe, Im going thro several different opinions. None of wich, unfourtunately, can overcome the fact that no matter how advance the programming language is, it will always deliver something limited by the web browsers capabilities.
So maybe I *can* do all the stuff I want without using anything but the browser's resources (except flash).
The client side web page that will serve as the media files player must consist of:
-an image viewer:
-the image must be fully loaded before it appears on the screen
-a video files player:
-the video must be fully loaded before it appears on the screen
-streaming is not an option to me (the clients internet connection will probably be shared)
-if the video is not fully loaded, it continues loading, its saved on a temp directory, and played only when its called up
again on the playlist
-if the video is not fully loaded, the player web page will move on to the next media file on the playlist
-shockwave files will only be played if theres no actionscript on them
-(i know it sounds a little bit insane)
-the player web page must keep pre-loading all media files listed on the playlist while its being executed
-the media files must be saved on any path on the local machine, and if the media files already exists on this path, it
will be called up directly from the hard drive (saves us bandwidth and makes playing video files smooth/possible).
-no blank pages between playlist itens, no things like "windows media player" logos, a 100% fullscreen environment with no
borders of any kind.
All in all, it will look like a powerpoint presentation for any kind of media files - its all these details i listed that matters and
concerns me.
I still have faith that he will listen to the voice of reason and let me create a client software to handle all this in the way
it should be done. but untill then, id like to gather up any kind of feedback and advice.
Thanks for your time
Im currently developing a web-based business wich will provide media content for plasma tv's. Basically, a wide selection of images and video files, to be played acording to the clients preferences.
After developing most of it in a VB software format, my boss told me that he now wants the client to be 100% free of any extra instalation - as long as he have windows installed, he should be able to use our system.
So I began developing it in flash and actionscript wich is perfect for the purpouse, and a few weeks later, my boss told me he wants to be 100% free of flash and actionscript. It is his view that something made in flash "looks easy and cheap".
But Im not here (only) to complain about him. I am still persistant on trying to make him see that using simple, well crafted external software is totally acceptable.
Regardless, for the sake of winning the argument maybe, Im going thro several different opinions. None of wich, unfourtunately, can overcome the fact that no matter how advance the programming language is, it will always deliver something limited by the web browsers capabilities.
So maybe I *can* do all the stuff I want without using anything but the browser's resources (except flash).
The client side web page that will serve as the media files player must consist of:
-an image viewer:
-the image must be fully loaded before it appears on the screen
-a video files player:
-the video must be fully loaded before it appears on the screen
-streaming is not an option to me (the clients internet connection will probably be shared)
-if the video is not fully loaded, it continues loading, its saved on a temp directory, and played only when its called up
again on the playlist
-if the video is not fully loaded, the player web page will move on to the next media file on the playlist
-shockwave files will only be played if theres no actionscript on them
-(i know it sounds a little bit insane)
-the player web page must keep pre-loading all media files listed on the playlist while its being executed
-the media files must be saved on any path on the local machine, and if the media files already exists on this path, it
will be called up directly from the hard drive (saves us bandwidth and makes playing video files smooth/possible).
-no blank pages between playlist itens, no things like "windows media player" logos, a 100% fullscreen environment with no
borders of any kind.
All in all, it will look like a powerpoint presentation for any kind of media files - its all these details i listed that matters and
concerns me.
I still have faith that he will listen to the voice of reason and let me create a client software to handle all this in the way
it should be done. but untill then, id like to gather up any kind of feedback and advice.
Thanks for your time