Open source, programmable online video player available?

Question

I got this great idea that I'm thinking about implementing, but before I go into the deep end I wanted to get a clue about what options I have.

I'm looking for an open source, programmable video player.

Must:

Play video files from a user's computer not a server Connect to a server to retrieve/send info (not limited to file xfer)

Prefer:

Web-based player Easily programmable (because i'm no pro at programming ><;

Any names of open-source programs or players that you guys think I could use? Any help is really appreciated

Answer 1

This is the one we use, they have a flash based player and silverlight based player, they are trying to set the standard. this is embraced by Microsoft,Adobe, and Akamai:

www.openvideoplayer.com

Here is an example of an implementation of the player using an Media RSS feed in Silverlight:

www.viacasttv.com

you can customize these, although I see you are no pro at programming, you can run the demos and easily get it to do what you want without any programmning.

you can also try flow player, I use their jQuery tools, tight stuff:

http://flowplayer.org/