multimedia

How most popular media rich websites implement their media library?

I'm wondering how those popular media rich websites implement their media library. Do they store all the media files in the database? What kind of database do they use? Do they employ other mechanism to boost the performance? Thanks for any response. ...

what is the simpliest way to play sound from array data in delphi

Is there any simple function? I am searching something like that Play(@data, 44000, 100 {time}); ...

prevent youtube playing the video automatically

one thing that annoys me on youtube is that it always starts playing the video automatically after opening the video page. is there a way how to prevent it? i don't see such option in profile settings. ...

Architecture of cars multimedia systems

I wonder what is the software (OS, graphics libraries, etc.) and hardware architecture that cars use for their multimedia systems for controlling radio, cds, navigator or telephony. I also noticed that the BMW's iDrive startup is immediate, no bootup process. I suppose that other systems work like that as well. How do they achieve this?...

how to record anything from soundcards?

i would like to record any sounds produced in my soundcard. please help, where i can get a freeware component or commercial(trial). delphi7/2009 ...

How can I know users click fast forward and fast rewind buttons on the playback controls in iPhone

I want to implement the following things, App is running a music or video (using MPMoviePlayerController) in background. User double clicks the home button and go to the first screen showing playback controls (fast rewind, play or pause, fast forward buttons) User click fast rewind or fast forward button. Then app play previous or next...

Power efficient and Speed efficient architecture for Multimedia Applications

Hi, I am working on evaluating a embedded processor architecture which offers below features: a] 8 SIMD co-processing DSP kind of cores, b] Each core can do a 8 way SIMD c] Each core is a 8 execution slot VLIW as well. I want to use high video encoder(H.264, 1080p, 60fps) or 3D Video encoder to run on this processor/hardware. I am t...

Content Running for a Cable Operator (Playing Videos with Advertisements)

Guyz i am planning to develop a software which will be used in the area of media i.e. Cable TV operators. The basic features that i need to work on are: Play Live TV channel stream coming from TV Tuner card (e.g. ESPN) or Play a video from Harddisk (e.g a movie) While above mentioned video is running, I want to add 3 kind of add ons: ...

DirectShow's PushSource filters cause IMediaControl::Run to return S_FALSE

I'm messing around with the PushSource sample filter shipped with the DirectShow SDK and I'm having the following problem: When I call IMediaControl::Run(), it returns S_FALSE which means "the graph is preparing to run, but some filters have not completed the transition to a running state". MSDN suggests to then call IMediaControl::GetS...

Best software for writing HTML-based user manuals

I'm working on a project where I need to generate end-user documentation for a piece of software. At some point in next year, the piece of software that I am writing this documentation will be retired. Therefore, I do not wish to spend a great deal of time on a professional-grade manual. This is something that graduate students at a coll...

help.... implements algorithm VEA

i want to encrypt and decrypt video streaming using algorithm VEA in JSP.here is algorithm VEA to encrypt and decrypt : Algoritma VEA( int m,/*key length*/ bit key[m], /*secret key*/ char *flv_video, /*input file*/ char *vea_flv_video) /*output file*/ ...

What are good JS libraries for game dev? (HTML5)

If i decide to write a simple game both text and graphical (2d) what libs may i use? Assuming we are using a HTML5 compatible browser. The main things i can think of Rendering text on screen Animating sprites (using images/css) Input (capturing the arrow keys and getting relative mouse positions) Perhaps some preloading resource or dy...

HTML5 + LLVM = Win? Or not existent?

I tried a simple breakout clone in a browser and saw it take 25% of my CPU. Sad. I was wondering if LLVM can hook into HTML5 and take advantage of canvus, SVG and etc. If not does LLVM have its own multimedia layer? I ran my version of chrome with --enable-nacl and it looks like it is enabled (half of the native client demos ran http://...

Free - SWF to FLV Converter

I want to convert the SWF files to FLV formats, please let me know if we have any freewares? Any help, please. ...