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Version 2.0 of SpringPlayer is now available. This Flash-based video player supports all the latest video standards in the Flash platform including H.264/AAC and HD. The player is available in two editions, Free and Professional. Both are based on the same code, but the Professional Edition includes support for Javascript control of the player, RTMP support and full source code. The Free edition is available under a creative commons license while the Professional edition is available under a commercial license from Flashcomponents.net.

KEY FEATURES

H.264/AAC & HD Support
The player requires Flash 9.0.115 and higher and supports H.264 (including HD material using main or high profiles).

Containers Supported
Can playback video in FLV, F4V, MP4, M4V and MOV containers.

Auto Scaling
Will automatically scale the video to the highest possible resolution while preserving the videos aspect ratio, or can simply scale to fill the dimensions of the player window.

Progressive and RTMP Streaming (Professional Version Only)
Supports both progressive downloads from web servers, and RTMP via Flash Media Server and Red5.

Easy To Use Interface
A symmetrically elegant user interface presents the user with only the most used controls in both windowed and fullscreen modes.

Fullscreen Support With Controls
Users have access to the same easy to use interface while in fullscreen mode.

Javascript Control (Professional Version Only)
Several functions are controllable via Javascript including volume, playing, pause, seek, timing information and loading another video.

Small File Size
The player weighs in at just under 13KB for the exported SWF.

Saves Volume Settings
When a user changes the volume of the player, the settings are saved. The next time they play a video on your site, their settings will be used.

Full Sources  (Professional Version Only)
Separate FLA and AS files included for CS3 and higher. Only two lines of code exist on the FLA's stage making it very easy to modify the look of the player without worrying about code modifications.

Visit the SpringPlayer project page for more details or to watch a demo of the player in action. You can also download the player and use it free of charge on your own personal or commercial site.

I'm beginning to work on a rather large video project and have evaluated close to a hundred different players including both the commercial and open source varieties. Long story short, I didn't find one that met my needs, entirely. With that, I started creating my own. The result is SpringPlayer v1.0.

SpringPlayer is an Adobe Flash-based video player written in Actionscript 3 that targets Flash Player 9.0.115 and higher. There were three design goals of the player:

• Focus on usability to deliver a player that's functional, elegant and easy to use.
• Create a player that's small and compact and requires minimal time to download.
• Make it free for the world to use.

With this simple criteria, I've created a player with the following features:

• Written in Actionscript 3 targeting Flash Player 9 and higher.
• Compact filesize of only 13Kb.
• Supports HTTP progressive download.
• Fullscreen support with controls.
• Plays back FLV, F4V, MP4 and some MOV's.
• Videos can be resized to fill available screen or can maintain aspect ratio.
• Supports any aspect ratio (4:3, 16:9, 1.85:1, etc).
• Simple and easy to integrate into virtually any website.

As of this entry, SpringPlayer does not yet support RTMP, but will in early 2009. Support for Flash Media Server 2.x/3.x, Red5 and Wowza are in process as well as a lot of code optimizations. The goal is to add some additional functionality while decreasing the filesize of the SWF. Currently it weighs in at 13Kb which is significanly smaller than players written using Adobe's own FLVPlayer component.

Visit the SpringPlayer project page for more details or to watch a demo of the player in action. You can also download the player and use it free of charge on your own personal or commercial site.