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Flash introduces DRM to its online video

Posted by James - 16/09/09 at 12:09:43 pm

The Flash Player is due to get built-in DRM, sometime soon.  Actually it seems odd that it’s not already in there, but perhaps this means a little more flexibility in Flash video is on the way.  My initial thoughts on hearing about DRM are slightly coloured by the whole issue with music and DRM, but thinking about it, maybe if the Flash Player can handle the DRM itself, we can stop having to stream everything all the bloody time!

Here’s a couple of links, which talk about this announcement in a little more detail;

• DRM Capabilities To Be Added To Flash Player
• DRM for Streaming Video

Link: ToneMatrix

Posted by James - 15/06/09 at 12:06:04 pm

ToneMatrix, a labs experiment from one of the guys behind the Hobnox Audio Tool is… mesmirizing. The concept is simple – there’s a grid, and each block in the grid represents a specific tone.  An invisible playhead constantly loops across the grid and triggers the tones.  You toggle the blocks ‘on’ and ‘off’ with a mouse click.

Create your own patterns and fine-tune your melody, or draw pictures and see what they sound like – ToneMatrix can keep you occupied for quite a while.  Check it out!

Link: The trouble with Flash and REST

Posted by James - 22/05/09 at 12:05:33 pm

REST is “..a technique to organise a web service into resources that can be uniquely identified by a URI.”. Basically, its another form of webservice/HTTPService.  But there’s a few issues with using it in Flash, which Steve Webster gives a good overview of;

http://dynamicflash.com/2008/11/the-trouble-with-flash-and-rest/

Flash Camp Birmingham

Posted by James - 07/05/09 at 09:05:50 pm

Flash Camp Birmingham is now open for registrations – it’s on June 16th (2009), 12pm – 8pm.

It’s gonna be great, of course – is organised by the Flash Midlands user group, and is the first FlashCamp to take place in the UK outside of London.  Luckily for all who are used to everything taking place in London, Birmingham is only a single train ride from London.

There’s quite a few interesting presentations arranged for the day: http://flashcamp.co.uk/schedule.html and plenty of information on how to get there: http://flashcamp.co.uk/venue.html

Head on over to the website to register, and turn up on the day! (It’s free!)

Geocoding Google Maps locations to a Papervision3D globe.

Posted by James - 23/02/09 at 06:02:31 pm

In the June 2008 edition of the Adobe Edge newsletter, there was an article “Learn how to geocode with Papervision3D and Adobe Flex”.  You can also view the demo directly.

Pretty awesome, eh?  All of the sample source code is available from the Adobe Edge page.

Link: Flash and the iPhone

Posted by James - 23/02/09 at 09:02:10 am

Here’s something I found quite interesting – “Why Apple don’t want Flash on the iPhone… and why Adobe do.” A persuasive article about the possible business reasons behind the Flash and iPhone conflict.

Link: Papervision3D wormhole in your webcam!

Posted by Dan - 19/02/09 at 01:02:11 pm

Scroll down and watch the video

http://www.sebleedelisle.com/?p=383