Dynamically generating a list of videos for OSFLV Player with ASP.NET

  • April 13, 2010
  • James Skemp
I've had this code for a while, but here's some simple code to pull a listing of Flash videos (FLV) from a directory, display them in a drop down, and have a video player dynamically generated based on what's picked. This uses OSFLV Player, version 3 specifically, but can be tweaked for the current (as of this post) version 4.0. Default.aspx <%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.

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Quick and dirty conversions to FLV (Flash Video)

  • February 23, 2008
  • James Skemp
I purchased a Casio EX-Z1200 a bit ago, which I've been playing around with. Overall, I've been very happy with it, however, it outputs movies to the MOV format. While this seemed great for Apple, it wasn't the best for me. After testing out QuickTime Pro (7. something) and Ulead Movie Wizard 3.2 SE VCD (which came with the camera), I was about to settle for less than I hoped for.

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The Daily Show is now available online

  • October 19, 2007
  • James Skemp
One of the view things I miss about cable is The Daily Show. Thankfully, I can now get my fix, as well as catch up on older shows, online, legally. The archives are available from the Show's Videos area. Among the gems is this one on the recent healthcare veto: Headlines - Kids' Healthcare Veto. The short commercial at the beginning and end are fairly non-obtrusive, save when they cut into the end abruptly.

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New gallery posted

  • May 21, 2007
  • James Skemp

After a bit of looking around, for the best gallery application, I've settled on SlideShowPro. While it does require Flash (version 7 or higher, but I'm requiring version 8 or higher for mine), and it did cost some money, it's a great little application.

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