What do you think?

Against the background of the lack of frequent updates during the last weeks I received mails from concerned users asking if the project was just a flash in the pan.  All I can say is: No worries, mates,  the opposite is true.

As some of you might know Projekktor started back in 2007 as a  Flash webTV project free for everyone to use. Some of you might also know that hacking Flash is a pain in the ass and as such very expensive – regardless if measured in time, money, heart, sanity or whatever. That´s why I began to hack all the mess from scratch again. This time using as much  Javascript,  HTML(5) and CSS(3) as possible. The very first results are available  here today.

Thanks to some very kind donations I was able to buy enough beer to get the super-powers needed to hack a kinda copy of the original interface using the projekktor source and some imagination. In my humble opinion it looks great and the overall experience isn´t that bad. I can´t hardly wait to install a public demo but poor unlucky me there are some holidays to be taken.  Stay tuned, keep care and see ya.

Btw: If the ” 10 Feet Interface Lean Back Media Library Web Stuff ” will be for free you ask? Well, you can bet on it (as long as you are not a company)!

Basically it provides “shortcodes” allowing you to easily insert HTML5 video into your posts by using a simple  tag. To add the pleasing touch of Projekktor it also installs the projekktor.js (wordpress edition)  and a tiny admin backend.

dream team

But the best thing is that the plugin automatically generates a playlist out of your videos posted which allows you to provide a stunning telly like experience.

Get your personal copy at our download section. The documentation will soon be is available here.

What this post is all about? About Projekktor of cause, the HTML5 Flash Hybrid Video Player and VIDEO tag extension adding unique possibilities to enhance the on site video experience for your users and offers new opportunities to monetize and control your video content. Come on, give it a try at http://www.projekktor.com.

The documentation included is still rudimentary but experienced web workers will find it very easy to add the player to any project which is using the new video tag.

If you have problems to get the player running on your site or if you have any suggestions how to make the player itself better you´re heartily invited to add a post to the project´s discussion forum.

Have Fun

compatible browsers:
IE6, IE7, IE8, Firefox 3.0+, Opera 10+, Safari 4+, Chrome 4+
IE6 uses flash fallback only of course.

The best thing is that it is proved to be compatible to iPhone (apart from the fact that the current demo page features a quite too big dimensioned player instance) and 100% iPad ready.

Reasons to celebrate and to finally concentrate on a wordpress plugin and a nice bundled download package. See ya, mates!

Source released when it´s done.