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NFB video player released

In a joint effort, and as previously stated on this very blog, our friends at the NFB and the folks here at Turbulent Media are now making the popular NFB player available for free for anyone seeking to display videos with flash.
The player is available as a compiled swf and is meant for basic [...]

Pyro now available on google code.

LO and behold, Its official, pyro is now on google code.
You will find it all here: PYRO on google
Thats great news, what will I find there ?
Our google code nest contains the following:
Version controlled latest pyro updates and documentations (Be in synch with us here, get the latest latest working build).
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Pyro : a video player API for Flash

“Why build yet another video player?” you ask. Pyro only integrates the core logic of playing video using flash. Yea, sure, you can build your own thing using NetStream/NetConnection, hey , that’s basically what Pyro does and that’s what professionnals do. They do it over and over again. So why waste time with all the same problems like size handling, duration, bandwidth detection, etc? It’s from this question that Pyro was born.