The Media Player provides a capacity of adding an unlimited number of video streams to a website. Using the Media Player in Bitrix Site Manager it is possible to display video, play audio, and add live streaming video to site pages and blogs. In the nearest product updates the player support will be also added to forums, and an “Embed Video” button will appear in the Bitrix WYSIWYG editor.
Example of Using Media Player on a Page
The Media Player can use either Flash or Silverlight technologies to display all favorite data formats:
Flash:
- FLV7 video
- FLV8 video
- H.264 video
- Youtube video
- MP3 audio
- AAC audio
- JPG images
- GIF images
- PNG images
Silverlight:
- WMV1: Windows Media Video 7
- WMV2: Windows Media Video 8
- WMV3: Windows Media Video 9
- WMVA: Windows Media Video Advanced Profile, non-VC-1
- WMVC1: Windows Media Video Advanced Profile, VC-1
- WMA 7: Windows Media Audio 7
- WMA 8: Windows Media Audio 8
- WMA 9: Windows Media Audio 9
- MP3: ISO/MPEG Layer-3
Playlists Formats:
- ASX
- ATOM +Media
- RSS + iTunes
- RSS + Media
- SMIL
- XSPF
Features
- The Media Player allows embedding video streams from video sharing sites; the video source can be any URL including links from YouTube.
- To protect copyright there is a capability to add a watermark layer over the demonstrated video clip.
- For site visitors who don’t have an opportunity to view video online, it is possible to make the videos downloadable: download links for the video clip can be displayed on a site page.
- Using the Media Player in Bitrix Site Manager it is possible to assign new skins to customize the player to the site layout. The skins can be designed in Adobe Flash, an overview tutorial on how to create skins for the Media Player can be found here. Additionally skins can be downloaded from the Internet, for example, here.
Flash Demos
Adding Video to a Web Site
Adding Audio to a Web Site
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