Autobahn HD for Flash®: Join the Video Quality Movement
December 11th, 2007 07:15 CST by Justin Chapweske
*Autobahn HD for OS X coming soon . . .
At Swarmcast, our focus has always been to provide the best online video user experiences while solving the economics of video delivery. It is thus with great pride that we unveil the beta release of Autobahn HD for Flash.
The demand for high quality online video is undeniable. However, content providers are being held back by available players and delivery methods that lack the flexibility and expressive power to support innovative and profitable business models for online video.
Autobahn HD for Flash is the first ever FREE video player platform to feature network acceleration, protect against rebuffering, and ensure that every viewer receives the best video quality, every time.
Developers can get the open code to create or customize their own embeddable, full-screen video player. The Flash platform combined with Autobahn HD will always deliver the best possible user experience.
Developers - get the player source code
To learn more about how Autobahn HD for Flash works, see the posts below.
To support you in showcasing high quality video on your site, for a limited time we’re offering a risk-free hosting trial. That’s right – you use our player or integrate Autobahn HD into your Flash player, and we’ll foot the bill for delivery from several of the top CDNs in the world. You are not required to use our delivery for Autobahn HD, but many CDNs are always faster than one, so why not give it a try.
Please join me in spreading the word about Autobahn HD. I can’t wait to see what new experiences we can bring to online video.
Best,
Justin Chapweske
CEO and Founder
December 11th, 2007 at 9:13 pm
> Developers can get the open code
Is that open as in open source? If so, what license, GPL?
December 12th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
The player source is, or rather wtihin the next day or so will be, available under the Apache License v2.0. Until we get the website built out for it bounce an email to info.getautobahn.com and they’ll set you up.
December 16th, 2007 at 2:33 am
Is OS X support in the works? If so, when? Thanks.
December 17th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
@Tim,
We have a bunch of OS X users in-house, and it’s a big priority. The best I can say on timing is “Coming Soon.”
Cheers,
John
December 28th, 2007 at 1:03 am
> is there any autobahn for flash - linux version?
December 28th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
syawal, our Linux support is just about exactly where our Mac support is — application works on the OS but we’re without an acceptable installer. The Mac installer is under active development (it’s trickier than it sounds because we need to alter the proxy settings in a non-rude way), whereas the linux installer isn’t on the immediate road map.
That said a goodly fraction of our dev. team works and tests on Linux all day long. Once the Mac version launches it shouldn’t take much linux knowledge at all to repurpose it for Linux use. I’ll make sure to post Linux how-to directions here in the blog once the *nix friendly Mac version is available.
December 30th, 2007 at 9:35 am
thanks for the reply Ry4an. Just want to ask. Can autobahn work with google video/ youtube? If no, could you explain why? thanks.