Streaming Video Support

GravityLab is pleased to offer HTTP Dynamic Streaming for all accounts. This is a technical reference and FAQ to this streaming video hosting announcement. What is HTTP Dynamic Streaming? HTTP Dynamic Streaming enables high-quality (H.264 or VP6), network-efficient HTTP streaming for media delivery that is tightly integrated with Adobe® Flash® Access® software for robust content protection in the Flash Adobe Flash Player 10.1 and Adobe AIR® 2 runtimes. This open format solution allows online publishers to leverage existing network and cache infrastructures to efficiently deliver media content...

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Quicklinks: Live HTTP Streaming and On Demand HTTP Streaming at GravityLab How it works Designed into iPhone OS 3.0+, the built-in video player now supports adaptive bit rate switching during playback. As a user watches a video, the iPhone player will detect the user’s available bandwidth and automatically switch to the appropriate bit rate during playback. This process provides for a much better viewing experience: higher quality (bit rate) videos are streamed for faster WiFi connections while lesser quality videos are streamed in low bandwidth situations such as is the case with AT&Ts...

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These settings apply to both live and prerecorded (video on demand, or VOD) encoding. The provided settings are grouped according to whether the content is intended to be streamed over the Cellular or Wi-Fi network, whether the content is for iPhone/iPod Touch or iPad, and whether the content is 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratio. The following audio and video formats are supported: * Video: H.264 Baseline Profile Level 3.0 (iPhone/iPod Touch), Main Profile Level 3.1 (iPad) * Audio: HE-AAC or AAC-LC up to 48 kHz, stereo audio OR MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3) 8 kHz to 48 kHz, stereo audio Note:...

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So what do we mean when we talk about our Content Delivery Network or "infrastructure" ? We took a new approach. We identified a smaller number of strategic global locations near primary Internet Exchange Points, and built supercharged points of presence we call SuperPOPs. These SuperPOPs have massive amounts of computing and caching power and are directly connected to all the major backbone fiber networks. The result is an incredibly fast streaming content delivery network that's custom built for mobile delivery, streaming video, and large multimedia files that need to be distributed globally....

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Using and embedding Windows Media video with GravityLab Multimedia is simple. Insert the following code into your HTML document to embed Windows Media Player using your GravityLab Hosting account. We've also added a link to "launch" the video in the player underneath the embedded player : <br /> <table border='0' cellpadding='0' align="left"> <tr> <td><span class="mceItemObject" id='mediaPlayer' width="854" height="525" classid='CLSID:22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95' codebase='http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=5,1,52,701'...

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Welcome to your Flash Video Hosting account at GravityLab Multimedia! We are the industry leader in flash streaming media hosting. We appreciate your business and want to make your account set up as easy for you as possible. Please bookmark this page for future reference. Don't have an account with GravityLab? Don't worry! Find a flash video hosting account that meets your project needs today. Getting Started with Flash Video on Demand Flash Media Video Streaming: Introduction – Part 1 Flash Media Video Streaming: Introduction – Part 2 Flash Media Video Streaming: Introduction – Part 3

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Overview Flash media can be streamed either through Flash Media Communication Protocol (RTMP) or HTTP protocol. This article will explain the differences between these two methods and the different types of stream configurations that you can employ. Additionally, we will provide detailed instructions on how to secure and archive your Flash media in another article. Types of Flash Media Streaming GravityLab offers three different methods through which you can stream your Flash media:  Live StreamCast, On-Demand, and HTTP Progressive Download. 'Live StreamCast' and 'On-Demand' use Flash Media Communication...

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What happens when my audience watches my video from GravityLab? Three different steps take place when streaming video on-demand to your clients from GravityLab's CDN.  These steps are: 1.      A Flash media file must be stored on our CDN origin servers. This is the server you upload your video to. When requested by a user, the requested Flash content is cached on the POP closest to that origin server. 2.      For each request, the Flash content is served to the POP closest to the client. 3.      The stream is delivered from a POP to all clients in that region. When a client...

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Setting Up Video On-Demand To store (add) Flash media on our CDN to your account Perform one of the following: FTP Client: Find out the name of the FTP server by viewing the FTP page on the Media Manager tab of the Media Control Center (MCC) ( http://my.gravlab.com/ ). Once you know the FTP server name, use your preferred FTP client to log in to that server using your MCC log in information. Navigate to the desired path and then upload the desired Flash media files. MCC: From the File Management page on the Media Manager tab of the MCC, upload the desired Flash media file to the desired path...

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This help document will help you get started with setting up your Basic Services for immediate use to start delivering your multimedia from a global content delivery network. Questions about Advanced Services or more technically advanced questions can be answered through our User Guides. You can also ask any question about your account by opening a ticket at http://members.gravlab.com Basic Services Defined Although your account may contain additional advanced features (such as Token Authentication Security, Real-time Reporting or Performance Analytics), every GravityLab account includes the following...

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