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HTTP Streamer 1.0 released

Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2015 11:19 am
by admin
Airsoft Softwair - the hardest work men in code business - are proud to present a brand-new plugin for Hollywood: The HTTP Streamer. This plugin allows Hollywood scripts to open files stored on HTTP servers as if they were local files. Furthermore, the plugin also supports streaming of audio and video files via HTTP if the AVCodec plugin is installed. This finally makes it possible to do video and audio streaming with Hollywood which opens up a whole new range of possibilities for developers! Once this plugin has been activated, all Hollywood functions that deal with files will "automagically" be able to open files from HTTP sources as if they were stored on a local drive. It just doesn't get any more convenient!

The HTTP Streamer uses a sophisticated multi-threaded design for highly efficient HTTP streaming. Each HTTP connection is managed by a dedicated thread for optimal performance. This means that even when dealing with slower connections, Hollywood itself will never become sluggish or anything as all HTTP I/O runs on dedicated threads.

The HTTP Streamer is the second plugin to bear the Powered by Hollywood 6.0 seal of quality as it utilizes the new file adapter plugin interface and the streaming APIs introduced with Hollywood 6.0. The plugin will not work with older versions of Hollywood. That's why we here at Airsoft Softwair say: Life starts at 6.0. The HTTP Streamer is available free of charge and can be downloaded from the official Hollywood portal Versions for AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, AROS (i386), Windows, Mac OS X (PowerPC and i386), Linux (PowerPC, i386, ARM) and Android are provided.

Please note that video and audio streaming requires at least version 1.3 of the AVCodec plugin.

This release was brought to you by Airsoft Softwair - the hardest working men in code business.

Re: HTTP Streamer 1.0 released

Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2015 11:22 am
by airsoftsoftwair
Just to make this clear... this means that things like

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OpenVideo(1, "http://www.example.com/video.mpg")
PlayVideo(1)
...
OpenMusic(1, "http://www.example.com/music.mp3")
PlayMusic(1)
...
LoadBrush(1, "http://www.example.com/image.jpg")
DisplayBrush(1, 0, 0)
are now possible! Enjoy :)

Only Hollywood 6.0 makes it possible.

Re: HTTP Streamer 1.0 released

Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2015 11:42 am
by Allanon
:shock: :shock: That's absolutely AWESOME!! :o :o :o :o

Re: HTTP Streamer 1.0 released

Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2015 12:35 pm
by djrikki
Sounds good! Excellent work.

What about Exist() is this going to be adapted?

Re: HTTP Streamer 1.0 released

Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2015 3:30 pm
by tolkien
You know it but I have to say it. You are an Amigaheroe!

Re: HTTP Streamer 1.0 released

Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2015 11:37 pm
by zylesea
Looks pretty cool.
Big thanks for this new plug in.

Re: HTTP Streamer 1.0 released

Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:16 am
by Arminius
Awesome! Way to go! 8-)

Re: HTTP Streamer 1.0 released

Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 1:52 pm
by djrikki
Never mind my question, I just read the .readme file on os4depot.net which explains it all.

Re: HTTP Streamer 1.0 released

Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 6:13 pm
by airsoftsoftwair
Thanks!

@Allanon: Now it should be possible to embed some streamed preview videos in your AppStore :)

Re: HTTP Streamer 1.0 released

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 12:37 am
by Allanon
Yes, this is awesome!
:D