[Oti]

[Public Testing/Treat] Video Streaming System

From time to time, I'll have a feature the public can test. Right now, the first feature is the "Video Player" which will stream FLV videos, give links to download options, and will give a list of the top 5 newly added videos. Some features aren't fully working, and those are pointed out in the player window. Think of this as a taste of what is to come!

Public Signups for the BETA is coming... please bare with me...

http://www.gaminghybrid.com

Yes! Finally you can see some of my work, while adding features that were going to be placed on "hold". The link above pops up the "Video Player", which will be standard to guests, and optional for members+. The download system as well as the streaming system is virtually complete. So, when these current issues are finished, GH will be released. I've not given up and this website will be my biggest investment I've ever done!
The video player also has notes to what sections are currently working, and which are currently being worked on. Just because you can "see" it, doesn't mean it is actually working. An example of that is the "Top 5 Newest Videos", where it does show th list and the links do work, but it doesn't actually "feed" anything from the server, meaning it isn't really the "newest"... not "yet" I mean.
Implemented/Planned Features

• Advertisement
  As a bonus for testing the BETA, there are no advertisements! However, come the release of the site, there will be. However, as the comment in the placeholder, that row will vanish if your account has "Honored Membership" status. Staff automatically have permanent status.
• FLV Player
  This is a low-bandwidth streaming solution. We have, however, made the as much quality for the flv files as YouTube, if not better.
• "Welcome Guest" area
  Will give an area letting you know if the script identifies you, and gives guests information (mainly).
• Download Format
  For testing reasons, I have not enabled "member-only" access to this portion, where the live version will require a membership. On there, it'll list various format you can download the video with, for convinence of the member. I mean, why go through the trouble to convert, when it is done for you? Any link with a strkethrough means the format is not yet available for the current video. This can likely happen since the formats are manually added via FTP.
• Top 5 Newest Videos
  This is planned to list the top 5 newest additions to our library, however this currently does not work. I mean that as it is hardcoded at this time, and thus not acting as a interactive server feed.

Here are the keypoints of the final version:

• Guests Can Only Stream FLV, not download...(could change)
• Members can stream FLV AND download AVI & iPod (and more) versions.
• Queue system has been added, but only used based on server activity.
• Honored Members get ad-free streaming/download pages.
• Guest, Member, Honored = Queue priority from lowest-highest.