10 May 2008

CorePlayer Mobile adds support for Flash files

CoreCodec Inc, a leading provider of digital media technology, has released an update for the mobile version of its very popular CorePlayer to address some issues and bring some new features and improve functionality.

This update brings support for Adobe Flash multimedia container files (typically .flv and .f4v files) encoded in flash video. If you have video saved to your memory card it will now be able to play them back.

Native support for flash within webpages is still a ways off, but is planned for a future release. The update also includes some bugfixes and optimizations for the recently introduced YouTube support and improved RSS feed functions.

CorePlayer Mobile v1.2.4 Edition is ready and you can get it for about $29.90 Symbian S60 3rd edition devices. Although price is a little bit high for one mobile application most of people that I know claims that it's well worth the purchase price.

All Symbian versions now feature theeir unique YouTube Browser and actually CorePlayer on Symbian devices is much 'happier' now on the platform and they are promissing that it will be even more so with each upcoming release.

FLASH SUPPORT INFO

LIMITATIONS

• At this time we will only support the Flash Container (FLV)
• Don't look for CorePlayer to play the files 'within' a webpage (it will however play linked FLV content and open CorePlayer). Embbedded support will come by early next year with v2.0 of CorePlayerX/CorePlayer API integration.
• We will not support ON2's VP6 as an embedded video codec anytime soon if at all. If the demand warrants it we will look into the possibilities but till then...

SWF

• This is where we are taking a stand back approach. We will likely include SWF support at some point... but are looking at the options of either using the upcoming Adobe Runtime and or.... creating our own from scratch via the newly released SWF specs.

CHANGELOG

Version 1.2.4 build 4204 (4187 for Symbian) (20080509):

• FIX: YouTube seeking issues
• FIX: YouTube navigation on small screens
• FIX: Busy indicator on Palm and Symbian
• FIX: Revision3 RSS reading (watch out for the huge bandwidth needs)
• FIX: Keyframe issue on some rare AVC streams
• FIX: OS X: fix some display issues
• FIX: OS X: Conversion of some UTF16 strings
• FIX: Symbian: TCP/UDP connections are less blocking and more stable
• FIX: Symbian: Audio handling is more robust
• FIX: Symbian: UIQ3 backlight issues
• FIX: Symbian: Possible crash when playing MP3 and AVC
• FIX: Win32: File association on Vista
• ADD: FLV playback support (no VP6)
• ADD: F4V file extension
• ADD: Get the duration from RSS feeds
• ADD: Option to keep the screen on when playing audio files (too)
• ADD: Reading cover art from Zune folders
• ADD: Symbian: Keep the preferred access point in the preferences.