February 13, 2011
Lessons Learned with StageVideo
Last week, along with the release of Flash Player 10.2, Brightcove released a page showing off the Brightcove player using StageVideo.Here's the lessons I learned from working with StageVideo:
- Getting started with StageVideo is fairly simple. The article on getting started spells things out well, and while the StageVideo object is quite different from the regular Video object, it's not hard at all to use.
- Things can get tricky when using StageVideo with a complicated player given the fact that StageVideo sits below all objects on the display list. If you had your Video object added on top of a complicated display, you'll need rework this.
- You can use StageVideo in a player that doesn't require Flash Player 10.2 Try loading the Brightcove player page in a browser using an older version of the Flash Player to see this- it can even be loaded with Flash Player 9. This isn't done too easily but can be managed with loading the StageVideo code in its own SWF as needed.
- The StageVideo numbers are impressive, as shown in the link above. I heard more than one person surprised at how much it knocked down the processing power needed on their machine.
Come Work at Brightcove
It's incredibly exciting to work on a video player that can be seen on websites I visit every day. Want to do the same? We have positions open on the player team and all over the company. There's more than 25 job openings in a lot of areas.
I'm more than happy to answer questions- email me at bdeitte at brightcove dot com for anything you'd like to know.
I wrote another "come work at Brightcove" post nearly four years ago. How time flies... most of that post is no longer relevant, but the view is the same.
