Player Framework by Microsoft

#1

Post by ajbatac » Thu, Nov 24, 2011, 5:21 PM UTC

Player Framework by Microsoft
playerframework.codeplex.com

Re: Player Framework by Microsoft

#2

Post by andrewvc » Thu, Nov 24, 2011, 5:55 PM UTC

Ah HTML w/ a Silverlight fallback....

What's the usecase for this?

Re: Player Framework by Microsoft

#3

Post by hoffmang » Thu, Nov 24, 2011, 6:36 PM UTC

andrewvc wrote: post #2

Ah HTML w/ a Silverlight fallback.... What's the usecase for this?

It offers a JavaScript API for controlling the player where the API methods are the same on both the HTML5 and Silverlight versions. This consistency is very handy for using any of the versions as a fallback for the other with almost no extra coding

Re: Player Framework by Microsoft

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Post by Avshalom » Thu, Nov 24, 2011, 7:09 PM UTC

andrewvc wrote: post #2

Ah HTML w/ a Silverlight fallback.... What's the usecase for this?

IE6/7 users who have Silverlight installed for Netflix or company stuff.

Re: Player Framework by Microsoft

#5

Post by drivebyacct2 » Thu, Nov 24, 2011, 9:29 PM UTC

hoffmang wrote: post #3

andrewvc wrote: post #2

Ah HTML w/ a Silverlight fallback.... What's the usecase for this?

It offers a JavaScript API for controlling the player where the API methods are the same on both the HTML5 and Silverlight versions. This consistency is very handy for using any of the versions as a fallback for the other with almost no extra coding

But dozens of these already exist for Flash/HTML5 which seems to make far more sense than Silverlight.

Re: Player Framework by Microsoft

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Post by drivebyacct2 » Thu, Nov 24, 2011, 9:30 PM UTC

Avshalom wrote: post #4

andrewvc wrote: post #2

Ah HTML w/ a Silverlight fallback.... What's the usecase for this?

IE6/7 users who have Silverlight installed for Netflix or company stuff.

Who don't already have Flash? Does such a situation actually exist anywhere?

Re: Player Framework by Microsoft

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Post by ineedtosleep » Thu, Nov 24, 2011, 9:39 PM UTC

drivebyacct2 wrote: post #6

Avshalom wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IE6/7 users who have Silverlight installed for Netflix or company stuff.

Who don't already have Flash? Does such a situation actually exist anywhere?

I think that was already explained by the, "...who have Silverlight installed for Netflix or company stuff." part.

Re: Player Framework by Microsoft

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Post by drivebyacct2 » Fri, Nov 25, 2011, 1:45 AM UTC

ineedtosleep wrote: post #7

drivebyacct2 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Who don't already have Flash? Does such a situation actually exist anywhere?

I think that was already explained by the, "...who have Silverlight installed for Netflix or company stuff." part.

Right. Show me a computer that has Silverlight and not Flash.

What "company stuff" requires Silverlight (and/or doesn't likely also require Flash at some point)?

Re: Player Framework by Microsoft

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Post by ale55andro » Mon, Nov 28, 2011, 4:10 PM UTC

drivebyacct2 wrote: post #8

ineedtosleep wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think that was already explained by the, "...who have Silverlight installed for Netflix or company stuff." part.

Right. Show me a computer that has Silverlight and not Flash. What "company stuff" requires Silverlight (and/or doesn't likely also require Flash at some point)?

Why should it matter? Silverlight is a free plugin supplied by Microsoft. Surely the intended parties can download it if they don't happen to have sl installed. It's an automated process and hard not to know what to do. Also don't forget that this is fallback, so either the end user upgrades their browser (in most cases involving ie6/7 this is not possible) or they install the plugin which is free. Your question is pretty moot at this point because sl has a 60% penetration rate which is not the same 90% of flash but still significant and quite sufficient to invalidate your argument. What if they required silverlight somewhere else? what if this is a corporate environment which is usually 90% of the case and normally this is the user group having trouble upgrading from ie6/7. In these environments it's more common to use sl which is used a lot for LOB apps and the probability rate of them already having/wanting sl is much greater. Edit: forgot to mention WP7. This will work on there while flash won't.