Swarmcast intros Autobahn HD player for Flash

Just in case you haven't heard enough about Adobe's latest HD-enabled Flash release, Swarmcast has introduced a brand new player that supports the aforementioned technology while "protecting against video stalls and skips." Autobahn HD for Flash is a free, full-screen-capable player that is built on the firm's "patented multi-source streaming technology," which "dynamically adjusts the video bitrate to ensure that individual viewers are always watching the highest-quality video possible for their internet connection." Furthermore, the company will be making the source code available to the Flash community for those who'd like to modify it, and while a set date hasn't been announced, an OS X-friendly version of Autobahn HD should be ready soon.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 17th 2007 11:23PM]

This is great. The quite and small developer at http://www.jeroenwijering.com/ has been the flash player for many web sites for some time now. Simple, clean, easy to learn code and interface. Not to mention it's cheap.

I look forward to seeing how easy this code will be to use and how flexible it will be.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 18th 2007 11:18AM]

Hey Taylor,

You can get the player source code now. Check out www.getautobahn.com/developers for more information.

Best,
John

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 18th 2007 12:08AM]

we've chosen to use autobahn as well at www.iclips.net. It looks good, I just hope it takes hold in the market.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 18th 2007 5:29AM]

jango fett,
it�s a screen-grab from the short, �Elephants Dream�, the first Blender open film. They�re making the second one now, and it�s based on furry animals!
So this time next year, you�ll be seeing a fat camp bunny or a skinny squirrel in these shots instead..
http://peach.blender.org/ for more

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 18th 2007 10:11AM]

I don't understand why there isn't an OS X version yet. Flash is cross platform.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 18th 2007 11:24AM]

Matt W, basic playback works just great on OS X as you can see at http://www.getautobahn.com/developers/, however the fullscreen will be stretched rather than high quality. The advanced features to enable high quality video and protect against rebuffering, such as network acceleration and adaptive bitrate, require the Autobahn software.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 18th 2007 11:35AM]

John-

Yeah, I know. That's great. I requested the code yesterday and still have not heard back from them...

:/

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2007 6:52PM]

Taylor, it looks like you filled out our 'free hosting' request form. Until we get a form set up (soon) source requests should go straight to info(at)getautobahn.com .

Sorry for the confusions,

Ry4an Brase, Swarmcast