MediaFrame for Mpeg-4, public preview released

MediaFrame is an Open Source streaming media platform in Java which provides a fast, easy to implement and extremely small applet that enables over 97% of web users to view audio/video content without having to rely on external player applications or bulky plug-ins. MediaFrame does not require special servers, software or programming knowledge.



MediaFrame for Mpeg-4 has been in development for several years and was released today for the first time as public preview. The preview provides a full version of the software along with sample video and implementation files.



Mpeg-4 compatibility brings a wealth of new feature to the fore such as time based tracking, which allows users to track playback through a fully integrated JavaScript API and video smoothing which acts to remove artefacts from the video stream.



The technologies video scaling algorithm is also much improved, allowing a user to increase the size of the viewable screen by up to 500% that of the original movie file without a significant loss in quality.



Like the Mpeg-1 version before it, MediaFrame for Mpeg-4 is extremely light weight at only 56kb making it faster to initialise than both Real player and Windows Media Player. And unlike its competitors, MediaFrame does not require a plugin on the client machine.



MediaFrame for Mpeg-4 is available now.