As the lead developer of BitGravity’s Flash player I am very proud to introduce what we have been working on for the past eight months!

We have launched our newest Flash Player which has a lot of great features and a very easy wizard that helps anyone configure and embed video. We decided to build this player from the ground up, instead of modifying our Player 5. We did this so that we could create a really solid, modular, extensible foundation. This is going to open the door for a lot of customer suggestions to be implemented in a really quick way. So we’re going to be adding playlists in the near future, and we’re geared up to support third party advertising networks.

Some exciting new features that we’ve already added for the 6.0 release are pre-rolls, post-rolls, theming, RTMP streaming, some new multi-bitrate options and improved support for H.264 advanced seeking. We’ve also done a complete overhaul on the configuration wizard, so you can access all these new features very easily.

Best of all we’re giving it out for free! There are a lot of great players out there, and we often get asked by our customers for Flash player assistance, so we figured it might be nice to provide a general player, that we will know inside out, for anyone to use.

Here is a quick general overview of a few of the features to be found in BitGravity Player 6:

Player Configuration Wizard
The new and improved BitGravity Player Configuration Wizard has been extended to include the player’s new features, and provide quick and intuitive setup and skinning controls. A “Simple Mode” has been included to get your video playing in seconds, and a preview of your partial configuration is visible throughout the setup.

Theming
There are four elements available to customize the look of the new BitGravity Player to fit right in to your website.

• Custom logo
• Logo position
• Color scheme (made up of four colors, and each is adjustable)
• Video background

Multi-bitrate
While high definition video is very desirable, reaching a wider audience often requires a lower bitrate video. With Multi-bitrate, you no longer need to have just one or the other. With the BitGravity Player, offering your video in 2 to 5 different bitrates will allow your viewers to switch bitrates to match their connection speed from within the player. For video hosted on BitGravity CDN, users can switch bitrates mid-stream! There is even the option to have the quality selection automated based on the user’s connection speed.

Improved support for H.264
On the server side we’ve been putting a lot of resources into supporting as many types of video encoding as we can with our AdvancedProgressive seeking - so you can seek to a point in the video ahead of the loading bar. A much wider range of H.264 and FLV encoded videos are now supported for full BitGravity AdvancedProgressive seeking and mid-stream bitrate adjustments on BitGravity CDN.

Advertising
Monetize your videos by playing pre-roll advertisements before your video or less-intrusive post-rolls.

Speed and Stability
A modularization of video playback modes allows for fast player initialization and is kind to your users’ CPUs, getting your video started even faster.

Get Set Up with BitGravity Player 6!