Linux Fund and the Gnash Project partner to raise funds to support RTMP streaming media
Dec 15th, 17:21 UTC
Help bring streaming media support to the open source Flash player
December 15th, 2008 - Linux Fund is pleased to announce that it has begun fundraising to enable Gnash project developer Sandro Santilli to bring Real Time Messaging Protocol support to this open source Flash player. This project will enable users to enjoy streaming video from a number of popular web sites and the open source Red5, Cygnal and Dimdim servers. The Gnash/RTMP project joins the LiVES video editing project as part of Linux Fund's growing open media initiative.
"This work will connect several open media client and server-side projects and this new source of funding couldn't have come at a better time." says Rob Savoye of the Open Media Now! Foundation.
Gnash is an Open Media Now! Foundation initiative that is part of the GNU Project. Flash is an animation file format pioneered by Macromedia which continues to be supported by their successor company, Adobe. Flash has been extended to include audio and video content, and programs written in ActionScript, an ECMAScript-compatible language. Gnash is based on GameSWF and supports most SWF v7 functionality, plus portions of SWF v8 and v9.
Visit www.gnu.org/software/gnash/ for more information about Gnash.
Sandro Santilli has worked since 1994 in the information and telecomunications fields, with a focus toward use, promotion and improvement of open source software. He has work experience in both Italy and North America, and has built a breath of skills focused on the continuos evolution of products, processes and services in the ICT industry.
Gnash/RTMP work description:
- Update the rtmpget utility to fetch video resources
- Implement an IOChannel abstraction of the RTMP protocol
- Implement 'rtmp' URI schemes in the NetConnection ActionScript class
- Implement media streaming support in NetStream the ActionScript class
About the Open Media Now! Foundation
OMNow! supports free ways to create, to distribute and to display digital creative content. We are dedicated to the development, support and empowerment of an open media infrastructure for companies and individuals who desire more control over product technology and content. Our foundation opens the media market by actively developing operating system-agnostic and cross-platform solutions, and by conducting legislative research on media-related topics.
Visit www.openmedianow.org for more information about the Open Media Now! Foundation.
About Linux Fund
Linux Fund is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides financial and supervisory support to the open source software community. Linux Fund raises funds with its line of rewards credit cards and direct donations, and has given over half a million dollars to open source projects since its founding in 1999.
Visit www.linuxfund.org for more information about Linux Fund and to help bring RTMP support to Gnash.
(Submitted by Michael Dexter of Linux Fund)
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