- MeMa: ~40% of Granicus revenue, $12 million recurring annually
- Originally Granicus used Windows Media Player (.wmv) through Internet Explorer
- Silverlight compatibility added after WMP
- H.264 format added (video compression codec), along with Performance Accelerator for encoders. H.264 works for most mobile platforms, has high quality
- ModernVideoPlayer (MVP) added, custom flash player built by Granicus
- JWPlayer introduced, MVP converted into Granicus Video Player (GVP). Eventually issues arose with JWPlayer's support team, as well as 'Pro' features not usable in Granicus' forked code
- CDN cancellation (4-6 Weeks Notice)
- Flash player deprecation (Issues w/ mobile platforms, security problems, etc)
- HTML5 compatible player needed
- JWPlayer wanted a lot of $ to continue
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Inline Captioning / Below Video Captioning / Fullscreen Captioning
- Built-in Flowplayer functions for entering/exiting fullscreen
- Custom JS event triggers & caption displays tied to custom buttons for CC/FF/RW, showing/hiding the proper elements
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Desynchronization of live streaming video & corresponding captioning
- PubNub used to stream captions data.
- PubNub request for captions is received and delivered immediately, however our video file data is slightly delayed due to time required to encode/stream. PubNub must be slowed down to match video timestamps, because video cannot be sped up.
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Archived videos utilize .NET side of MeMa
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Archived videos do not have the same issue with captions that streaming live video does. Player must handle both situations to produce a similar experience.
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Archive captions use:
VTT, Video Text Tracks - Handled via HTML Element
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Regression Testing
- Edge / IE / Chrome / FireFox / Safari
- Desktop / Tablet / Mobile
- Live / Archive / Captions
- Regular viewing / fullscreen viewing / embedded viewing / query parameters
- Document & Agenda Viewer / Index Points
- Remove old/unused MVP & GVP Code
- Client custom solution support
- Mobile/responsive redesign