Re: SMIL and Real Events

Olof,

I couldn't help but notice your comment about working on server-generated
smil-examples and I thought it will interest you and the rest of the list to
hear about Veon's plans for the matter.

Veon is about to release what is called the Media Activation Server. This is
actually server-side Java that creates SMIL files on the fly according to
script files and SMIL templates.

The great example that we have running right now is creating SMIL
presentations based on database queries. For example, a Real-Estate web site
can offer an HTML query page for retrieving all the properties which fit
certain criteria. The server will fetch visual, textual and vocal
descriptions of the properties and will create one or many SMIL files
according to the layout templates.

The server will be distributed with a tool for creating SMIL files and
turning them into templates as well as a scripting tool for generating the
database (SQL) queries and defining flow control logic.

I think that the ability to employ such server-side logic to create
multimedia presentations according to user specification is a valuable
addition to the "Why SMIL technology will prevail" list that was being
compiled here. Also it is a clear and simple way to introduce the power of a
scripting language to support flow control and advanced logic while still
maintaining the declarative format which has its own merits as previously
described on the list.

-/udi

Udi Peleg
Chief Technology Officer
Veon, Inc. (http://www.veon.com)
Email: udi@veon.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Olof Törnqvist <olof@iconmedialab.se>
To: www-smil@w3.org <www-smil@w3.org>
Date: Thursday, June 18, 1998 6:35 AM
Subject: SMIL and Real Events


>Hi,
>
>Trying to find documentation of how RealPlayer G2 handles
>events such as pushing a url to the browser. I know how it
>works in Real System 5. But I think that there should be an
>easier way to do it with SMIL.
>
>On the page following page they mention "multimedia
>synchronization file". What is that?
>
>http://service.real.com/help/library/guides/production/htmfiles/smil.htm#34
644
>
>/olof - working on some server-generated smil-examples.
>
>--
>Olof Tornqvist <olof@iconmedialab.se>
>Icon Medialab AB S:a Hamnvägen 22, 102 53 Stockholm
>Phone +46-8-5889 90 00, Fax +46-8-5889 90 99
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>

Received on Friday, 19 June 1998 13:42:37 UTC