Session 3: Playback
—Managing Players and Content in Your Organization
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The Digital Media Ecosystem
CREATE
DELIVER
PLAYBACK
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Principles of
content creation
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Choices in media
servers & proxies
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Media player
functionality
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Working with
audio/video
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Getting started
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Player platforms
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Scaling your
deployment
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Players for
Enterprises
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Content security
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Mobile delivery
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Mixed Media
Presentations
Media Player Functionality
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Audio and Video Playback
Deliver effective and high-quality content across a
range of bandwidths
Narrowband Video
RV10 @ 35kbps
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Compelling LAN
Friendly Internal
Content
RV10 @ 150kbps
Broadcast Quality at
Broadband Rates
RV10 @ 300kbps
Mixed Media Presentations
Synchronization of audio & video with slides,graphics,
text, links and web pages
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Download & Content Services
ƒ Providing a gateway to content services and exploration
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Managing Your Content
ƒ The Music and Library
page gives you a single
place to find, listen to,
buy, download, or save
music, movie and other
media files
ƒ Organize all your clips,
whether you captured
from a CD, or
downloaded them
ƒ Burn to CD
ƒ Create Playlists
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Free RealPlayer 10
More than just a Player
ƒ Universal -- Play CDs, DVDs and all major file types
ƒ Pristine Audio and Video Playback
ƒ Harmony Technology
ƒ ‘Tivo’ functionality – Live Pause and Perfect Play
ƒ 5.1 audio capable – Multi-Channel Stereo Sound
ƒ Supports over 100 secure portable devices
ƒ My Library – manage download and streaming files locally
ƒ Built-in Browser – include your web strategy with your
streaming media
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Broadest Range of Players Available
ƒ For PC Windows 98/2000/NT/XP
ƒ RealPlayer, RealPlayer Plus, RealPlayer Enterprise
ƒ Mac players
ƒ Linux, Solaris players
ƒ For devices
ƒ Symbian, Pocket PC, Palm
ƒ Helix Community
ƒ Open Source Players
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RealPlayer on Portable Devices
Announced and Shipping High Volume Mobile Devices
Motorola
E680
Nokia
7650
Siemens
SX-1
Nokia
N-Gage
Nokia
6620
Samsung
SGH-D710
Nokia
7610
Motorola
Qualcomm
Nokia
7700
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Motorola
E1000
Nokia
9500
Nokia
3650
Panasonic
X700
Sendo
X
Nokia
6600
Treo
600
Open Source Players
ƒ Helix DNA Client
ƒ An open universal media playback engine, supporting decode and
playback of any data type, on any device
ƒ Helix Player
ƒ For Linux, Solaris & Symbian
ƒ Rich & usable graphic interface
ƒ Support for a variety of open media formats like Ogg Vorbis, Theora
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— Boosting Productivity
RealPlayer Enterprise
ƒ Simple RealPlayer with no ‘entertainment’ features and
content
ƒ Configurable to meet internal requirements
RealPlayer Enterprise Manager
ƒ Centrally manage RealPlayer Enterprise deployment
ƒ Configure players for different audiences
ƒ Centrally lock down and update player preferences
ƒ Manage component updating from within your network
ƒ Protect the privacy and security of your network
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RealPlayer Enterprise
ƒ Musicstore
ƒ Promotion
ƒ CD Burning
ƒ RN autoupdate
ƒ High quality
ƒ Turbo play
ƒ Manageable
ƒ AutoUpdate-able
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Why RealPlayer Enterprise?
ƒ Control bandwidth usage
ƒ Control player settings
ƒ Enable network proxy configuration
ƒ Enhance security
ƒ Internalize autoupdate
ƒ Focus on employee productivity
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RealPlayer Enterprise Manager
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Why RealPlayer Enterprise Manager?
ƒ Customize RealPlayers
ƒ For regions, local or remote
ƒ For pointing to corporate portals or internal TV feeds
ƒ Remote RealPlayer configuration updates
ƒ Security
ƒ Forcing players to go thru proxy
ƒ Reduce support cost
ƒ Lock down preferences reduce support calls
ƒ Internal autoupdate
ƒ Customized internal help pages
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Session Summary
ƒ Media players do more than just audio and video
playback
ƒ There are media players for almost every platform
or device
ƒ Enterprises can deploy a player geared more
towards employee productivity
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