Free Multimedia Controls
HTML is nice, but sometimes a web site needs to get a bit flashier to attract attention
among the zillions of other interesting web sites around the world. Displaying
video, audio, or animation of one kind or another is a common approach these days.
That's where these free controls come in handy. Peruse this list for a sample
of the kinds of tools that are available for free here and elsewhere around the
web.
Tour the Source Code of my Free ASP.NET QuickTimePlayer Control.
Read the accompanying article that describes in detail how and why it works, and
download the control and source code for free!
http://SteveOrr.net/articles/QuickTime.aspx
Embedding flash animations in a web page used to be simple, but changing standards
have introduced significant complications. My custom Flasher control
makes flash easy again. Download the control and source
code for free, and read the accompanying article that describes in detail how and
why it works.
http://SteveOrr.net/articles/Flasher.aspx
A free Streaming Media Player web control is available
for free on this very site, source code included. There is a simple audio
control which should satisfy simple needs, and a more sophisticated media player
is included as well for playing virtually any kind of audio or video.
http://SteveOrr.net/articles/StreamingMedia.aspx
Laurent Duveau's FlashControl is an ASP.NET 2.0 control that lets
you easily play Flash movies in a web page. This XHTML compliant control boasts
modern design time features such as SmartTags and custom designers & editors.
It's cross browser compliant and of course - it's free! The source code is
not included but can be purchased for a small fee.
http://www.flash-control.net
A free Media Player windows control is also available
for free on this site, for those windows forms application developers out there.
It plays virtually every kind of audio and video and the source code is yours for
free in case you'd like to extend it. There is a full article explaining how
it works in case you're the curious type.
http://SteveOrr.net/articles/MediaPlayer.aspx