Videmo the website has a new child. Its fat and "web aware". Lol I finished the videmo.co.nz event display yesterday and it has withstood 24 hours of testing. Basically the concept is that plasma screens, big screens etc can display the video, images, and text messages that people send in. It can be moderated remotely via a flex web interface too (just incase any of you have dodgy photos ;o). I have packed this product with so many technologies and three letter acronyms it isnt funny.

We had planned to launch the first display for Vodafone NZ at the surf champs this weekend (at the beach) but a local service provider HyperFactory threw thier toys out of the cot so well have to re-schedule.  ( gutted cause I have spent alot of nights on this thing. We had been hooked up with a GPRS modem for the display and everything.

If your unsure as to where videmo came from there is a project link on the side bar to your right (i will update it soon with this information). Basically I took that website 1 step further. Messages are convertered server side and added to a database. A Prudy Flex web interface allows people to moderate the messages remotely, via AMF and once given the ok they beam thier way off to a remote location at a live event. At the event the are displayed in all thier mobile goodness on a large Flex screen. (but no-one ever knows that unless Adobe sponsors me for the Video SDK wink wink nudge nudge)

I have to now save to buy the On2 Server side sdk. The photo above shows the display running on my tv at home (has been for 24 hours remember) and youll notice the video is a little small. Basically pumping it up much more with FFMpeg kills the quality, so I really have to get the video On2 SDK to take it to the next level. Considering that the SDK is about $7000 NZ I might be saving for a while, OUCH!

So if anyone out there thinks that live video and images along with text would suit their event, feel free to let me know, and we can work something out. Im cheap as I need to eat and have to start raising funds for that SDk and paying bills again.

Its a version 1 with many possible features, but well just see how it sits with users for now and see what people actually want this thing to do.

Rock on Flex though!!!! It was the easiest to implement and mate up with the other technologies. It (really the flash player) is so suited to GUI over many other platforms it really was the only choice. Next up I will be plumbing the ROR site back into the new schema so photos and video will be availble for viewing afterwards with lightbox like video popups.

Finally, I would really appreciate it if anyone out there, no matter what country your from would send me a pxt or mobile video. I need to start getting a feel for other formats of service providers. Ill even post the funniest in a few days.

Send the message to testevent@videmo.co.nz, and it will display on my tv at home in all its glory.