Streaming and Controllable Video Training System

Posted by rerickson under Showcase

Multispan developed innovative training and communications tools for surgeons to provide online live and pre-recorded video training using FLEX 3, PHP, mySQL, and Flash Media Server (FMS).  Surgeons associated with major medical manufacturing companies have used this system to conduct on-line round tables and live surgery broadcasts into trade show booths.    These round tables also allow over 100 surgeons to interactively control and discuss a surgical training video displayed in a web browser.

One significant moment of inspiration occurred just hours before a version of the software was to be deployed but the video was not synching up properly, so the up to 100 observers would all be watching video at different starting points.  After a moment of prayer, a systems engineer received direct inspiration to simply switch two sections of code.  One section of code sent out a message all 100 listeners to ‘seek’ for a particular position in the video clip and the second section of code caused all the videos to “play”.  Even though this sequence (“seek” then “play”)  seemed logical, it failed, but when switched (“play” then “seek”)  it worked.  This revelation was received just hours before we successfully launched that version of the application.

See www.viprt.com

Use ‘demo’ for Company code, select top channel, and use ‘demo’ for the Administration code.