Tag Archives: Media

Streaming Player API – Bringing the Big Screen to the Small Screen

The BlackBerry open source API module for streaming audio and video has now been released! BlackBerry developers should definitely read this post to find out more about the sample code.

Explaining Digital Rights Management

I get asked about digital rights management (DRM) often enough that it’s probably high-time I do some writing about it. For those who don’t know, DRM generically refers to access control software used for limiting usage of digital media. For those that want to know more about what DRM options are available to them on […]

Media Actions API in BlackBerry JDE v5.0.0 How-To

I would like to talk about a new API feature in the BlackBerry® Java® Development Environment v5.0 (Beta) I worked on called the Media Actions API. [...]

BlackBerry Browser Embedded Media Content Automatic Playback How-To

I am often asked by web developers “How can I use multimedia to offer a better experience for my users?” The most common method is to provide a link to the audio or video content that allows the user to download the file and play it back using the BlackBerry® Media Player. [...]