{"id":1347,"date":"2017-06-20T15:58:36","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T06:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.criware.com\/?p=1347"},"modified":"2017-06-20T15:58:36","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T06:58:36","slug":"discover-liveact-pro-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/20\/discover-liveact-pro-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover LiveAct\u00ae Pro!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A stroll in the offices of CRI Middleware reveals many exciting technologies in addition to ADX2 and Sofdec2. In this post, we give a closer look to LiveAct\u00ae PRO, a professional middleware package that includes all the features you need to work with video on the web. It would be a fantastic vehicle to market your game!<\/p>\n<p>As many of us have learned the hard way, dealing with video on web sites is not always a walk in the park. For example, there are technical restrictions due the web browsers on smartphones (e.g. no Flash support), you need to rely heavily on programmers to create rich interactive content and so on&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>LiveAct solves these issues and provides many interesting features:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Automatic playback<br \/>\n\u2022 Simultaneous playback of multiple videos<br \/>\n\u2022 Embedded video \/ inline playback<br \/>\n\u2022 Personalized and interactive video<br \/>\n\u2022 Custom compression technology (half the size of MP4 and 1\/100th the size of an equivalent GIF animation)<br \/>\n\u2022 Frame-by-frame viewing log output<br \/>\n\u2022 Responsive design that works on PC and smartphones<\/p>\n<p>Even better, LiveAct\u00ae Pro does not require any specific plugin or app to be installed and will work on any device or OS!<\/p>\n<p>To get an idea of what LiveAct\u00ae Pro can do, you can visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cri-mw.co.jp\/liveact\/\">http:\/\/www.cri-mw.co.jp\/liveact\/<\/a> (although the text on that page is in Japanese, click on examples and you will instantly understand all the possibilities it offers to you!)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1326\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.criware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/LiveActWebSite.png\" alt=\"LiveActWebSite\" width=\"736\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/LiveActWebSite.png 1149w, https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/LiveActWebSite-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/LiveActWebSite-768x598.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/LiveActWebSite-1024x798.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Here are some of the things you can easily do with LiveAct\u00ae Pro to bring life to your web pages:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Use videos as thumbnail images (with autoplay support). You can even play multiple video thumbnails simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Make specific scenes or regions in a video clickable to allow viewers to skip specific scenes or to link to an external URL.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Set direct links to a specific scene or frame in a video from a URL (in-video deep links).<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Switch from the YouTube links which are static images with a play button to moving video thumbnails.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Easily create Flash-like animations or interactive content that reacts to taps or clicks, without any programming knowledge required.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Create parallax scrolling animations when the user scrolls up or down, without any programming!<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Acquire important data on how users view your videos (viewing retention rate, disengagement frames, seeking detection, etc&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1327\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.criware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/LiveActPRO_Introduction_Simple-and-creative.png\" alt=\"LiveActPRO_Introduction_Simple and creative\" width=\"730\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/LiveActPRO_Introduction_Simple-and-creative.png 1850w, https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/LiveActPRO_Introduction_Simple-and-creative-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/LiveActPRO_Introduction_Simple-and-creative-768x457.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/LiveActPRO_Introduction_Simple-and-creative-1024x609.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finally, the authoring workflow could not be simpler and does not require the intervention of a programmer.<\/p>\n<p>All you need to do is to encode your MP4 file with the LiveAct\u00ae Pro encoder and optionally also author them in the After Effect web plug-in. You will end up with an HTML file and a content file. These files are used by the run-time library (JavaScript) and the result plays in any web browser, on any device, without needing anything else!<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t hesitate to <a href=\"mailto:global-sales@criware.com\">contact us<\/a> if you have any question about LiveAct\u00ae Pro!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A stroll in the offices of CRI Middleware reveals many exciting technologies in addition to ADX2 and Sofdec2. 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