Create faster, more distinctive players with the PDK

thePlatform’s Player Development Kit (PDK) 4.2 has everything you need to build your own unique, Flash-based broadband video player. Completely documented and fully customizable, PDK provides an advanced player, that when paired with your content, will create a compelling viewing experience for your audience.

Create distinctive player experiences

  • New in PDK 4.2: Create cards for third-party application interfaces, forms, or any other content you want to integrate. You can customize all aspects of the card including content, tabs, buttons, menu locations, and more.
  • New in PDK 4.2: Group menu items under tabs or within other buttons to clean up the navigation. Position all or part of the menu anywhere on the screen including left, right, top, bottom, overlay, etc.
  • Our skinning model is smart and easy to work with. With some basic HTML and CSS skills, you can easily customize our templates to build compelling players for your site or for distribution. Flash developers have endless options for customizing player layouts and user experiences.
  • Prebuilt controls give you increased functionality without having to be a Flash developer.

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Great playback performance

  • PDK 4.2 is built in ActionScript 3.0 for more speed, flexibility, and back-end functionality, which dramatically improves the playback experience and helps you keep up with online video viewing trends.
  • The component delivery process now loads individual player components into the player canvas more efficiently. As a result, players launch faster than ever before.

Your audience becomes your advocate

  • New in PDK 4.2: Share to more social media sites including Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Digg, Reddit, StumbleUpon, Delicious, Windows Live, Yahoo! Buzz, VodPod. Add your own sites and applications with our fully documented APIs.
  • New in PDK 4.2: Your audience can share to Twitter with hash tags and short URLs, driving your incremental video views.
  • New in PDK 4.2: Users can create clips with designated start and end times and send them to any supported location. All shared videos maintain your business policies.
  • Embed your entire video player experience with all of its features, add-ins, and components into a single Adobe Flash file for distribution to sites like social networks, blogs, and even your affiliates.