The ScreenVideoPlayer is an application I built for making it easier to use screencasts. I have had to spend a bunch of time watching screencasts to understand some Microsoft .NET technologies for my graduate assistantship work.
So I decided to create an application which would make this process a little easier, as I was having to go back and forth watching these and using them later. Many times I would be scrambling around in the video wondering just WHERE that specific piece of code I am looking for was being discussed :-)
Anyways, here is a quick description of how you can use it - you can download and install the ScreenVideoPlayer from here
Download ScreenVideoPlayer
You already need to have Windows Media Player 10 installed on your computer.
To use the ScreenVideoPlayer, you must first import a video. There are two parts to having a properly imported video - you must have a downloaded video file (which can be played in Windows Media Player 10) located on your hard drive, and you must have the corresponding matching transcript in XML form.
Click on File-->Import Video. Select the video file you would like to use, and the corresponding matching transcript file - the order is reverse in the UI, sorry. For the imported file, you would need to provide a name (use something which you can remember). If you get a message saying the file was imported successfully, you are all set for viewing!
When you wish to view the screencast, you can simply use File-->Open imported video and click on the appropriate video you wish to watch.
At this point, the only way to get a matching transcript is by using this blog. But I have tried to make the application fairly extensible, so I have built everything around using XML as the database for the app. It must be possible for others to create their own matching transcripts using my application. I will be posting the "transcript creating" app after making a few changes.
Happy screencast viewing!
So I decided to create an application which would make this process a little easier, as I was having to go back and forth watching these and using them later. Many times I would be scrambling around in the video wondering just WHERE that specific piece of code I am looking for was being discussed :-)
Anyways, here is a quick description of how you can use it - you can download and install the ScreenVideoPlayer from here
Download ScreenVideoPlayer
You already need to have Windows Media Player 10 installed on your computer.
To use the ScreenVideoPlayer, you must first import a video. There are two parts to having a properly imported video - you must have a downloaded video file (which can be played in Windows Media Player 10) located on your hard drive, and you must have the corresponding matching transcript in XML form.
Click on File-->Import Video. Select the video file you would like to use, and the corresponding matching transcript file - the order is reverse in the UI, sorry. For the imported file, you would need to provide a name (use something which you can remember). If you get a message saying the file was imported successfully, you are all set for viewing!
When you wish to view the screencast, you can simply use File-->Open imported video and click on the appropriate video you wish to watch.
At this point, the only way to get a matching transcript is by using this blog. But I have tried to make the application fairly extensible, so I have built everything around using XML as the database for the app. It must be possible for others to create their own matching transcripts using my application. I will be posting the "transcript creating" app after making a few changes.
Happy screencast viewing!
Update (02/20/08):
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