MediaCore is an open source platform for publishing audio, video & podcasts which makes distributing media on any website so easy.

The platform supports many media formats like FLV, M4A or MP3 which can also be played via the integrated FlowPlayer.

It can pull media from any source (Youtube, Vimeo, Google Video, etc.) & a site-owner can publish media from the administrative interface or let users create the content via the upload interface.

MediaCore has RSS feed support for iTunes & Feedburner.

It can display the page views, comments or how many viewers “liked” a video to th eend users like Youtube.

And, a powerful admin panel helps controllingall the system from managing media to approving comments & much more.

The application is built with the TurboGears Python Framework and MooTools Javascript Framework.

JCPlayer is a free Flash video player component for displaying/streaming FLV files easily.

It works both with Flash CS3 & CS4 or as a widget object directly in HTML without Flash.

The player has fullscreen option & can be customized completely (includes ready-to-use skins).

P.S. JCPlayer is free to be used in personal websites & requires a license for commercial ones.

FLV Player is an open source & free resource to display FLV files on websites.

It is compatible with FLV version 1.1 & comes in 5 types:

• mini: player with a start/pause button & timeline control
• normal: mini + stop button
• maxi: normal + sound & fullscreen buttons
• multi: maxi + multiple video display option
• JavaScript: a player with no graphical interface but can be totally controlled via JS

The player can be controlled with keyboard for a better accessibility.

P.S. Download links can be found inside the "details" page of each player version.

Bumpbox is another Lightbox clone which offers a very easy usage & has some advantages over others.

There is no need to mention the media type to be displayed as it detects them automatically & as a nice feature, Bumpbox can display PDF files besides FLV, SWF, images or HTML content.

It is built with MooTools & displays the modal box with a nice bump effect.

The script works for both local & remote files. And, to show FLV files, it uses Flowplayer media player.

AjaXplorer is a free Ajax file manager with powerful features & an user-friendly interface.

It is built with PHP (4 & 5) & does not require any database to run. Just an upload & use solution.

Some great features of AjaXplorer:

• File/folder actions: rename/copy/move/delete/download
• Multiple file upload with progress bar
• Edit text files (syntax highlighting for js, php, html, java, sql & perl)
• Images can be previewed & viewed as a slideshow
• Mp3 files can be listened without downloading them
• Flash videos can be viewed
• ZIP files can be browsed & extracted
• Bookmark system for reaching to the desired files easier
• Multilanguage
• Recursive search & more

AjaXplorer has a multi-user environment. The admin can create new users & assign the permitted directories/rights to those users.

The application also offers a high-level of usability with drag’n drop support, keyboard shortcuts, list / thumbnails views & ability to select multiple file / folders.

XML Photo Album is a free Flash gallery application with multi-gallery support.

It can display images, audios (mp3), videos (flv) & switching between galleries or thumbnails is possible by hovering the app.

The gallery is managed by editing a XML file & that’s all it requires for configuration.

XML Photo Album comes with the .fla source which makes it possible to customize & improve further.

Few weeks ago a post at WebResourcesDepot had announced the new version of Flowplayer -an amazing Flash video player- and a chance to win free licenses of this player.

To Remind:

The player has a JavaScript API (with jQuery support) that enables you to control almost every aspect of the player.

It is totally skinnable & every part (component) of the player can be removed or re-positioned.

They have picked the winners: "3 most creative use of Flowplayer".

Here they are:

A Wordpress plugin for Flowplayer

The player is now much easier to integrate with Wordpress.

An advertising solution with the powerful Flowplayer API

The advertisement is placed under the canvas coupled with a pre-roll video ad. The content plugin is used to tell the user when the featured fighting video starts. A good example of Flowplayer scripting). 

Eye candy

Nice controlbar skinning together with fiercy red overlays. The Expose tool is used to further enhance the experience. You can see that having a custom image on the overlay is a very powerful way to visualize your pages.

Click here to go the Flowplayer’s homepage.

Xe-VideoGalV1 VL is an open source Flash video player.

The player has a gallery/category support which multiple movies can be presented as a thumbnail & a user can select any of them.

Xe-VideoGAlV1 VL has other features like:

• A transparent info window above the video
• Download of FLV file support
• JPG/PNG/GIF support at movie screen
• Play/pause/sound on-off buttons
• Autoplay
• Player can be resized & more..

Video files to be displayed are configured from a XML file which makes it easy to edit & update.

Flowplayer is a free Flash media player that can configured & styled to fit your needs.

It supports multiple media types: FLV, H.264 coded MP4, JPG, PNG & MP3.

Some features of Flowplayer:

• Full screen mode
• Progressive download
• Ability to play multiple files in 1 stream & ability to include images
• Streaming support: Flash Media Server, Wowza & Red5
• Quick access to specific chapters via thumbnails
• Protection against hotlinking to media files
• Embed links

This Flash media player can also be controlled with JavaScript & from other Flash movies.

Besides the free GPL license, there are several other paid licenses. So, make sure you check the licensing before using it.

P.S. This is not a very fresh resource but realized that it was missing in WRD & here it is.

JW FLV Media Player is a complete solution for adding video and audio to your website.

Some features:

• supports playback of any format the Adobe Flash Player can handle (FLV, but also MP3, H264, SWF, JPG, PNG and GIF).
• supports RTMP and HTTP (Lighttpd) streaming, RSS, XSPF and ASX playlists.
• has a JavaScript API.
• accessibility features.

This FLV player has so many other features like Youtube support or Google Analytics support for tracking the statistics.

JW FLV Media Player also provides an online setup wizard which can be used to create a ready-to-use configuration file.

The application is free for personal use and licences needed for commercial uses.