Create faster, more distinctive players with the PDK 4
thePlatform’s Player Development Kit 4 (PDK 4) has everything you need to build your own unique Flash-based broadband video player. Completely documented and fully customizable, PDK 4 provides an advanced player, that when paired with your content, will create a compelling viewing experience for your audience.
In the newest version of the Player Development Kit (the PDK 4 release), we have focused on speed, flexibility, and customization. Check out our demos to see the array of improvements and new features to help you develop video players that perform better and are more appealing to your audience.
If you’re already using the PDK, you can download the PDK 4 release from the Technical Resource Center. If you’ve never used the PDK and want to get started, or to obtain partner plugins for PDK 4, contact your Account Manager at thePlatform.
Check out some of our out-of-the-box player skins
Create distinctive player experiences
- 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. For Flash developers, the options to customize player layouts and user experiences are endless.
- The PDK offers the ability to present several content feeds in one player. Listing categories like New Releases, Top Rated, Most Viewed, etc., is easy to achieve in the PDK. You can even display multiple video players in the same canvas.
- PDK 4 allows for complete customization of the control rack, including the ability to add multiple rows of controls, change the direction of the volume bar from horizontal to vertical, and floating playback controls that come and go seamlessly.
- The advanced player options of the PDK’s prebuilt Flash controls give you increased functionality without having to be a Flash developer.
Take a look at another one of our player skins.
Great playback performance
- PDK 4 is built in ActionScript 3.0 for more speed, flexibility, and backend functionality, which dramatically improves the playback experience and allows our customers to 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.
- The PDK offers numerous options for loading content into the player more quickly with pre-warming and automatic play features, and FMS adaptive streaming.
Check out the floating controls and multiple feeds in action.
Your audience becomes your advocate
- The PDK offers a multitude of viral distribution options. Enhanced embedding capabilities allow you to place 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.
- With offerings including comments, ratings, tags and favorites, our Community Toolkit helps you to further engage your audience.
See how you can embed a player with a single URL.
PDK partner plugins
thePlatform’s PDK is a full-featured player development platform that is supported by dozens of innovative technology partners. Using our pre-integrated plugins means lower integration costs, technology risks, and support requirements for your business. Plugins are built and maintained by thePlatform and our partners. Options include:
Advertising and Monetization , Reporting and Analytics , Community Creation, Playback Experience, Content Syndication
Learn more about our partner network.