Adobe Media Player Developer Center

Drilling down into Adobe Media Player features

Television just got reinvented. Not the medium itself, perhaps, but the way you watch it—on your computer desktop. Adobe Media Player is a desktop video RSS aggregator whose simple user interface is centered around Internet TV and video podcast content. You have complete control and flexibility to view whatever you want, whenever you want—online or offline.

There's a catalog of available shows from which to choose, your own selection of favorite shows, and basic tools to manage subscriptions and other preferences. The subscription options enable you to start watching a show from the beginning or watch just the latest episodes. You can also use Adobe Media Player to manage your personal collection of videos stored on your local hard drive.

The following four video tutorials examine various aspects of navigating the Adobe Media Player user interface, and give an overview of the product's features.

Getting started

This video covers the basics when you first launch the Adobe Media Player: browing the catalog to watch new episodes, exploring My Favorites, saving personal videos to your local hard drive, and setting options.

Running time: 4:48

The catalog

The catalog is where you find available shows to add to your favorites. You can either search for specific content or just browse around and discover new favorites.

Running time: 4:00

Watching videos

This video shows how to play a single video, watch new episodes, and catch up with your favorite shows. Learn about video playback size options, too, and the "watched" option.

Running time: 4:09

Setting options

You can set many options in Adobe Media Player: start screen, new episode options, user demographics, privacy, status indicators, show-level options, and more.

Running time: 4:02

Where to go from here

I hope these overviews will help you get into Adobe Media Player in a big way. I use it on a daily basis and cannot imagine going back to watching TV (or viewing video files) the old fashioned way.

For more information about Adobe Media Player, check out the product page.

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