Server side movie generation
The product requires no particular server side software to run. The files it
generates can be placed directly on a server and downloaded by a phone. This
does not however, lend itself to dynamically changing content such as weather forecasts
or stock quotes.
The solution is to use a separate server side Java library available from the author.
The library contains a single class called "CSXEdit" which takes a CSX movie file
and edits it. The attributes of the file that can be changed are:
- Text - Any text string can be changed to any other
- Colors - Any color replaced by another
- Images - Any image file replaced by another
- Sounds - ANy sound file replaced by another
To make use of this feature a movie should be set so that a user decision made
through a hotspot or softbutton, jumps to a movie located on the server. In this case the
player fetches the movie as a CSX file. If that CSX loops on itself then the player
goes back to the server to get another, possibly updated copy of the same movie as well
as any resources such as image and sound files. If you
don't want a looping movie to go back to the server then place the movie in the
initial JAR file.