Quote Originally Posted by vinayagg View Post
After spending the whole day on this, here is my analysis:

Amazon VOD is using rtmpe protocol. This protocol has server side security checks, one of them is tight coupling with hostname. I could not call flash directly (if someone can do it, all the power to them).

Hence flash:// URL cannot be used to invoke Amazon VOD. Short of doing a direct deal with amazon, the only other way I see is to change boxee to be able to play HTML Urls that embed media inside them e.g. http://www.amazon.com/gp/video/strea...sin=B001OGWY1W

This approach will not only allow Amazon VOD but also enable many other types of video sites that are not possible today. I guess the difficulty is controlling such media through remote. Maybe we can start with play/stop button for now. Any thoughts?
the flash:// protocol can be used. messed around with amazonvod a while ago, but havent had time to complete.


here is a an example from the rss feed i was playing with

Code:
<item> 
<title>Free Amazon - Transformers</title> 
<description>test</description> 
<link>flash://www.amazon.com/src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB002FJ9W94%3Fpf_rd_p=479253731%26pf_rd_s=center-3%26pf_rd_t=1401%26pf_rd_i=1000128561%26pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER%26pf_rd_r=1RQ2ZEWGCSQY3NE6GXF1&amp;width=1280&amp;height=720&amp;bx-cropright=400</link> 
<boxee:image>http://images.vimeo.com/11/37/22/113722323/113722323_100x75.jpg</boxee:image> 
 
</item>

also here is a script to help you format your urls for flash://

http://www.fuzzthed.com/rss_link_builder.php