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Multimedia Download / Upload

Marius Fekete Chris Crawford Aaron Rietschlin Kyle Armstrong Da Cai. Multimedia Download / Upload. Project Description. Android app targeting Version 2.1+ App must be able to: Upload a video to the server Download the video from the server Maintain database with video information

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Multimedia Download / Upload

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  1. Marius Fekete Chris Crawford Aaron Rietschlin Kyle Armstrong DaCai Multimedia Download / Upload

  2. Project Description • Android app targeting Version 2.1+ • App must be able to: • Upload a video to the server • Download the video from the server • Maintain database with video information • FTP Server • Parse Database

  3. Significance • Own personal cloud • Storage space • Privacy

  4. Parse • A backend for mobile apps • No need to worry about server side development • “Heroku for mobile phones” • Database in the Cloud • API calls allow you to retrieve stored information • http://www.parse.com • Private Beta

  5. Example Parse Code • Store • Retrieve

  6. Parse Database • “Data Browser”

  7. Android Design Patterns • AsyncTasks • CPU Intensive operations, network calls, database access all block the Main “UI” thread • AsyncTasks works in a separate thread

  8. More Android Design Patterns • ActionBar • In Action: • Dashboard

  9. How It Works: Downloading

  10. How It Works: Downloading

  11. How It Works: Code

  12. How It Works: Uploading

  13. How It Works: Uploading

  14. How It Works: Code

  15. How It Works: Code

  16. Our Demo

  17. Obstacles Encountered • Finding a database for keyword tags. • Translating video into byte array for transfer. (bytes corrupted) • Testing the FTP environment on Windows.

  18. Future Work • Streaming capabilities • Original idea • Choice of file location • Ability to save as different file type • File overwriting notification / file protection • Teaming up with other groups • Embedding • Compression • Automatic Server Backup

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