Description of Project.
What I need or require: Video display software.
Purpose of software is to insert advertising messages during playback of pre-recorded media, such as a DVD video.
Example: Ski Store has skiing DVD showing extreme ski athletes going down a mountain on display in the front window of the store. Video application will insert administrator-designated messages into video (All ski boots on sale) for people outside the store to see while watching the DVD presentation.
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Example (names are intended to be fictitious):
At the entry to the new Virtual Reality Skateboarding game, people waiting in line can watch Tony Hauckes’ EXTREME SKATEBOARDING DVD (or some other movie) while they wait.
The corporate sponsor, Total Gear, is paying for the movie, the giant plasma TV, and is kicking in some money to advertise the game at the mall.
Obviously, Total Gear wants to promote themselves at the same time.
So, let’s say that EXTREME SKATEBOARDING plays at about 30 frames/sec.
Every minute or so (1800 frames), a short 5-second clip is played promoting something at Total Gear (about 150 frames). It could be a repeating static image, a shot of the owner, Bob Idiot, talking about the new store opening in Lower Nowheresville Shopping Center, or how all left-handed inline skates are on sale.
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What I already have versus what the provider will deliver:
Provider will deliver completed software application.
Other context/requirements that providers will need to know:
Software application must run on Windows-based computers (Win XP/Vista at minimum).
Completed project will do all of the following:
-display common video formats (e.g. wmv, mpeg, divx, mp4, DVD) without modification (normal media player) resulting in unchanged presentation run time.
-display video with administrator-defined frames added at specified intervals ( ‘X’ frames added every ‘Y’ frames for films displaying at 29 frames per second) resulting in extended presentation run time.
-display video with administrator-defined frames replaced at specified intervals ( ‘X’ frames every ‘Y’ frames for films displaying at 29 frames per second) resulting in unchanged presentation run time.
-X and Y must be configurable with values from 1-9999 frames unless you can convince me otherwise.
-Audio should be able to be turned-off for one or both video presentations. In the case of use as a subliminal projector, the audio from one must be ‘stretched’ over the silent/subliminal frame to avoid ‘choppy’ playback of audio.
Administrator rights must be lockable (e.g. franchise owner can choose the terms of the sale, store operator can ONLY choose which DVD he will play but cannot change the ski boot sale into a t-shirt sale.)
-Program istelf must be securable with a license key (e.g. Windows operating system, secured Adobe Acrobat files) so I don’t see a thousand copies on a file sharing network next week.
Specific expertise/background that I am seeking:
Experienced programmer/team. I’m not into computers so telling me that you are good at MS DirectShow doesn’t tell me a thing.
Timeframe for delivery should be explained in bid.
Winner must not be late in delivering completed, functioning result.
If I’m happy with the result, we will further customize this product.
