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Originally Posted by eisbaer
Hi,
I just wanted to collect some thoughts. Many Webmasters who run paysites convert their Videos to WMV, Quicktime, Real as they don't know which player their user has or prefers. Add different platforms(Windows, MAC, Unix(es), different versions of Player Software, Codecs and you always have users complaining and problems.
I now saw that Sorenson added an IP6 Codec for Flash Encoding to Sorenson Squeeze (my current Vidoe Encoding Software) and discoverd the site of on2.com for Flash Encoding. I tested it and the quality was about on par with WMV 9 the leading Codec at the moment.
As about 98% of all people have Macromedia Flash Installed and a update to the version 8 player runs automatically and is only 700k (instead of the 20-50 MB other players have) might not be Flash 8 SWF Files the Video Format for the Adult industry of the future (in combination with the VP6/7/8 Codec).
I'm thinking of converting all my video stuff to this format after Macromedia releases a Unix Flash 8 Player.
What do you think? To proprietary, will not last longer then 1-2 years, Flash will die, Good idea???
Thanks
Eisbaer
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I don't see Flash dying anytime soon. Having a format where you can display the video in any style branding in a near "player-less" environment isn't really offered by the other formats, as of yet. Our tests show Flash video (vp6) looking even better than H.264 (Quicktime). Only downside, is that your customers will complain about not being able to download it. If you must offer it as a download, you will need to bundle the .flv download with some sort of custom (swf) player which represents your brand....or have them download one of the desktop Flash video players from the web.
Don't be fooled though by the new version of FMS, as it DOES NOT support real-time encoding with the new On2 vp6 codec. Definitely a fuckup on Macromedia's part......although there is word thatthis will come out soon as a stand-alone desktop encoding station (like Sorenson provides).
Hope this helps.