Originally Posted by D_Unit

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.