Interesting, cheers. Its a shame Apple hardware always hogs the limelight, I'l
try to
compare the archos spec with the iphone sometime and see what variations in CPU
etc
there is.
Does it just handle flash .flv's or can it do flash in general in the browser?
The latter is
probably harder to
Technical and business reasons both seem plausible.
One technical reason would be that iphone UI is smooth because it uses
hardware acceleration. Not trivial to allow flash to take advantage of
that, or multitouch etc. And looking at how much cpu flash uses on the
desktop, and previous
Flash video looks great on my Archos 605. Drop it in and it plays.
Lisa
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 8:27 PM, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Technical and business reasons both seem plausible.
One technical reason would be that iphone UI is smooth because it uses
hardware acceleration.
I'll experiment with this format issue tonight.
Meanwhile another option are things like this recently announced
product that is a PC built into a TV:
http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/news.phtml/7029/8053/rock-meivo-lcd-computer-tv.phtml
Not a very big screen for a TV, it strikes me that this
Thanks for all of your responces since I originally posted this question.
I guess my real question was why not use flash to publish a video using a .swf
file?
I thought 80 - 90% of the computers had the flash plug in in their browser to
play a swf
file. Would this not be easier than having to
Daryl,
Some other people like will give you different and probably better
answers about why people use anything other than Flash, and views
about quality/downloadability versus streaming, etc.
I'll stick to the Flash version / compatibility thing because I
happen to have the numbers to
Rupert, thanks for comments.
With flash you can add navigation buttons if you want to have a little more
than a video,
you can have an interactive video. Also, with flash you can save out a
quicktime and still
have some of the navigation capabilaties.
Coming from a flash perspective, as I
Daryl,
I think, in the end, everyone agrees that Flash keeps most viewers
happy. And i agree about the advanced features it offers - I have
already professed my love for the buttons they've built into their
flash players over at http://crowdabout.us and I think there's room
for a whole
Hi Daryl,
I know this conversation has kind of gotten far afield of the original
question, but most of it is relevant to some degree or another. As a
content creator, I prefer Flash .flv because of the additional
flexibility it gives me in using so many other services that support
flash video.
Daryl, you mention that you would also have pc accessability while
working with flash. Would the new Mac with the Intel chip that can
run Windows qualify as pc accessability.
I'm planning on buying a second computer. I considered a good pc but
then decided the new Mac with the Intel chip
Randy,
I'm a Mac fan and have both PC Macs (PowerPC G4 x2). One of my
many freelancing jobs is helping people sort out their computer
problems. I don't think the PC is a slowly dying dinosaur. PCs are
here to stay because people like what they know. You could look at
Mac's transition
Reasons people in general would buy a PC:
Cost (I know its not an issue for you but its a large reason that the
PC isnt dying out significantly, and that most people I know dont even
look at a Mac before buying a PC)
3D gamers probably want better graphics cards than most Macs dont have
Certain
I dont think the PC is dying either. Its not impossible that Windows
could die one day in the future, but as you pointed out, the Mac is
mostly PC hardware these days. The ever changing set of standards for
different bits that make up PC hardware, and make it 'PC compatible'
is not going anywhere
Wow, just when I thought I'd finally reached a decision, you have
totally changed everything. I started with Mac OX Tiger. In the
past, I've had two crashes with Windows that were time consuming and
expensive and disastrous.
I'm thinking about starting a podcast because I like interviewing.
Thanks Steve, I find what you say especially fascinating. I just
wonder how far off is the new Leopard Mac? My current Mac Tiger has
two internal 500 GB hard drives, one external 1000 GB (terabyte?)
drive and room for one more 1000 GB drive. I really don't have to
worry about space since I
Sorry to mess wit yo hed :-)
What you should really do is get Linux.
Just kidding.
I haven't seen a direct comparison resource yet but I haven't really
really looked - and SO much of it is subjective and will be argued
over passionately by Mac lovers and Mac haters (it's the Mac factor
that
Does anyone else have formats they would recomend for video blogging?
On the mac PC question. I would go Mac. Always had a mac and you can always
have a pc
for the things you can't do on mac. Mac's have been reliable to me, I don't
download lots
of junk and do lots of experimenting, so that
Does anyone else have formats they would recomend for video blogging?
On the mac PC question. I would go Mac. Always had a mac and you can always
have a pc
for the things you can't do on mac. Mac's have been reliable to me, I don't
download lots
of junk and do lots of experimenting, so that
On 15 Mar 2007, at 18:34, Steve Watkins wrote:
So anyways Im interested in Ruperts opinions of the Windows Media
Center thang, why he thinks it is right. I havent tried it much but I
was under the impression it was mostly compatible with wmv,a nd
whatever microsofts format is for recording
All the rumouring about Leopard suggests it will be out this month or
next month. The last major update to Tiger just came out the other
day. And apparently Apple have kept some of its best new features a
secret, so they can do they proper 'wow' thing on launch. But Ive no
idea what those features
Cheers for the info. My fear is that what plays through media center
is not exactly the same as what can be made to play through windows
media player. I have sucessfully watched mp4 through windows media
player, by installing a codec, and back in the days where I was always
ranting about mpeg4
They *say* that what works in the Player works in the Center, and
their troubleshooting guide certainly gives that impression... but
we'll see.
As for the energy saving thing... I thought I was being good by
multitasking the one computer rather than having separate Mac Mini or
PC. Oh God,
Thanks, John, I wasn't aware of a couple of those links.
The Nelly-Moser encoder is certainly optimized for the two-way
requirements of Flash Player, but it's so proprietary I suspect even
Adobe is regretting licensing it. It has locked out some really
creative development in the area of getting
caroosky wrote:
Now, if only the portable device manufacturers would get on the ball.
I'd love to load up a portable media device with a bunch of flash
video from YouTube, Revver, Blip and others...
This is coming, but it's not here yet. The next version of the Adobe
Flash Lite engine will
Thats great news to hear John, the more formats get properly supported
on mobile devices the better, and it sounds like you are taking a good
approach in future which will keep things simple for those doing the
encoding.
To answer Daryl's question, what a lot of people do is encode their
video
John Dowdell, you are my new best friend! That's awesome news! Since
CrowdAbout.us uses Flash extensively, and we have had reservations
about jumping into the mobile market, I am always looking to find out
more about what's being developed in new releases of the platform.
Any chance the next
so is the best format for flash video a .swf file or are you talking a .flv
file format?
Daryl
.flv, definitely. The reason is simple. .flv is the bare media file,
and .swf takes an .flv, adds a player to play it (and some other
optional things that I won't get in to now) and makes a new packaged
file that is executable, or will open and play in its own player when
clicked.
The reason
inevitable, but figured it would not begin until end of year.
this is great to hear! thanks for the update.
sull
On 3/12/07, John Dowdell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
caroosky wrote:
Now, if only the portable device manufacturers would get on the ball.
I'd love to load up a portable media
this is also good to have for quicktime to handle flv on mac:
http://perian.org/
On 12 Mar 2007 20:19:59 -0700, caroosky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
.flv, definitely. The reason is simple. .flv is the bare media file,
and .swf takes an .flv, adds a player to play it (and some other
optional
Hi Daryl,
Not sure what you mean by using navigation buttons...
In my experience, after testing the newest flash encoder (On2 Flix
Engine with Sorenson encoders) used by Blip.tv and others, I have to
say, I don't see any real disadvantages to Flash anymore. There was a
time when the Flash video
Of Joshua
KinbergSent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 8:50 PMTo:
videoblogging@yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Flash
Video question for Actionscripters
I've been looking for a Flash player that will load FLV
files from a RSS feed and play through them. Any chance that this
project
Which is the lowest version of Flash you want to support (7 has
several versions, I think the most recent is 7.2)? And how are you
loading the FLVs? Is it with NetConnection and NetStream or the Media
class?
-- Enric
-==-
http://www.cirne.com
http://www.cinegage.com
--- In
Jeroen (developer of the standard flv player that most of us use) is also working on xspf and rss playlisting support. I have spoken with him a number of times but i am not sure where he is on this task or if he has started it.
Not to discourage Joshua of course. Either way, more flv
Hello,I'm using this FLV player by neolao :http://resources.neolao.com/flash/components/player_flv/templates/multi
exemple with my settings: http://demo.podesk.com/podesk/index.php?2006/05/29/54-vj-bertranol-zagros
There is a lot of nice options, and there is a basic playlist support. It should
, 2006 8:50 PM
To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Flash Video question for Actionscripters
I've been looking for a Flash player that
will load FLV files from a RSS feed and play through them. Any chance
that this project will have this functionality?
Yes
Which is the lowest version of Flash you want to support (7 has
several versions, I think the most recent is 7.2)?
I'd like to support FLV, and that means both Flash 7 and Flash 8 (and
Flash 6?? not sure if FLV was part of Flash 6).
And how are you
loading the FLVs? Is it with
Jeroen (developer of the standard flv player that most of us use) is also working on xspf and rss playlisting support. I have spoken with him a number of times but i am not sure where he is on this task or if he has started it.
Yes, I'm pretty much combining Jeroen's FLV player and his
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Joshua Kinberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Which is the lowest version of Flash you want to support (7 has
several versions, I think the most recent is 7.2)?
I'd like to support FLV, and that means both Flash 7 and Flash 8 (and
Flash 6?? not sure if
Try downloading a video from YouTube and tell me if that works for you.
Use http://keepvid.com to get the FLV from YouTube.
-Josh
On 6/2/06, Enric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Joshua Kinberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Which is the lowest version of
Nope, it doesn't work with FLVs encoded by YouTube (bottom of
http://utilities.cinegage.com/vpip-test-page/ ). However, it works
with FLVs encoded by blip.tv
(http://www.cirne.com/vlog/2006/04/14/pixars-acquisition-by-disney-509/ ).
-- Enric
-==-
http://www.cirne.com
Even after the YouTube video completely loads, the FLV duration is not
available from Media.totalTime .
-- Enric
-==-
http://www.cirne.com
http://www.cinegage.com
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Enric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nope, it doesn't work with FLVs encoded by YouTube
Josh,
I'm sorry I don't have an answer to your problem but I would like to
know more about the project. I've been looking for a Flash player that
will load FLV files from a RSS feed and play through them. Any chance
that this project will have this functionality?
Bill Streeter
LO-FI SAINT
I've been looking for a Flash player that
will load FLV files from a RSS feed and play through them. Any chance
that this project will have this functionality?
Yes, exactly. It currently supports FLV videos from RSS and XSPF
playlists. But the videos must be Flash 8 (or have proper FLV
Funnily enough, those sites with flash videos seem to be able to keep a lot of
people
hanging around. That sorta sounds like a community if you put enough comment
fields
there.
I mean, it's not like RSS is this push technology which comes to you and does
not
inherently incite people to stay
On 12/21/05, Joshua Kinberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, FireAnt does play SWF files. But Flash video is not a SWF. It is
an FLV loaded into a SWF.. often loaded externally via relative link
within the Flash file. This type of scenario often breaks syndication
because it cannot be viewed
great reply, michael.we've been talking about flash video over on vlogtheory and the issues of it being closed right now... as per th epoints you made here only recently mostly since vsocial came about i started to change my tune and stopped pissing on flash. so despite all
Flash is used by service providers... upload your video here types
of services.
This is fine, but for an independent who wants to post their own video
on the web, dealing with Flash is still for the most part too
expensive and too complicated. Flash MX 2004 Professional is not a
cheap program.
but you can transcode other formats to flv.and you can use a flash wrapper/player which can provide some interactivity being discussed here. these are free or cheap. just need a server to upload it to so it can be used on the web. you dont have to buy or use expensive Flash MX 2004
I agree with this.
In fact I've posted a very elegant WordPress FLV plugin here several times.
I think that is a great option for videobloggers. But Flash is not the
be all and end all. Other format options for download/syndication are
very important.
-Josh
On 1/10/06, Michael Sullivan [EMAIL
For those who don't have the time or inclination to dive into ActionScript, the
value of
Flash video is represented by the sites that use it. As I've said before,
there is a growing
number of sites using it, but these sites have only shown the tip of the
iceberg of what can
be done with
Obviously I'm out of town when this thread hits...
Yes, I entirely agree with where this ended up. Flash is not an
end-all-be-all -- there is *no* end-all-be-all.
And I agree, innovation in this area is not done, it's barely started.
Needless to say, we've got cool stuff on the go. =) The
I must agree with Josh, though Mike I did find your fresh perspective
and information very insightful. As I see it while the aquisition of
Macromedia by Adobe and the video share market does bode well for the
flash format I still see it as a niche tool which will have to fight
deperately
I thought FireAnt accepted SWF files - I seem to remember mine showing up just fine. I mostly use SWF, and those files get the most downloads on my site, wherever those are coming from. I compress them with Sorenson Squeeze.
I've only recently started using FLV in order to work with the
Yes, FireAnt does play SWF files. But Flash video is not a SWF. It is
an FLV loaded into a SWF.. often loaded externally via relative link
within the Flash file. This type of scenario often breaks syndication
because it cannot be viewed offline or from a local hard drive.
Syndicating the raw
Currently, it is not possible to play flv's (Flash video files) on an iPod. However, Flash video is taking off like a rocket. Most of the major new big media sites are using it (e.g. video.google.com, espn.go.com, labs.reuters.com/video, www.brightcove.com, etc.). Most of these have come up
Our research has, so far, led us to the conclusion that only FLV or
SWF movies play in the Flash player... I'd love to hear if there are
alternatives, though, as we don't much like either format!
Yours,
Mike
Co-founder, blip.tv
http://www.pokkari.com/blog/
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com,
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