Aha its nice to see HD back on the agenda :) A few details:
Current version of flash can do high def, but the 'moviestar' version that is in beta has the following advantages: h264 support vp6 codec now has a version that uses less cpu hardware scaling support in fullscreen (uses less cpu than existing fullscreen method) If you have a mac, the moviestar version of flash 9 was updated in November, I guess to improve performance on the mac: http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer9.html Vime is doing true HD, and we are talking 720P (1280x720 24fps). I asuume their stuff works on the non-beta flash player, and so is using vp6 codec rather than h264. The vimeo HD FAQ has some good info & encoding tips: http://vimeo.com/help/hd They advise people to upload in h264, but as I said Im assuming they convert to vp6 for now, and this may change once Moviestar is out of beta. Im not sure whether the Shrek etc demos are using h264 or not, the fact they mention Flash 8 makes me guess its vp6, but they do use the hardware-accelerated fullscreen mode, which will only work if you have the flash beta. In practice both vp6 and h264 will be rather nice for 720P stuff, so many of these details wont matter to vloggers, especially if they have a video host like Vimeo worrying about the details. You are then free to concentrate on getting the HD content you upload to your host, to be the best queality, eg you must deinterlace. I was waiting for the moviestar flash to get out of beta, so I could use 720P h264 that I had encoded & hosted myself, with the knowledge that the fullscreen mode would be smoother for people, and would hopefully run better on slightly slower computers than can currently handle this stuff. An I still think decisions about whether to go to HD depend on what sort of content you produce, it probably wont ad that much to some vlogs, whilst others will really shine with the extra resolution. Even if people dont want to up their resolution, I really do recommend people try higher framerates, the era of 12fps should really be over by now, and it really change the feel of content. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Loiez D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all > > I just try VimeoHD > I think it's the same thing > > a test here > http://www.vimeo.com/373559 > > Cheers > > Loiez > > > Le 10 nov. 07 à 02:11, Bill Cammack a écrit : > > > Looks great to me. :) > > > > Full-Screen Flash 8 HD Video => http://tinyurl.com/2g9ndq > > > > -- > > Bill Cammack > > http://CammackMediaGroup.com > > > > > > > > Loiez D. > http://www.loiez.org > skype:ultimcodex > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
