On Jan 24, 2008 9:11 AM, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 23/01/2008, Phil Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Without looking it up, the previous reply (from a Gnash dev IIRC) was that > > the BBC are > > using the latest version of Adobe Flash Streaming Server, and this has > > dropped support for > > streaming over HTTP. > > I remembered it being described as deprecated. My interpretation of > deprecated is that it isn't recommended to use it but it still can be > used. Normally it means it will be removed sometime in the future. For > instance I can use a Deprecated Method in Java and it will still wok > but I will get a warning and it may be removed from Java in the > future. I therefore assumed that RTMP could still be used but wasn't > the recommended approach. I may have been wrong though. (Why would > anyone remove something useful from a software application anyway? > More importantly why would anyone trust a vendor that did that with > their Mission Critical software applications?). > I honestly can't tell whether you're being deliberately obtuse or not. HTTP streaming is deprecated, not RTMP.
HTTP = The old way RTMP = The new way While I don't actually see the point either, I'm sure Adobe has its reasons and since no one has any more suitable suggestions for how to stream A/V content easily over the web then that's what's being used. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
