he way I see it, mp3 support was an easy choice for podcasting to make, because mp3 had already become the standard for audio downloads, and portable hardware players.
The same might happen with mp4 eventually, but it will take a while. We can actually find something to thank Apple for, as they could have made the ipod to only work with .mov's, rather than .mp4 as well. Im pretty optimistic that things will go well for mp4 on the encoding & hardware mp4 creation side of things. The browser & hardware mp4 playback part of the picture is not so far advanced, time will tell. Steve of Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Pete Prodoehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you think either company would have chosen MP3 as the defacto format > for podcasting? No way... they each would have pushed the format they > are most invested in (AAC for Apple, WMV for Microsoft.) Remember that > podcasting (despite the name) really happened because the individuals > involved at the time saw the value of using open formats and protocols > not controlled by any single company. > > The big question is, can we do the same thing with videoblogging? > > Pete > > -- > http://tinkernet.org/ > videoblog for the future... > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/KIlPFB/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
