"Flash-delivered video" (as you call it) is a *video player*. And thus is not video.
I.e., "Flash-delivered video" is similar to the Windows Media Player, the QuickTime Player, VLC. (It's basically a Flash-based video player... similar to a Java-applet based video player.) But it is not video. I.e., it is not a video file. The FLV file that these Flash-based video players play are the videos. (But we may be just arguing semantics.) And... as far as blocking ads in playlists.... just "mark" some of the actual content to be "downloaded at the last minute" too (like the ads)... so that if the user automatically blocks anything that is "marked" to "download at the last minute" to block the ads... then they end up blocking parts of the content too.... which makes auto-ad-blockers software impossible. This doesn't stop them from fast-forwarding through the ad (which is fine... because if the user really doesn't watch that particular ad, then it's a bad idea to try to force them). But that requires the user action.... and is much different than automated software that blocks every single ad no matter what (so the user doesn't even see them even if they would have been interested in it). See ya -- Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc. http://ChangeLog.ca/ Motorsport Videos http://TireBiterZ.com/ Vlog Razor... Vlogging News... http://vlograzor.com/ On Feb 13, 2008 1:26 AM, Steve Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In what way is flash-deluvered video not really video? Surely its one of the > few methods > that gives advertisers & creators the necessary control? If adverts are > delivered based on > RSS playlists, then someone like me who despises adverts, will have a lot > easier time > stripping the pollution of ads from the content I actualy want to watch? > > Cheers > > Steve Elbows > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Charles Iliya Krempeaux" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Now... to side step this 2 pronged RSS <enclosure> problem, you could > > not bother using the RSS <enclosure> and just send a Flash-based video > > player or a Java-based video player instead... but... that's not > > really video. And, although it may be a solution in the short term... > > it's going to cause us problems in the long run. So it's important to > > get this RSS <enclosure>, playlist, pre-fetching thing right now IMO. > > > > There's alot more that could be said... but I'll end this here. > > > > > > See ya > > > > -- > > Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc. > > http://ChangeLog.ca/ > > > > Motorsport Videos > > http://TireBiterZ.com/ > > > > Vlog Razor... Vlogging News... http://vlograzor.com/
