Hi Wayne, totally agree. Have had many battles with video over the years as I have been teaching undergraduate students multimedia and it has always been an issue. Am looking forward to some consolidation with HTML 5 however, we still seem to be heading on a path of requiring multiple versions (even with html5). I think the one good thing about flash was that it restricted the codec's, allowing a small plug-in to be developed for different browsers which for example enabled YouTube to be developed. It also brought streaming video to the masses.
Still live in hope that an Open Source format will happen.. but can't see it in the near future. Cheers Michael On Sunday, June 17, 2012 10:41:47 AM UTC+12, Wayne Mackintosh wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > Video is always a challenge. My personal preference is for hosting video > in free file formats on the Wikimedia commons and users can download the > necessary codecs or browser plugins to play back the files. > > The challenge in finding a workable solution is that the freedom of many > educators is restricted because some employers do not provide > administration privileges for educators to download and install free > software. The flash player is not a good solution either. Looking forward > to wider adoption of HTML5 and native playback of open file formats. > > Thanks for the tip for iPad users -- you could also post this on the Q&A > forum. > > Wayne > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
