Like many Internet technologies it can be difficult, if not impossible, to go to a "standard", particularly video which has matured enormously.
If you have the resources to offer video in multiple formats (Real, Windows Media, Flash, etc) good for you (and nothing derogatory meant by that). I think Macromedia's Flash product has a lot going for it, particularly in the "player penetration" stakes. Anything that can make both publishing and viewing video content on the web can only be a good thing (unless it is more pr0n). The improvements MM made to Flash Player 7 (Macromedia Breeze, Flash Communication Server and Flash itself all benefited) are obvious. And the best is to come and all your audience need is the almost universally installed Flash Player - albeit newer and newer versions. But compared to how some of the "players" take over your system - Real in particular - Flash is an affordable compromise and generally cross platform compatible (Mobile devices will take a few years to catch up I think). If you can avoid being penned into a solution, particular when authoring video, there are many solutions that provide the provision of that video on the web. Peter Tilbrook ColdGen Internet Solutions Manager, ACT and Region ColdFusion Users Group 4/73 Tharwa Road Queanbeyan, NSW, 2620 AUSTRALIA WWW 1: http://www.coldgen.com/ WWW 2: http://www.actcfug.com/ Telephone: +61-2-6284-2727 Mobile: +61-0439-401-823 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************