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On 16/10/2007, Ben Goodger <goodgerster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 16/10/2007, james kilty <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Is not the "open standard" MPEG4? If so, this agreement is still > > pandering to the proprietary players. Surely the BBC could have insisted > > on ISO standards and the MSs and Adobes of the world would have to > > follow. Is Flash somehow better than MPEG4? > > The trouble is that Flash is, though not better than MPEG4, easier to do. > You can control the UI of the player, the plugin is available on over 99% of > your target market [1], etc. MPEG requires titting around with other > plugins, and we all know how bright and scary the world of computers is to > Windows users, so it's much easier to use something they all have. I > personally also despise VLC/Totem/etc's mozilla plugins; YouTube simply > works much better. > > [1] - Windows, Macintosh, Linux (x86/x86-64), probably others > > -- > Benjamin F. Goodger > ~ design and ideas lab ~ > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > > Well if it works like youtube, his is a win win scenario Play video, copy/transcode file downloaded to /tmp (you do need flash plugin tho hopefully gnash will be able to cope in time) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html