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Apple iMovie exports direct to YouTube as H.264 and not FlashVideo. What does this mean for FlashPlayer?

August 19th, 2007 · 2 Comments

As a developer of online applications for video related businesses, I have had a lot to say about the future of Flash and Video. The recent development for YouTube export and how it does it, is an interesting one and I would like to make some follow up comments from my previous post on this [...]

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Tags: Apple · codecs · flash

Open source DRM and what it means to projects like Web-Joost

July 31st, 2007 · No Comments

Firstly I would like to say that this article is not about the possible evil use of DRM. In the blogesphere, the word “DRM” has a very negative connotation. I would like the reader to look past this and examine some of the technical issues I would like to discuss. However, I do need to [...]

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Tags: Apple · codecs · DRM · flash · IPTV · Microsoft · Silverlight

One codec to rule them all, Part2 Web Video

July 7th, 2007 · 3 Comments

To follow on from my inital post, lets now look into Web Video.The current players are; Flash Video (H.263 and On2 VP6) Quicktime Video (Older Sorensons, more recent H.264) Microsoft Windows Media 9. If we look at these, it is widely accepted that the most widely used codec is those based on FLASH. A combination [...]

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Tags: codecs · flash · flex · IPTV · Microsoft · Silverlight

One codec to rule them all

July 5th, 2007 · No Comments

I have been doing a lot of work in the codec area recently. From trying to come up with a new standard for Cinema Exhibition that is cheaper then going full DCI, but as close to DCI as we can get.. To the adoption of the next generation online video codecs. Lets look at DCI [...]

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Tags: codecs · DCI · IPTV

The video revolution is just about here

June 24th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I am quite amazed that video on the web is in the state it is in. Let me explain… Consider youtube/flash, Itunes, IPTV (Microsoft). More recently Joost and other trivial players. Then consider how video has been the driving force behind the net over the last number of years. Considering the traditional Video market is [...]

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Tags: Apple · codecs · IPTV · Microsoft