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Flash Player 9 gets H.264+AAC
Nice! This definitely helps keep Flash as the de facto standard.
“Yes! that’s right Flash Player 9 will now supports H.264 for video playback. The latest update to Flash player 9 which will be available on Adobe Labs will include support for H.264 and AAC in the form or .flv, .mp4 and .mov files.”
Read more here: http://blogs.adobe.com/rgalvan/2007/08/flash_player_will_support_h264.html.
Update
Ryan posted a bit more on the topic and it clearly answers “Will Flash work with other video formats?” Yummmmmmy!!!!!!!
Update 2
Aral has the full FAQ here (found the link from Ryan’s post).
“In a nutshell, H.264 is the same standard being used to broadcast high-definition television by the likes of BBC HD, DirecTV, and Sky HD. H.264 provides great video quality and does so across the bandwidth spectrum from 3G (mobile phones) to HD while using up about half the bandwidth of MPEG-2. And there’s already a wealth of H.264 content out there that Flash can now play. Specifically, this includes MP4, M4V, M4A, MOV, Mp4v, 3gp, and 3g2 files. (And even songs from your iPod that are not protected by FairPlay DRM as they’re in H.264/AAC format too!)”
Posted by John C. Bland II on August 21, 2007 10:43 AM | Permalink
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