Comments on: "What just happened to video on the web?" http://www.railsguru.com/articles/2007/08/21/what-just-happened-to-video-on-the-web/ Andy Lo-A-Foe's blog Thu, 01 Sep 2011 02:55:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Siem http://www.railsguru.com/articles/2007/08/21/what-just-happened-to-video-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-276 Siem Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:42:00 +0000 http://www.railsguru.com/2007/08/21/what-just-happened-to-video-on-the-web#comment-276 Howdy, I was almost crying this morning when I read the news ;-) this should give us some ammo to enjoy online video! Cheerio Howdy, I was almost crying this morning when I read the news ;-) this should give us some ammo to enjoy online video!

Cheerio

]]> By: andy http://www.railsguru.com/articles/2007/08/21/what-just-happened-to-video-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-277 andy Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:42:00 +0000 http://www.railsguru.com/2007/08/21/what-just-happened-to-video-on-the-web#comment-277 Amazing huh? Came out of nowhere for me :)<br/> <br/> -andy Amazing huh? Came out of nowhere for me :) <br/>
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]]> By: Rik Hemsley http://www.railsguru.com/articles/2007/08/21/what-just-happened-to-video-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-278 Rik Hemsley Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:42:00 +0000 http://www.railsguru.com/2007/08/21/what-just-happened-to-video-on-the-web#comment-278 So, does this mean that I'll soon be able to watch videos on YouTube without my eyes bleeding? So, does this mean that I’ll soon be able to watch videos on YouTube without my eyes bleeding?

]]> By: andy http://www.railsguru.com/articles/2007/08/21/what-just-happened-to-video-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-279 andy Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:42:00 +0000 http://www.railsguru.com/2007/08/21/what-just-happened-to-video-on-the-web#comment-279 @Rik: H.264 can potentially produce better quality video, but in most cases the problem is the crappy source material which has probably been passed through 3 or 4 transcoding mills before it hit your retinas.<br/> <br/> -andy @Rik: H.264 can potentially produce better quality video, but in most cases the problem is the crappy source material which has probably been passed through 3 or 4 transcoding mills before it hit your retinas.<br/>
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]]> By: p3t0r http://www.railsguru.com/articles/2007/08/21/what-just-happened-to-video-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-280 p3t0r Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:42:00 +0000 http://www.railsguru.com/2007/08/21/what-just-happened-to-video-on-the-web#comment-280 Yeah, great stuff...! To bad there is no support for live streaming yet... Yeah, great stuff…! To bad there is no support for live streaming yet…

]]> By: Siem http://www.railsguru.com/articles/2007/08/21/what-just-happened-to-video-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Siem Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:42:00 +0000 http://www.railsguru.com/2007/08/21/what-just-happened-to-video-on-the-web#comment-281 @andy, well, to be true, we had anticipated this, since its the only way to go. There was huge pressure from Google I guess, but still too bad they wont support open streaming standards (yet -) @andy, well, to be true, we had anticipated this, since its the only way to go. There was huge pressure from Google I guess, but still too bad they wont support open streaming standards (yet -)

]]> By: andy http://www.railsguru.com/articles/2007/08/21/what-just-happened-to-video-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-282 andy Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:42:00 +0000 http://www.railsguru.com/2007/08/21/what-just-happened-to-video-on-the-web#comment-282 @Siem: after thinking a bit about it, I think the iPhone might have had a lot to do with it. Adobe clearly wants to stay relevant in the potential massive market of mobile video and H.264 is probably the only game in town there. Efficiency is key and FLV really sucks raw eggs when it comes to decoding performance IMO!<br/> <br/> -andy @Siem: after thinking a bit about it, I think the iPhone might have had a lot to do with it. Adobe clearly wants to stay relevant in the potential massive market of mobile video and H.264 is probably the only game in town there. Efficiency is key and FLV really sucks raw eggs when it comes to decoding performance IMO!<br/>
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]]> By: jiri http://www.railsguru.com/articles/2007/08/21/what-just-happened-to-video-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-283 jiri Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:42:00 +0000 http://www.railsguru.com/2007/08/21/what-just-happened-to-video-on-the-web#comment-283 "Now we only need an open source streaming server which sucks less than DSS." How about Red5? "Now we only need an open source streaming server which sucks less than DSS."

How about Red5?

]]> By: andy http://www.railsguru.com/articles/2007/08/21/what-just-happened-to-video-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-284 andy Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:42:00 +0000 http://www.railsguru.com/2007/08/21/what-just-happened-to-video-on-the-web#comment-284 @jiri: after posting the article I found out that Adobe will actually not allow any third party streaming server to provide H.264 content to Flashplayer, only their own server. So if Red5 can work around this restriction.. sure! :)<br/> <br/> -andy @jiri: after posting the article I found out that Adobe will actually not allow any third party streaming server to provide H.264 content to Flashplayer, only their own server. So if Red5 can work around this restriction.. sure! :) <br/>
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]]> By: Julik http://www.railsguru.com/articles/2007/08/21/what-just-happened-to-video-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-285 Julik Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:42:00 +0000 http://www.railsguru.com/2007/08/21/what-just-happened-to-video-on-the-web#comment-285 So the workflow now will be to hijack the actual video URL and enter it into quicktime player by hand instead. Good. Much better than to hear the 9 fans of my G5 spinning all over the place when watching a cute badger in the forest on Youtube. Rays of hatred to On2. Tinic Uro is certainly a nice fella but his blog is all but excuses. All the time. How's that scroll wheel going in mac flash player,Tinic? :-) So the workflow now will be to hijack the actual video URL and enter it into quicktime player by hand instead. Good.

Much better than to hear the 9 fans of my G5 spinning all over the place when watching a cute badger in the forest on Youtube. Rays of hatred to On2.

Tinic Uro is certainly a nice fella but his blog is all but excuses. All the time. How’s that scroll wheel going in mac flash player,Tinic? :-)

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