Does anyone know, is the Flash-encapsulated video On2-VP6, or H.264? I suspect it's the latter but support for that is very recent and compatible players are certainly not widespread yet.
I'm waiting for the day the BBC arranges Dirac encapsulation with Adobe. There was a precedent with the special Real Player version a few years ago. The advantages for the Beeb would be fantastic particularly for simplified internal transcoding. Dirac is an unencumbered format, H.264 patent licensing issues would be sidelined so the open development community (in particular Gnash) would likely embrace it. Of course, if DRM is used, it's back to square one for platform neutrality I suppose. Sean - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
