-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I am hesitant about using flash as a result of sketchy Linux support in the past. Adobe and Macromedia have both had on again off again Linux support, and I see no indication that they have changed.
Unless there is a proper open source implementation of the viewer, I would choose a different solution, even if it is less elegant. sgrover wrote: > I had a long talk with a few folks about flash. I believe it has its > place, but is over hyped. But the real reason I'm not doing flash > videos is that it is closed source. You are at the mercy of Adobe for > the players and they can change the format whenever they'd like, leaving > all the related FOSS projects hanging. The likelihood of that happening > are slim, but we've seen it before with MS products. > > When it comes to the web, I feel it is best if one follows the open > standards as much as possible. These tend to be easier to work with, > and less prone to the whims of a vendor. > > My thoughts. > > Shawn > > Evan Cortens wrote: >> Yeah, that's what I had initially thought as well... but FFmpeg is >> open-source and Flash Video Player is free (Creative Commons License, >> but not open source I believe...)... you can go from start to finish in >> making the videos without touching an Adobe/Macromedia product (except >> the Flash plugin, of course) or Windows (I did all of my work on OS X, >> actually with FFmpegX, the OS X port)... Certainly something worth >> considering, it only because it makes it much easier on your web >> visitors... >> >> I should mention also that sometimes FFmpeg generates .flv files without >> the appropriate metadata, which can lead to some odd player issues >> (videos showing up without progress bars or in the wrong resolution). >> FLVtool2 ( http://inlet-media.de/flvtool2), a little (cross platform: >> Linux, Mac, Windows) Ruby program, can take care of all of that for >> you... it's very quick and customizable. >> >> On 6/14/07, *peter* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >> >> On Wednesday 13 June 2007 6:58 pm, Evan Cortens wrote: >> > Hi Peter, >> > >> > If I can put in my two cents... my preferred way for streaming >> video over >> > the Internet these days is flash video... and I think many web >> visitors >> > prefer that too. It's so much easier to set up and play, and >> requires a >> > (cross-platform!) plugin that most people have already. >> > >> > FFmpeg (http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/ >> <http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/>) can convert to .flv and a great video >> > player for embedding is Flash Video Player ( >> > http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=Flash_video_Player >> <http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=Flash_video_Player>). >> >> >> Hey Evan, >> >> Hmmmm...I didn't even consider flash because of the proprietory Windows >> software required to make it. I didn't realise there were OS tools to >> make .flv. Thanks. I'll have to look into that some more... >> >> -- >> Peter Pankonin, digitalcrucible >> >> There are 10 kinds of people in the world, >> those who understand binary, and those who don't. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines ( http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGcZMqwRXgH3rKGfMRAo48AKCyxGjUeu4DSZc0ezqsDL2iO8gV3wCfVh4R tQtlCp1OD7EP5UJXNQRa2bM= =jxOw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
