Below is a link from Steve Jobs conveying Apple's Official position on why Adobe Flash is not supported:
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/ Regards, LelandJ On 07/25/2011 03:47 PM, lelandj wrote: > On 07/25/2011 03:33 PM, James E Harvey wrote: >> With the advent of the Ipad I think we need to provide a format that can >> play on this and the Android devices, and Flash still won't play on the >> Ipad, right? > H.264 is not a file format or particular codec, but rather a standard to > which file/codec formats can be written. AVCHD as a file can exist in > digital form on a computer disk, or as a file on a memory card, like the > memory cards used in digital camera, which make its very easy to copy > files between devices. > > AVCHD is a file/codec format with an .mts or .mt2s extension and is > written to the H.264 standard. The AVCHD format can be converter into > many other formats, (eg container), like AVI, MPEG, WMV, MP4, DivX, > XviD, VOB, etc), but it will still play under the H.264 standard, if you > have the right codecs. AVCHD can also be converted to iPod/iPhone > formats, so you would be able to copy a file into your iPod or iPhone to > enjoy high definition videos via the H.264 standard, which Apple now > supports. > > However, Apple is proprietary and evidentially does not support the > Safari flash plugin out of the box; because, Apple is big into its own > multimedia world of pay for audio/video content. You might find a third > party that could provide such a plugin that would support flash videos > in the Safari browser, or I've heard stories about people who > "jailbreak" their iPhone, Ipad, Ipod OS and hack this support in. LOL > > http://www.m2ts-converter.net/ > > Regards, > > LelandJ > > >> James E Harvey >> Corresponding Officer/M.I.S. >> Hanover Shoe Farms, Inc. >> www.hanoverpa.com >> [email protected] >> 717-637-8931 >> fax: 717-637-6766 >> cell: 717-887-2565 >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of lelandj >> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 12:52 PM >> To: ProFox Email List >> Subject: Re: [NF] "Best" file format for video playback on web site >> >> You might take a look at CoffeeCup's Web Video Player. It convert all the >> popular formats to flash. Also, if you had a youtube account, I believe all >> uploaded videos are convert to run in flash, and can be played in a number >> of ways depending on the selected option like full screen or 360, 480, 720 >> or 1080 resolutions, etc. >> >> http://www.coffeecup.com/video-player/ >> >> Regards, >> >> LelandJ >> >> >> >> On 07/25/2011 11:44 AM, James E Harvey wrote: >>> I'm looking for advice, input, etc., on which format(s) would be >>> consider "best" to playback videos on our web site. >>> >>> We're using flv files in an html wrapper with swf to play the video >>> for this year's crop. We've tried .rm, in the past too. >>> >>> Below is the code generated by our videographer to create the html >>> wrapper we're using now. It all seems so complicated, and I was >>> hoping for something simpler. >>> >>> <title>01</title> >>> <center> >>> <!--url's used in the movie--> >>> <!--text used in the movie--> >>> <!-- saved from url=(0013)about:internet --> <object >>> classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" >>> codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swfl >>> ash.ca b#version=9,0,115,0" width="600" height="338"> >>> <param name="movie" value="01.swf"> >>> <param name="quality" value="high"> >>> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /> >>> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="True" /> >>> <embed src="01.swf" quality="high" >>> pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"; >>> type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="600" height="338" >>> allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="True"> >>> </embed> >>> </object> >>> </center> >>> >>> ********************************************** >>> >>> We tried mp4 files, but they wanted to download before playing, and >>> we'd rather they stream from the web page. Is there a way to cause >>> the mp4 files to stream and play in a new tab? >>> >>> You can see the video by going to the web page below, then click on >>> the "RED" button on the top left. The page will refresh with the "Adios" >>> yearlings being sold Friday, and you should see a button on the right >>> for the videos. >>> >>> >>> http://www.hanoverpa.com/Foal/Default.aspx >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> James E Harvey >>> Corresponding Officer/M.I.S. >>> Hanover Shoe Farms, Inc. >>> www.hanoverpa.com >>> [email protected] >>> 717-637-8931 >>> fax: 717-637-6766 >>> cell: 717-887-2565 >>> >>> >>> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. 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