[videoblogging] Re: Flash, video iPod and offering MP3 podcasts

[Mike Lanza]

Currently, it is not possible to play flv's (Flash video files) on an iPod.   However, Flash video is taking off like a rocket.  Most of the major new big media sites are using it (e.g. video.google.com, espn.go.com, labs.reuters.com/video, www.brightcove.com, etc.).  Most of these have come up in the last three months.  For instance, Google just changed to Flash video less than two months ago.  Someone I trust told me that a little over a year ago, Flash video accounted for 1% of all web video, but now, it's at about 20%. In addition, the acquisition of Macromedia by Adobe, completed a few weeks ago, bodes very well for Flash video.  Adobe has a heck of a lot more muscle than Macromedia had. So, with Adobe, Google, ESPN, Reuters, and others all pushing Flash video now, I'd say that there's an awful lot of momentum behind it.  I'm sure that more and more sites will adopt it, but it will be interesting to see if Apple is persuaded to adopt it for the iPod.  It certainly does make sense because of its ubiquity on Mac and Windows (why keep fighting so hard to get QuickTime players on Windows?) and because of its fabulous environment for video-based application development. I videoblog for the Detroit News political blog - http://spartanedge.com/blogs/detroitnews/index.html - But because I use Flash, it seems that I can't get on on aggregators.  Is that still true?  Seems off to me because I really think Flash is a cool way to offer vid. Another concern - I am not sure how to offer up video for the iPod -- I squeezed my video through Sorenson into a "small" MPEG-4    And then I offer a link that allows people to download it.  But I do not have an iPod and wondered if it works OK.  I have no way to check. I also wondered how many of you also offer an MP3 podcast of your videoblog.  I try to do that but don't know if it works well. Thanks - Bonnie B ------------------------------------------------- Mike Lanza [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://family.lanza.net 415-641-1985 ------------------------------------------------- YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.