FireAnt on Mac handles Flash video if you syndicate the FLV file via RSS enclosures. Not currently available in the Windows version of FireAnt, but its on our roadmap.
I would anticipate WMV gaining more traction in the download/sync-to-device market for major media outlets due to Windows DRM. Apple does not share their DRM with others, so if you want to sell DRM protected content for the iPod you must go through the iTunes Store... this is why you are seeing MSM content owners line up for entrance to iTunes Store. But, there are other MSM content owners seeking more flexibility than what is offered by Apple. They will have to go for WMV with Windows DRM if that's the case... though I'm not sure I'd really call that flexible either. I don't see Flash video as a solution for this scenario yet, though it is a decent solution if you expect all your viewers to watch the content online embedded in a webpage. -Josh On 12/20/05, Mike Lanza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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. > > ________________________________ > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> AIDS in India: A "lurking bomb." Click and help stop AIDS now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/9QUssC/lzNLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
