I talked to the videoEgg people at the Meet the Vloggers in San Francisco on Monday 1/9/06. I was you can license the Flash encoding technology from ON2. That there's a developer version for $50 and a much more expensive license for commercial release:
http://www.on2.com/developer/flash8sdk/ So encoding, playing and new features are allowed by Macromedia through those who make the encoding with a license purchase. -- Enric -======- http://www.cirne.com Determine Media --- In [email protected], Jay dedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > We've been through this before. I distribute my SWF files via RSS without > > trouble. They get downloaded plenty. > > deirdre...maybe the better way to put it is this. > Flash is a fine format..and can be distributed in RSS feeds. > but Macromedia needs to do some education if they want it used by creators. > > For the most part, Flash is being used to "protect" video...and most > video services using flash do not let the Flash be downloaded through > feeds. > (see Youtube.com) > > Flash also cannot take advantage of syncing to devices until a Flash > iPod is created or transcoding becomes common. > > Flash is also not the easiest to create. it is not standard in most > editing tools that i know of. > > Macromedia(which owns Flash) does prohibit encoding and playing in flash format: > http://www.macromedia.com/licensing/developer/fileformat/faq/#item-1-8 > > Q. Can I use the File Format Specification to create a SWF interpreter > or player? > A. No, the File Format Specification is provided for the specific > purpose of enabling software applications to export to the Macromedia > Flash File Format (SWF). > > Q.Can I use the File Format Specification to create a Flash Video > encoder or a Flash Video streaming service? > A. No, the File Format Specification is provided for the specific > purpose of enabling software applications to export to the Macromedia > Flash File Format (SWF). > > Jay > > -- > Adventures in Videoblogging > <http://www.momentshowing.net> > <http://getFireAnt.com> > <http://node101.org> > 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/
