DRM.... sure. has little to do with the open vlog culture but yeah it will be a leader in this area for some time.
As the Mac continues to gain market share in 2006, I predict that Windows Media will be dropped by many, if not most, of the serious web video sites using it today.
define "Serious web video sites" because if you are referring to big media or most commercial ventures, whether or not they use DRM, then this wont play out anytime soon.
if you are talking about serious independent content creators like vloggers.... then i'd say that this latest decision from MS could very well hinder usage of the format... but nothing will crumble.
personally, i'd use and recommend DivX over wmv!
On 1/20/06, Joshua Kinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Not so fast there... Windows Media ain't going away anytime soon.
You wanna know why? Two reasons:
- Its much easier to create Windows Media on PCs than it is to create
Quicktime (just ask any of the Windows users here what they've had to
go through).
- DRM. Imagine you are a hollywood studio. You want to sell content on
the web but you want to make sure that your content is "protected".
Windows Media is your only choice because Apple does not license their
DRM.
So there you go... don't expect WMV to fade into the distance quietly.
In fact, the Flip4Mac plugin may provide a better viewing experience
for Mac users than the woefully out-of-date wmv plugin. Just because
you have to download it separately now doesn't mean that will always
be the case. I'm sure it will begin to be bundled with other downloads
and Microsoft products...
-Josh
On 1/19/06, Mike Lanza < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Microsoft just announced officially that they're dropping development of Windows Media for
> Macintosh. Meanwhile, Macs recently passed 5% market share for PCs.
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> They almost doubled market share right before switching microprocessor platforms, a time
> when nearly everyone expected their share to dip. Thus, I'd say it's clear that Mac is headed
> for upper single digits, if not double-digits.
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> As any Mac user will tell you, videos that require Windows Media (usually .wmv's) either don't
> work at all on a Mac (e.g. CNN) or they work in a really weird way that looks like an error (e.g.
> blip.tv).
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> So, for a segment of the user population that is 5% and growing fast, the Windows Media
> experience is bad and will surely get worse since Microsoft isn't developing Windows Media
> for Mac anymore. (Their suggestion - to use Flip4Mac - is *totally* lame. Can you see your
> mom downloading and installing Flip4Mac to watch a video?)
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> My conclusion is that any site based on this lame format is, well, lame for using it. As the
> Mac continues to gain market share in 2006, I predict that Windows Media will be dropped by
> many, if not most, of the serious web video sites using it today.
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