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alexey9
msg:3565070 | 2:23 am on Feb 3, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Hello, I wonder, is there any H.264 YouTube like service or all of them MPEG4 ASP?
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jtara
msg:3565469 | 11:46 pm on Feb 3, 2008 (gmt 0) |
They all will be soon. Adobe released an update ("moviestar") to Flash 9 on January 28 which now includes an H.264 codec. (Was previously in beta since August.) Of course, it will take time for the new version to gain traction. But I'd expect YouTube and the other big sites to support it quickly, probably in a backward-compatible fashion. (Use the best codec available in your Flash player.)
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alexey9
msg:3566281 | 11:50 pm on Feb 4, 2008 (gmt 0) |
I asked YouTube when they plan to use H.264, they answered like "we have no such plans". Stage will never use H.264, I guess. They will always use their DivX. Anyway, if there is no such service right now, do you know any services who already announced they will use H.264?
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jtara
msg:3590208 | 7:44 pm on Mar 3, 2008 (gmt 0) |
YouTube is now an H.264 YouTube-like service: [slashdot.org...] Add &fmt=6 on the end of a YouTube video URL to get H.264 (only), or &fmt=18 to get either H.264 or the old format if not available. (&fmt=6 will just not load the video if it isn't available in the new format.) This is apparently using the new Flash H.264 support, so you may need to update your Flash player.
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