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Flash Player 9 Gets H.264 Support

Posted by kdawson on from the game-changer dept.

ReadWriteWeb alerts us to the release later today of Flash Player 9 Update 3 Beta 2, codenamed Moviestar, which will support H.264 standard video as well as High Efficiency AAC (HE-AAC) and other improvements. Adobe engineer Tinic Uro, who works on the Flash Player, has more technical detail on his blog.

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  1. Re:What about theora (and dirac)? by Goaway · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    h.264 is a far better codec than Theora will ever be, and it's standardized instead of being a hobbyist toy project.