Flash Player 9 Gets H.264 Support

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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Re:What about theora (and dirac)?

[evilviper]

Is having to pay royalties to broadcast or transmit a format 'better'?

If the cost of the royalties allow you to save far more in bandwidth costs... Yes, that would be a hell of a lot better.

Theora is far from a 'hobbyist' project

Quite the opposite. Not only is it a hobbyist project, but it's a pretty sad one. Something like 4 years behind schedule in even releasing a BETA version of the software, let alone a final 1.0 version. Theora has stagnated to the point of ridiculousness.

VP3 was just barely competitive when it was released, and now, many years, later stands no chance against modern codecs like h.264 and VC-1.

The web was intended to be open and inclusive for everyone, as such proprietary codecs are not always appropriate.

h.264 is an open and decidedly non-proprietary codec.

In short: you're a dick!

And you're a fool.