Shabazzy
05-19-2010, 04:37 PM
As many of you will know, the "War Of The Words" between Apple & Adobe has made the viewing of Flash video on the iPhone/iPad a no no, thanks to Mr Jobs.
Apple has said Flash is crap and a proprietory technology and they want us to use H.264 with HTML5 for video on the web. As they think the web should be open and it delivers the best user experience on their products.
Adobe has said Apple's full of s##t. And they're right.
Why is this of any significance?
Well, Apple's recommendation of H.264 means that any content you shoot, edit and distribute on the web (or any other medium) using H.264 for monetary gain means you will be breaking a licence agreement if you don't pay Apple and their partners their fees for using H.264.:deal:
Apple thinks the web should be open? My arse!
So, Adobe has seen right through this and said "You know what? We're just as committed to the web, but we're not going to try and con content creators. We're going to support HTML 5 in our products AND use the VP6 codec which actually IS open source and so is FREE for content creator to use in anyway they see fit."
So why am I posting this?
Well, as we all know, the video business is a tough gig at the best of times and money is always going to be tight. And if you rely on the web to deliver your content (or even if you don't), I think it's important to know how to avoid making financial mistakes whenever you can. And given the significance of the iPhone and iPad, you would do well to be wary of getting into bed with those plaforms so as to not to get Jobs-sed in the arse for your trouble.
Thank you Adobe, you just made my day.:bowdown:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/19/adobe_html5_pack/
Shabazzy
Apple has said Flash is crap and a proprietory technology and they want us to use H.264 with HTML5 for video on the web. As they think the web should be open and it delivers the best user experience on their products.
Adobe has said Apple's full of s##t. And they're right.
Why is this of any significance?
Well, Apple's recommendation of H.264 means that any content you shoot, edit and distribute on the web (or any other medium) using H.264 for monetary gain means you will be breaking a licence agreement if you don't pay Apple and their partners their fees for using H.264.:deal:
Apple thinks the web should be open? My arse!
So, Adobe has seen right through this and said "You know what? We're just as committed to the web, but we're not going to try and con content creators. We're going to support HTML 5 in our products AND use the VP6 codec which actually IS open source and so is FREE for content creator to use in anyway they see fit."
So why am I posting this?
Well, as we all know, the video business is a tough gig at the best of times and money is always going to be tight. And if you rely on the web to deliver your content (or even if you don't), I think it's important to know how to avoid making financial mistakes whenever you can. And given the significance of the iPhone and iPad, you would do well to be wary of getting into bed with those plaforms so as to not to get Jobs-sed in the arse for your trouble.
Thank you Adobe, you just made my day.:bowdown:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/19/adobe_html5_pack/
Shabazzy