[opendtv] Re: ABC 2nd screen streaming using Unicorm Media
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:43:31 -0500
At 11:48 AM -0800 1/22/13, Kon Wilms wrote:
'Flash' uses H264. The transport is HDS, but the codecs are
H264/AAC/MP3. 'Flash' delivery has been using these codecs for years
now (the transition began around 2008 IIRC, and I have yet to see or
deal with VP6). Decoded in hardware.
I used to see many sites using VP6 - you could tell because the fans
started running and the laptop started to warm up...
But I agree, you see far less of this today; my guess is that it just
makes sense to use a hardware accelerated algorithm with decent
licensing terms.
We're talking about Video, not page compositions. But if you want to
go there, maybe you should update your info again, in that Flash has
used hardware acceleration for 2D and 3D imaging for quite a while
now.
We started talking about video, however, as I indicated yesterday, I
was referring to FLASH as an authoring platform for the Internet
versus HTML5. And yes, 2D and 3D hardware acceleration has been used
widely for much of the past decade.
As much as I personally dislike Flash as a technology, it's not fair
to flat out fib about what it can and can not do.
Not sure where I was fibbing. I think we have just been confusing the
issue of hardware acceleration for video versus hardware acceleration
for graphics.
I've been following this particular area for decades. There were many
venture funded companies playing in this area in the late '80s and
early '90s. Macromedia Director emerged as the "leader" in this area,
but it, along with others were all bleeding money. This led to their
consolidation at Macromedia; eventually Adobe bought Marcomedia,
developing Director and FLASH to serve different market segments. At
the same time, HTML was still very immature and FLASH found a highly
viable market niche as a more capable alternative. The rest is
history...
Your iPad that has no WebGL acceleration.
Not exactly
Actually, iOS does use WebGL, but only for the iAd service. This may
be one of those cases that Bert likes to talk about where Apple is
dragging its feet to feather its' own nest. But it is likely that
Apple will support WebGL as HTML5 matures.
In the case of Flash embeds, you should blame the web weenies
destroying your browser with a hundred flash applet embeds, and not
the technology.
I totally agree!
FWIW, one easy way to prevent this is to NOT SUPPORT FLASH.
On the other hand, I see a new strategy emerging with Apps on both
iOS and Android. Free Apps are increasing ad supported and limited in
functionality versus the paid version that adds features and kills
the ads.
I guess everything has its price...
I should remind you that webkit is not Apple's. It is an open source
project that began on the KDE Linux desktop as a KDE-specific
browser. Yes Apple contributes substantially, but let's not simply
start calling this Apple's technology, cause that's underhanded.
My bad. I am aware of the history, but it is very common for analysts
to tie Webkit and Apple.
The important take away is that Apple does seem to be using and
supporting industry standards, and contributing to them.
Rubbish to unique wrappers.
Fair enough.
Yes to iOS is still more popular, especially for media companies.
But that's probably because the trend I see is that they ask for iOS
before they ask for Android apps. They fear the fragmented Android
marketplace, and seem to think iOS is 'more secure'. Which amuses me
greatly. :)
There is no question about the fragmentation issues with Android.
This can create a lot of work for App developers, with little reward.
Apple is paying out some real money to developers, and they have
hundreds of millions of customers with credit cards on file.
Makes one wonder why Apple does not license iOS...
As for security, my iDevices have never been compromised; but then
again I've only had one virus on my Macs, the Microsoft Word
scripting virus in the '90s. I think the better term to use about the
iOS ecosystem is that it is curated; and many parents like the tools
Apple supplies for managing iTunes accounts and iOS devices.
Regards
Craig
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