On Jun 8, 2013, at 7:12 PM, Albert Manfredi <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Craig Birkmaier wrote: > >> Dan nailed it. >> This is primarily about protecting a business model, not the >> content. > > Or maybe not. Some YouTube content is only available in Flash still, for > example. Or perhaps if it was content owned by a conglom, they want to > dissuade use of IP appliances that are limited to just one search engine > (can't blame them for that!!). If this is true, it is likely older material. When I upload content to You Tube now it is encoded using h.264. http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=2888648&parent=16547&ctx=topic You can upload in MANY formats, but they re-encode for their servers. Regards Craig > Cause and effect. Until you know the specifics of the case, any assumption > that this is a "protect current business model" issue is pure conjecture. > When I experimented after uninstalling Flash, had I not known better, I could > have also come to the wrong conclusions about who was "blocking" what, for > which nefarious reasons. > > On the other hand, what is totally obvious is that these "connected TV > appliances" ARE, for reasons only the CE vendors know, blocking 99.9999... > percent of the Internet, including any number of Internet sources of TV > content which the congloms DO SUPPORT. > > Bert > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at > FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > unsubscribe in the subject line. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.