[opendtv] Re: Tech Dirt: Nielsen Finally Realizes That TV Viewers Are
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:56:26 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
>> 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.
Craig, we've been over this already. The compression algorithm isn't the issue.
Pretty much all streaming protocols include use of H.264 compression these
days, and have done so for many years. That's not a SUFFICIENT CONDITION to
guarantee you can decode the content.
I'm simply saying, you can't attribute failure in receiving a YouTube video to
the content owner deliberate blocking it. If the video is only available in the
Flash streaming protocol, H.264 compression or not, Quicktime player won't be
able to decode it.
When I uninstalled Flash as a test, some content didn't work at all. Other
content did work, but for instance, it couldn't be set to full screen. Stuff
like that. Had I not known better, as I said before, I could have accused the
owners of that content fro wanting to keep it from me. And I would have been
wrong.
Devices like Roku or Via appear to be so deliberately crippled that I'd not
rush to judgment about why they can't get whatever content.
Bert
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