[opendtv] Re: Yahoo TV
- From: Craig Birkmaier <brewmastercraig@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2016 09:34:25 -0400
On Aug 27, 2016, at 2:02 AM, Manfredi, Albert E <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
I was comparing NTSC to ATSC with Flash to HTML5/h.264.
NTSC to ATSC was an ordered transition. For PCs, Flash to anything else is
also an ordered transition. PCs are compatible with Flash, as they are with
Silverlight and HTML5, Windows Media, QuickTime, and Real Media. Some of
these are fading fast, others are hanging on, but there's no need to drop THE
MOST popular of all, way prematurely, at the drop of a hat.
PCs and the new mobile devices are programmable. They can run almost anything,
but may not perform well when the processor and memory are overtaxed. The
average PC from 2005 cannot keep up with one from 2010.
But there is more to this than just the CPU. Dealing with video codecs is
particularly difficult due to the complexity of the task. Most Intel processors
struggled to deal with Flash. The processor in my MacBook Pro would get VERY
hot, and the battery would drain quickly.
The modern approach to video decoding on PCs and mobile devices is to share the
load across the CPU and GPU. The GPUs run some of the recursive digital codec
routines and handle the task of keeping high resolution screens updated at
meaningful video frame rates.
But that just one of the issues with Flash. Security was - and still is -a
major concern. Flash played a much larger role in delivering video ads than TV
entertainment, and provided the formatting and scripting tools needed to build
complex video sites.
The porn industry in particular was highly dependent on the Flash tools to
provide both the front end for clip selection, and the navigational tools used
when viewing clips. To be blunt, if there is still a major use of Flash on PCs
for streaming video, a health chunk of this is viewing porn.
Apple's decision to drop support for Flash was not much different than other
decisions Apple made to advance new technologies.
What you are TOTALLY overlooking is that NOBODY was forced to buy the " "shiny
little objects" that Apple invented. The iPhone had a short window of
opportunity in 2008, before Samsung and others copied this new form factor for
phones. By 2009 you could buy a Samsung phone with Flash support.
So your continuing assault on Apple's decision about Flash is MEANINGLESS.
Apple may well have pushed the industry in a new direction, but the
"marketplace" verified the validity of Apple's decision.
Regards
Craig
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