Adobe Flash Update May Bring HD to YouTube

by Terrence O'Brien, posted Dec 7th 2007 at 3:15PM

Adobe Flash Player just got a bit of an upgrade the other day, one affectionately known as 'Moviestar.' The third update to Flash 9 adds a couple of features that may not immediately mean that much to the average user -- support for the H.264 codec, AAC audio support, and hardware graphics acceleration.

So what does that mean for you, the web-video-obsessed public? It means a much greater quality video experience is on the way. Supporting H.264 (the same codec used by Quicktime) means that HD video in your browser is just around the corner. Imagine watching that great video of the skateboarding dog in 1080 lines of resolution. The hardware acceleration in the update also means that better quality video rendering and scaling to full screen will finally make it possible to watch YouTube videos not only in high-def, but also in full-screen high def. These features are even available in the Linux version, which is the first time Adobe has kept the Linux version of Flash current with the Windows and Mac versions.

The only problem is the current version of Flash CS3, the application used for building Flash based applications, players and sites, doesn't support the new features, and no time table for an update has been set by Adobe.

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Cheryl Rowland @ Dec 7th 2007 4:14PM

Have a good day

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Fergus @ Dec 9th 2007 5:09AM

It's actually not a big problem that the current version of the Flash authoring software doesn't "support the new features"; AAC and H.264 playback (although it may still be a problem for "hardware graphics acceleration" - that's outside my area).

Most flash developers keep media files external to the movie that would be authored in the FlashCS3, and call them. So all the a developer needs to do to take advantage of the newly supported formats is change loadSound(filename.mp3) to loadSound(filename.mp4)

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webcreation @ May 17th 2008 11:19AM

Watch YouTube HD - higher definition, and download MP4 videos, check this site :

http://www.ouideo.com/youtube/

Really good !

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