There are a number of different solutions available on the market
now a days which allows people to use the
Flash video streaming format, but without having to have the technical ability to build their own
flash player. That requires a copy of Flash 8, MX or the new more expensive
CS3
or 4. I imagine Adobe built the format in that way specifically to sell more copies of their authoring tools.
Of course the other formats like Windows Media, Quicktime or Real always had a stand alone player
which anyone could easily play back
a stream with a simple "open url" option. You can also buy players from providers and reskin them or edit them in Flash, some component still remain branded and others like the JW player keep their name somewhere on the player and do not allow commercial websites to use them under their license.
It is possible to get OEM licenses which for a substantial fee e.g £900 you can rebrand the player completely. Most clients prefer not to be promoting someone else's brand or company via their video players on their own website.
VSAT - Streaming from Muddy Fields, and other Fibreless Locations
Contributed by Jon Gilbert
When
an event location is selected, the main criteria for selection often
doesn't consider how many Mbps of terrestrial connectivity exist for
a production's Live Webast. This is probably a good thing, or
Glastonbury would be held at the NEC and called Birmingham.
Sometimes,
there simply isn't the time to pull in fibre where it didn't previously lie,
and other times, there simply isn't the budget to pay "Non-Descript
British Telecommunications Company Notorious for Missing Lead Times by
Massively Unfunny Margins" or whoever, what they might require to run
fibre from the nearest exchange. In
these instances, VSAT represents a valuable tool.
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Contributed by Dom Robinson
It's very unusual on a pc for any user to not have multiple players installed.
I guess therefore you could be looking for information about 'what content is provided in what format' since that would give an indication of user consumption by 'format'.
Just remember that ONE provider could host ONE file, but if that file is THE piece of information that EVERYONE wants to see that day and its ONLY available in one Video-Format then everyone who that provider services will see it in that Video-Format. So perspective is everything.
I think that raises two issues:
1) On this we are all very biased to
our favoured technology (wait to read my ranting further down...!)
2) It doesn't matter to the end users any more WHAT the format is - they will get / have the technology if the CONTENT is what they want to see.
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