Comments on: Adobe brings high definition to Flash videos

"Moviestar" version of Flash Player will support high-definition MPEG 4 video compression standard H.264.

[Anondson]

The "iPhone" update

H.264 and use of graphics chipsets not the CPU. This sounds like
its the version of Flash that Apple will let be installed in the iPhone.

[Randys2cents]

agreed

Let's hope this is the case.

[harperjm--2008]

SDK still at Version 7 for hardware devices

I like that Adobe is adding HD video, however, they really should get their hardware SDK up to date so devices like the Wii can support it.

[J. Blow]

Codec info wrong

H264 isn't a "high definition codec". It is a codec that can be used for high definition. H264 was originally designed for cell phones so HD wasn't even in the original picture. It was only after variable block sizing was added, which altered the original syntax, that H264 truely even became and option for HD.

[pugscanfly]

partly right

HD is defined by aspect ratio and resolution, to name a few, and
not the CODEC that is used to essentially play it. However H264
is a standards based CODEC (MPEG 4).

It was not designed specifically for cell phones, but one that
could be used for extremely high resolution digital video for the
motion picture industry all the way down to cell phone
resolution.

The key is that it is an ISO standard, has superior quality and is
very scalable that makes it the frontrunner for HD content. VC-1
is the proprietary Microsoft equivalent to H264 which doesn't
seem to gaining much traction.

[Nael]

Native Linux 64 bit support

And still no word of 64 bit OS support natively without running 32 bit browsers.

A must is 64 bit OS native support applications.

[Nael]

ERROR: Your architecture, \'x86_64\', is not supported

ERROR: Your architecture, \'x86_64\', is not supported by the
Adobe Flash Player installer.

On Linux x86_64

[technewsjunkie]

Microsoft are you listening? We want MPEG-4!!

I am so sick of MS trying to control every format under the Q@*$^
sun.

As a content producer, I want an OPEN standard.