Posted by J.O. Aho on 05/27/07 06:29

cwdjrxyz wrote:

> My favorite video format at the moment is the relatively new flv/swf
> format.

The problem with flv/swf is that adobe do not support a lot of platforms, the
mpeg file format is widely supported and will work on far more platforms, see
the example in the previously provided link.


> Flash is installed on many computers, and the new flv/swf
> format can give very high video resolution, if you wish. Several large
> sites such as Google, MySpace, and news organizations have now
> converted to this video format for streaming video.

These videos are usually of quite poor quality, just look at youtube.


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//Aho

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