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Adobe Tries To One-Up Video Distribution Rivals With Media Player

skierpage — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:00:00 EDT

periodontist,
Flash technology kicks ass and video in Flash kicks ass. Going to Apple's site today for the NAB announcements and watching buggy Quicktime in a web window that doesn't pause or advance properly reminds me how bad the WMV and QT alternatives are. Youtube would be worthless without Flash.

Abuse of Flash is a different matter. Try the Flashblock extension for Firefox.

skierpage

Adobe Tries To One-Up Video Distribution Rivals With Media Player

skierpage — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:52:55 EDT

From TFA:
"Adobe has created the first way for media companies to release video content, secure in the knowledge that advertising goes with it," said Forrester Research analyst James McQuivey in a Reuters report. "Control is something that media companies absolutely get high on,"

False sense of security for media companies==consumers get screwed.

There are tools that you let you save a .flv file from the 1000s of Web sites that show Flash video. Does "Adobe Media Player" only add DRM and commercials?!

skierpage

Adobe Tries To One-Up Video Distribution Rivals With Media Player

periodontist — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:39:29 EDT

Great! I hope the new desktop player is capable of popping up flash adverts that flutter all around my Windows desktop to keep me company when I don't have a browser open. Then I can take the time to download the new Windows Desktop Flash Desktop Player Blocker to turn all that crapware off!!

Oh Flash...how I loathe thee...

periodontist

Adobe Tries To One-Up Video Distribution Rivals With Media Player

sotark — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:59:51 EDT

No Thank you Adobe, I use Joost and I love it. I'm just waiting for it to get better content!

sotark

Adobe Tries To One-Up Video Distribution Rivals With Media Player

Paradise — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:35:14 EDT

no thank you.

Paradise

Adobe Tries To One-Up Video Distribution Rivals With Media Player

pete — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:35:48 EDT

no no no
We don't want to install more proprietary crapware on our PCs. Especially if the only purpose of that crapware is to play DRM crippled media.

pete

Adobe Tries To One-Up Video Distribution Rivals With Media Player

kibets — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:29:02 EDT

looks a lot like Zune marketplace

kibets

Adobe Tries To One-Up Video Distribution Rivals With Media Player

hypereric — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:19:57 EDT

HD?

hypereric