What Live Stream format do I use? Flash vs. HTML 5 vs Silverlight
At the time of this blog, it is clear that when picking a video platform, you should know your audience. Armed with this knowledge, you can determine what format or platform the majority of your users will be accessing. (platform meaning Windows or Mac, Flash vs. Windows media, Silverlight).
Windows is cheap and does not require the licensing Flash does, but on the other hand, flash provides the ability to wrap more controls and monetization. Alright, so what about the IPhone and why it will not play Flash……yet.
For you who are deep into it, there is HTML 5, which at the time of this post, is not as robust as Flash for pushing and controls, and monetization.
Must Listen – CNet HTML 5 VS. Flash > Discussion – Podcast
Our bet is on Flash for many reasons, which are -
- powerful and available run-time,
- ability to monetize, DRM (Digital Rights Management)
- no reboot for PC updating
- mac and PC friendly… and many many more
- high percentage of browser compatible
- browser backward compatibility
HTML 5 Benefits
- media
- interactivity
- native resource/storage access
- location
- cannot monetize
- video formats battles H264 vs ogg
- does not have the history and backward compatbility as Flash does
Geek – Speak > Adobe Open Source Flash Discussion
More to come
