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Finally, Adobe has realized that the high price of the Flash Media Server was hindering its more wide adoption. I hope the open source alternative, Red 5, will still keep its momentum.
Here’s the summary:
The latest version of Flash Media Sever, which will ship in January 2008, will be come in three versions, ranging from free [...]

Adobe announced a new version of the Flash Media Server (FMS) at IBC at Amsterdam. According to the press release some of the key features of the new version will be:

Improved performance and scalability
Streaming upport for H.264 and AAC (following Flash player’s support for H.264)
Secure streaming
Flash Lite 3 support (i.e mobile video delivery to your [...]

Stefan Richter at Flashcomgurus and a host of other Flash enthusiasts are excited by Adobe’s announcement that the next generation of Flash will support H.264 Video. This bit from Stefan:
The bottom line: a huge step forward for web video. The Flash Player will incorporate what is arguably the most versatile and most widely adopted video [...]

I’ve recently subscribed to Fabio’s blog and I’m not disappointed. Fabio’s keeping me up-to-date on all things Flash.
It looks like the Flash player just got a boost in the video deparment. Here’s the feature list (from Fabio):

Multi-threaded video decoding. The VP6 video decoding will now be performed in a separate thread if a multi-core [...]

I already have a web cam (a Logitech Communicate STX) but I’m shopping around for a good USB 2 web cam. I have tested Apple’s iSight and I was pleased with the results but I’m not ready to commit to Apple any time soon.
I’ve been a long time Sony fan, when it comes to camcorders [...]

In an attempt to dislodge Adobe’s Flash from its dominant position, Microsoft has launched Silverlight, a cross-browser, cross-platform plugin.
Adobe claims Flash has a 97% penetration, with the latest version (v.9) climbing to 80%+.
This from the horse’s mouth:
Based on the Microsoft .NET Framework, Silverlight enables developers and designers to use existing skills and tools: for [...]

This is a crazy idea to be sure. In a normal video production, the rule of thumb is that you shoot in the highest possible quality and THEN downgrade it in post. There’s little point to shoot with a webcam even if you have sequence that needs to LOOK like a webcam.
My webcam is a [...]