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January 27, 2006
Streaming video quality
Streaming video quality: Network Computing blind-tests streaming video servers from Microsoft, Apple, Real, and Adobe -- participants rated Flash's video quality to be the best. (This was with the On2 codec.) The article confused me a little -- I think they ding'd Flash because its chromeless playback means that you have to specify a video shell -- it doesn't have "the big box" of Windows Media Player or Real Player. I think the tests were focused on image quality, rather than realworld capability for realworld audiences... the Sorenson codec in Flash Player 7 is the undisputed winner for consumer viewability, and it will take a few more months for the On2 codec in Flash Player 8 to reach that level. I'm glad they preferred how Flash Video looks, though. :)
Posted by John Dowdell at January 27, 2006 2:46 PM