Page 1 of 2 There has been a lot of buzz and chatter about Adobe's recent Flash Player update which allows for the playback of H.264 content directly through the Flash Player. In very broad terms H.264 is actually a codec that allows for the creation of HD video. If you really want to dig further into this subject or want to see what kind of video quality is out there, Apple has obliged by posting a page dedicated to the H.264 standard.
In fact, while you are at the Apple site head over to the iTunes page and help yourself to the Ratatouille video trailer. Now head over to the Ratatouille page on the Apple site because there is something you need to see that will put all of this "buzz" into perspective. If you look at the sizes you will see they range from 480 pixels in width up to 1080 pixels across.This is what makes this announcement so cool: you can play large size video in the Flash Player and not have to worry about buffer issues and so on. To see what I am talking about, Adobe has posted an example that you can watch after you have installed the beta (see below for details).
Image 1: You can now play large size high quality HD video in the Flash Player.
There is going to to be a lot of discussion around this and a lot of articles around why this is so great. The purpose of this "Quick Shot" is to answer the question that a lot of people have been asking me
Keywords
Flash, Flash CS3, HD video, H.264
