Re: FLASH: Re: Flash 5 & QT

[Matt Wobensmith]

Hi John -


You wrote:


>Has Macromedia evaluated having Flash play the Quicktime codec?

>Instead of building the code into the Flash player, could the Flash

>player utilize the installed Quicktime player to play within Flash?


To echo what other people said, one of the prime advantages of the

Macromedia Flash Player is its small file size. Adding video playback to the

player would significantly bump up player size. This is one reason it

doesn't exist.


Also, we do have support for QuickTime export, so there are other more

robust, video-dedicated delivery schemes that you can do video with.


While adding video to Flash is a huge feature request, it may be a bit

redundant for Flash to do this, as there are three major players in that

industry that suit people well - one of which also supports native Flash

(soon to be upped to version 4 - QuickTime). We've left video playback to

the established parties this time.


Matt

Macromedia

Flash Community Manager



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