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Flash Player to get H.264 Support

Flash Player to get H.264 Support

by , 9:55 AM EDT, August 21st, 2007

Adobe announced on Tuesday that it is adding support for the H.264 video codec to its Flash Player 9 software. Adding the codec will allow the Flash Player application to play HD quality video and audio, but for now it will be available only as a public beta.

Adobe also said that its Adobe Integrated Runtime environment, or AIR, will also support H.264, which means that applications developed using the cross platform development tool -- including Adobe Media Player -- will also support the codec.

H.264 is used by Apple, is found in both Blu-ray and HD-DVD, and is also used in High Efficiency AAC (HE-AAC) audio files.

The H.264-compatible beta version of Flash Player 9 will be available some time on Tuesday at the Adobe Labs Web site.

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Close Name:Jay Nelson Posts: 7 Joined: 27 Feb 2007
Subject: iPhone + Flash?

Does this mean that the iPhone will be able to play Flash videos now?

Close Name:DrShakagee -   TMO Forum Mod Posts: 941 Joined: 14 Jun 2001
Subject: Re: iPhone + Flash?

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Jay Nelson wrote:
Does this mean that the iPhone will be able to play Flash videos now?


No but it does mean you can play your iphone videos in a flash project now.

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