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December 12, 2005
Flash 8 Player Provides Better Video Quality
There are significant improvements in using the Flash 8 player for playback of Flash streaming content. The new Flash Player 8 has support for the On2 VP6 codec, which provides noticeable quality improvements over the Flash 7 player. The On2 VP6 Codec is a more efficient codec by providing better quality at lower bit rates.
The On2 VP6 codec is only available inside the Flash 8 Player. Older versions of the Flash Media player support the Sorenson Spark video codec. The On2 VP6 codec can be used for compression inside Flash 8 Professional and is available for purchase as a plug-in for Sorenson Squeeze.
Here are some of the benefits of encoding to Flash 8:
- Supports playback of 8-bit alpha channels
- Compression quality improvements
- Faster and smoother video playback
- Easy for users to upgrade using auto-update process
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Posted by MovingPicture at December 12, 2005 05:29 PM