How Times Have Changed for Flash Video

I've been digging around on a few technology websites and came across a few interesting articles, some from way back (who remembers This article on ZDNet from 2003 talks about Macromedia's plans to push Flash Video as a technology and how streaming video has just been added to the Flash Player. Remember, Flash Communication Server 1.0 was released in 2002 pretty much alongside Flash MX - which incidentally also introduced the ability to embed video content directly into Flash. Embedding never took off and rightly so as it was riddled with problems such as audio sync issues, tricky to update and massive SWF files. It's interesting how in that article a guy called Richard Doherty points out how Flash as a media format is still running well behind Windows Media, RealPlayer and Apple's QuickTime. "They're still paying catch-up way behind Real," he said. Way behind Real... it's 2006 and here I sit wondering if there's anybody not in front of Real right now. You would have thought that a few years later in 2005 Flash Video would have been more widely accepted. Apollo runtime. Overall I think it's fair to say that 2006 was the year of online video, and Flash Video in particular. What's around the corner? If Adobe have their way then Comments Tag: Reddit | Furl Bookmark Murdok: Stefan is a certified Flash Developer who has been involved with Flash Media Server since its very early days. From his home office in the UK he has handled a variety of projects, specializing in Flash Video and Rich Internet Applications for clients that include CNET, USA Network and Unilever. Stefan is the author of a series of Adobe Developer Center articles, has spoken at several industry events and contributes a regular column on Flash Video to Streaming Media Magazine. His site