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Love how this is posted tut-tuttingly on the BBC's website -- which went from Real Player to Flash to -- eventually -- mp4 video, but only as a last resort. (Mo
by Tloewald 11y ago
Love how this is posted tut-tuttingly on the BBC's website -- which went from Real Player to Flash to -- eventually -- mp4 video, but only as a last resort. (Motto: "as a public entity we've never found a proprietary format we don't love".) Indeed, I had a Realplayer One "subscription" that took me something like a year to shut off (they'd claim it was off and then keep sucking money out of my account) which I blame entirely on the BBC.
- Someone1234 11y agoPlaying devil's advocate a little: But a lot of this was down to which streaming format their media partners would sign off on (they wanted certain DRM guarantees). Real Player was the market leader in DRM-ed video, until Flash improved and took over.
- mattLummus 11y agoAgreed, Flash is great for multimedia. That is largely why it is still so widely used. I just don't prefer it over security which is why it is blocked for me by default ;)
- Tloewald 11y agoWhy the BBC was so keen to use DRM-ed video (and audio) escaped me. Slap a copyright notice on it and be done with it.
- zimpenfish 11y agoLicense holders are generally to blame for forcing DRM onto consumers, not the streaming provider (based on experience working for Lovefilm.)