Originally Posted by
gaybucks_chip
The new H.264 video format, which is Quicktime compatible, delivers about twice the quality of Windows Media or Flash for the same bandwidth. So you can, for example, put up a 500K H.264 stream and it will look every bit as good as a 1K Windows Media or Flash format. So for now, at least, it's a total win for everyone. It's also playable by just about every player out there.... except Windows Media, of course, because Micro$oft doesn't like competition.
WM is still the market leader, but I suspect the improvements Adobe is working on to Flash, and the H.264 codec will start to seriously erode that lead.
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