What is the future of video on the web?

[gonzo]

AEBN Adds Flash to Theaters 09.18.08
AEBN is excited to announce a new innovation: the addition of a Flash video player to its network of theaters. Not only will the new Flash player reduce compatibility issues for current customers, it will also enable access for users of Apple computers, who make up an estimated 8.5% of the internet-enabled market. The Flash file format is supported across a number of different web-capable devices, another way in which its addition broadens the potential customer base for AEBN products and services.

The new Flash player can be resized and scaled dynamically within someone's browser with no significant loss in quality, and full-length movies are being transcoded in the new Flash format in multiple bitrates to ensure that customers who choose it have the best possible experience.

[MRock]

I'm all over the board on this one ... I have one members site that I only post videos in the downloadable mpg format. Another site I only post in higher end wmv format and another site with the videos locked down with a media server. Hoped to see some response difference from customers, but can not. I have heard other webmasters talk about the h.264 format being served in a locked stream and having good results in quality and secure delivery. I really would like to look/see for myself.

With the advance of tube sites, it would seem to me that the natural response for content producers would be to lock down their content more than before ... but "the surfer hates drm", so I await the alternative

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by MRock

"the surfer hates drm", so I await the alternative

I hear this all the time with all of AEBN under a DRM system.
You can see how I dont buy it.