What is the future of video on the web?

[Dravyk]

Notice how (thank gawd!) no one even thinks of Real Media as a contender any more!

I think Flash is great for DRM, but hate that one often can't make it larger. When you can, it's not bad.

WMV with DivX for the 16:9 aspect ratio is my personal fav.

[Hell Puppy]

I dont think there's a right or wrong answer here.

DRM is the domain of VOD, and that's a unique business model.

For the rest of us, it is understanding your user base for one thing, and surfing on your own to stay in the head of the surfer and abreast of trends.

Danny Cox has the ultimate solution so far...offer everything and survey the users. If you have the resoures to pull it off, that approach is hard to beat.

The balance is along the axis of compatibility, instant gratification and quality. Nothing gives us all 3 at the same time yet. Until it does, I think we continue to have these debates.

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by Dravyk

Notice how (thank gawd!) no one even thinks of Real Media as a contender any more!.

Anything that requires users to download something they dont already have is immediately in trouble. And in the case of RealMedia, it offers nothing to justify the effort.

Not sure what RealMedia brings to the table these days, flash is eating it's lunch.