I'm curious, is this a rally? I've always hated those things and I'm still kicking myself for accidently turning up at school for the last school rally... those things give me nightmares.
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Adobe Launches Media Player 1.0 for Mac and PC
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I'm curious, is this a rally? I've always hated those things and I'm still kicking myself for accidently turning up at school for the last school rally... those things give me nightmares.
Sebastian
Can I transfer content to my iPod Touch/nano/iPhone using this? No?I think I'll stick with iTunes.
You might be able to transfer the downloadable h.264 content... I downloaded an HD podcast and it came down as a quicktime .mov h264. But was hidden in the cache files, unfortunately, at the moment.
Hopefully they'll make it easier to find the non-drm files and potentially transfer to devices.
arn
That's about as creative as Apple's naming conventions of the past 10 years or so. iMac, iTunes, iMovie, iPhone, iDVD, iWeb, iPhoto,
TV, Motion, Color, etc.,.Lethal
Media companies don't necessarily need a cross platform media format, they could simply make 2 downloads available, a WMV file for Windows and a Quicktime file for Mac.
Problem is really Apple, who won't let anyone else use Quicktime's DRM.
On the other hand the problem is really with the media companies, for using DRM in the first place.
Problem is really Apple, who won't let anyone else use Quicktime's DRM.
On the other hand the problem is really with the media companies, for using DRM in the first place.
Even if Apple did offer it. It wouldn't necessarily allow for ad-revenue derived content. Or a subscription model (all you can eat for one price). etc... So there is some value in it even if Apple did offer their Fairplay for license.
arn
I do. That's exactly what I want to do. They get it perfectly, as far as I'm concerned.
UM , I am not telling Apple they dont get it ... I am telling Adobe that Adobe does not get it ?
What i am saying is , like others in previous posts, Apple have an elegant solution that allows me to feed my lounge room Big Screen or LCD with all my movie content, TV content and they make it trivially easy.
5 years ago it might have been ok to just feed content to your computer screen like Adobe is now , but now we need content feed to our lounge rooms like Apple TV does.
I just downloaded and checked it out and the Adobe media player is fine , just watched an ep of Jerico , no probem BUT the problem is I DONT WANT to have to sit in front of my computer to do that.
I want it in my lounge room, on my Iphone , in my caravan etc etc
Apple get this and have been working toward it for years ... others are just catching up including Adobe.
His point was that it took Apple years to go from playing Video content on your computer to playing it on your TV (Apple TV). Where you yelling at Apple for not "getting it" during those years they didn't offer direct TV playback?
This is a 1.0 product. It's got room to grow.
arn
YUP see my previous post, but back when Apple first had Itunes only on the computer screen IT was OK and people were happy to at least to be able to watch it on their computer ..... here and now we are past that.
By the time Adobe catch up Apple will be up to V3 or V4 of Apple TV.
I am all for competition and variety... and it's great that in their V1 product they support Macs !
Cross Platform? Do have them sharing the same Database of media? Because thats always been the biggest stumbling block for me. I'm a recent switcher so I may be missing something obvious but for now I'm having to maintain two media libraries as there doesn't seem to be a way for windows and Mac to live in harmony.
Time to dump my ADBE... They've lost all sense of "core competence" and are flailing. Not flailing as badly as Google, but then Google has a ton of revenue and nothing else to spend it on.
If this was merely a showcase for AIR, I could understand, but they've dumped way too much resource into a "me too" product (in a market everyone else has lost in) rather than building on their core product line.
If this was merely a showcase for AIR, I could understand, but they've dumped way too much resource into a "me too" product (in a market everyone else has lost in) rather than building on their core product line.
system requirements
Is it just me, or do these seem like outrageous system requirements for a "lightweight" (Adobe's words) media player?
Mac OS (PowerPC)
PowerPC® G5 1.8GHz or faster processor
Mac OS X v10.4.910.4.11 or 10.5.110.5.2
1GB of RAM and 64MB of VRAM
Mac OS (Intel)
Intel Core Duo 1.33GHz or faster processor
Mac OS X v10.4.910.4.11 or 10.5.110.5.2
1GB of RAM and 64MB of VRAM
My dual 1.25GHz G4 can play 720p h.264s just fine in Quicktime, VLC, etc... but even the ads stutter and skip in Adobe Media Player. I've found nothing yet (worth watching, anyway) that will play. The audio stutters, and framerates seem to range from 1 to 12fps.
So, yeah, TiVo's still lookin' pretty good.
Is it just me, or do these seem like outrageous system requirements for a "lightweight" (Adobe's words) media player?
Mac OS (PowerPC)
PowerPC® G5 1.8GHz or faster processor
Mac OS X v10.4.910.4.11 or 10.5.110.5.2
1GB of RAM and 64MB of VRAM
Mac OS (Intel)
Intel Core Duo 1.33GHz or faster processor
Mac OS X v10.4.910.4.11 or 10.5.110.5.2
1GB of RAM and 64MB of VRAM
My dual 1.25GHz G4 can play 720p h.264s just fine in Quicktime, VLC, etc... but even the ads stutter and skip in Adobe Media Player. I've found nothing yet (worth watching, anyway) that will play. The audio stutters, and framerates seem to range from 1 to 12fps.
So, yeah, TiVo's still lookin' pretty good.
Can I transfer content to my iPod Touch/nano/iPhone using this? No?
No, you are "forced" to use iTunes if you want to transfer content to your iPod. That is how Apple wants it. Unless you do what some linux guys did, decrypt the iTunes database on the iPods and thereby enabling open source programs to transfer content to it. iTunes doesn't exist for Linux, so...
Oh come on...
I have seldom seen such a short passage with so many inaccuracies. "Mac and Windows" is cross-platform in the same way two-party government is democratic. DRM rather than lack thereof by definition "hinders some features". But as far as it has to be used, a company would do well not to pick a "publicly available DRM solution". Kind of defeats the point. Add enough licensees, and one of them will leak the encryption keys.
The lack of an additional cross-platform video DRM has hindered some features on Mac. Notably, Netflix stated that the lack of a publicly-available Mac DRM solution was what prevented them from offering their streaming service to the Mac.
I have seldom seen such a short passage with so many inaccuracies. "Mac and Windows" is cross-platform in the same way two-party government is democratic. DRM rather than lack thereof by definition "hinders some features". But as far as it has to be used, a company would do well not to pick a "publicly available DRM solution". Kind of defeats the point. Add enough licensees, and one of them will leak the encryption keys.
PCs and Macs?
Come on guys, compatible with "PCs and Macs" is totally misleading. Software is usually compatible with operating systems, not hardware. This one is compatible with Mac OS X, Windows and Linux. And btw. 2 things:
Mac is a PC
PC is not the same as Windows
Come on guys, compatible with "PCs and Macs" is totally misleading. Software is usually compatible with operating systems, not hardware. This one is compatible with Mac OS X, Windows and Linux. And btw. 2 things:
Mac is a PC
PC is not the same as Windows
Criminy! Now Adobe's doing the same @#$%& that screwed up Microsoft--trying to branch out into too many other areas beyond their core strengths and letting their primary product line languish.
As a long time Photoshop user, the last couple revisions (IMO) have been flat-out bad, with lots of UI tweaking and annoying changes that add up to... well frankly, not a whole helluva lot. And now lately, the acquisition of Flash via Macromedia, the pathetic online version of Photoshop, the Flex/Air platform thing and a @#$%* media player. WTF? Seriously?
Up next: the Adobe video games console.
As a long time Photoshop user, the last couple revisions (IMO) have been flat-out bad, with lots of UI tweaking and annoying changes that add up to... well frankly, not a whole helluva lot. And now lately, the acquisition of Flash via Macromedia, the pathetic online version of Photoshop, the Flex/Air platform thing and a @#$%* media player. WTF? Seriously?
Up next: the Adobe video games console.
Why is Apple the problem if they refuse to license their work?
These would-be content distributors want to experiment with digital distribution but balk at developing their own tools. Netflix and Universal and others can bitch and moan about Apple not licensing their DRM but here's the deal: they can hire people to develop their own damn DRM if Apple won't license it. There's nothing stopping them. When I hear companies like Netflix complain about that, I wonder why they didn't think about that ahead of time and develop their own cross-platform DRM scheme. Apple did it for their own purposes and there's no foul play when they refuse to license it. It just sounds to me that a lot of companies out there want to play in the new digital media playground but they don't want to pay the entry fee in terms of R&D.
This is terminology that most people use, i'm afraid it's not going to change and will only get worse over time. Accept it.
Just out of interest, did Apple ever bring out an Intel
machine with a 1.33GHz or lower processor? Even the
original Mac minis were 1.5 and 1.66 GHz...
finally i can die happy after a life of carrying less about adobes new whistle.
why a whistle? .. because it didnt resonate with me like a bell and it blows.
props on the 1080p
why a whistle? .. because it didnt resonate with me like a bell and it blows.
props on the 1080p
Has anyone tried to uninstall this software?
I like very much the macos way of removing unwanted software (just drag the app to the trash) and I always dislike mac sw that comes with strange installers like this one.
Has anyone tried to uninstall this software?
How does it work?
Thanks
I like very much the macos way of removing unwanted software (just drag the app to the trash) and I always dislike mac sw that comes with strange installers like this one.
Has anyone tried to uninstall this software?
How does it work?
Thanks
Who cares what you transfer with?!? I hear this all the time. If Apple only let their media on the ipod, then there would be a problem. I happily load my music, my dvd's and my tivo shows. The transfer is just a tool, the ipod and the content is what matters.