The Simpsons go HD

Posted by on Feb 15, 2009 in Cool stuff | 3 comments

Last week, the very first High-Def episode of The Simpsons aired on Fox in the US. They also got a new intro. I still can’t believe that we (here in Belgium) still only have 5 HD channels. I really hope my cable provider adds more soon… Anyway… Enjoy the new Simpsons intro. On YouTube. In Flash. In HD. (Don’t forget to click the HQ button. Does anyone know how to enable this as a default in the embed code?)

Weekly blend – the HD-YouTube-social-network-changes-facebook edition

Posted by on Dec 6, 2008 in Weekly blend | Comments Off

HD video now available to over 80% of internet connected PCs

Posted by on Jul 12, 2008 in Flash Player, News, Video | Comments Off

Just a couple of days ago, Flash Player senior product manager Justin Everett-Church announced the updated Flash Player penetration stats. This update shows that now 81.7% (in mature markets) of internet connected PCs now have Flash Player 9.0.115. The release of that version of the Flash Player brought the Flash Player cache for Flex framework caching, hardware-scaled full screen, multi-core rendering, and H.264/AAC HD video.

If you didn’t know this, the Flash Player can easily play back a 1080p high-definition video. And the cool thing about this is, that this HD video is really a part of your Flash app like any other movieclip or asset meaning you can also do things like masking, rotating and animating it. If you wanted, you could even use it on a 3D plane with Papervision!

To be fair, Europe is a little behind on this particular version. But 78.6% is still a lot better than any other HD capable players out there!

“Operation MySpace” streamed live in HD Flash video

Posted by on Mar 7, 2008 in Events, Flash, Video | Comments Off

Next Monday, Kulabyte, together with MySpace.com, using Adobe® Flash® Media Server through Akamai‘s content delivery network, will distribute live HD video on the web from “Operation MySpace“. This live concert webcast featuring The Pussycat Dolls, Jessica Simpson, Carlos Mencia, … from Kuwait will demonstrate the future of video on the web, delivering high definition video of the event at less than 1.5 megabits per second. Yes… That’s no typo. Less than 1.5 megabits per second. Kulabyte developed the world’s first live 2 Pass VBR streaming encoders which makes it possible to get the best quality video out of less bandwidth.

Using the powerful streaming capabilities in Adobe Flash Media Server 3 coupled with the award-winning Adobe Flash Player runtime, U.S. troops, family, and friends can experience the webcast live over the Internet in full-screen HD. I’m really looking forward to see FMS3 shine in all its glory!

More information on : http://www.myspace.com/operationmyspace