Adobe Adopts HTTP Live Streaming For iOS 97
unassimilatible writes "Ars Technica reports that Adobe has capitulated in the iOS-Flash war, and has adopted HTTP live streaming for iOS. HTTP Live Streaming is a protocol that Apple developed to stream live and recorded video using standard HTTP connections instead of the more difficult to optimize RTSP. It uses H.264-encoded video and AAC or MP3 audio packaged into discrete chunks of an MPEG-2 transport stream, along with a .m3u playlist to catalog the files that make up the individual chunks of the stream. QuickTime on both Mac OS X and iOS can play back this format, and it is the only streaming format compatible with the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch."
Borg (Score:3, Funny)
So, are we going to get a Steve Jobs Borg icon soon?
Or a generic borg in a black faux turtleneck and jeans?
Just any old borg with the Apple logo on it?
Resistance is futile. You will abandon Flash.
Sign me up. Gimme my implants!
Re:IOS (Score:3, Funny)
I remember back in the late 90s when we had hubs, not switches, someone came up with a perl script to monitor the wire looking for .gif and .jpg files and would then tile them on a display screen with the IP of the host viewing them. The sales department at that ISP sure got in trouble that day!
Re:Not the first concession for adobe. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not the first concession for adobe. (Score:4, Funny)