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* Company: [[Adobe]]
* Website: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/
* Website: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/
* Company: [[Adobe]]


Adobe Flash player is a popular platform for web multimedia. The [[User:Multimedia Mike|maintainer of this Wiki]] works on the Linux version of this program.
Adobe Flash player is a popular platform for web multimedia. The [[User:Multimedia Mike|maintainer of this Wiki]] works on the Linux version of this program.


In addition to various animation features, the Flash Player can also natively decode and play back various video and audio codecs. These are the codecs that the Flash Player can decode:
In addition to various animation features, the Flash Player can also natively decode and play back various video and audio codecs. This is a list of containers and codecs that the Flash Player can handle.
 
'''Containers:'''
* [[SWF]] (the original Flash container format)
* [[FLV]] (since Flash Player version 6)
* [[QuickTime container|MP4]] (since Flash Player version 9r115)


'''Video Codecs:'''
'''Video Codecs:'''
* [[Sorenson Spark]]
* [[Sorenson Spark]] (since Flash Player version 6)
* [[Flash screen video]]
* [[Flash screen video]] (since Flash Player version 7)
* [[On2 VP6]]
* [[On2 VP6]] (since Flash Player version 8)
* [[H.264]] ''(announced for the next version of Flash Player)''
* [[H.264]] (since Flash Player version 9r115)


'''Audio Codecs:'''
'''Audio Codecs:'''
* [[PCM|Linear PCM]]
* [[PCM|Linear PCM]] (since Flash Player version 2)
* [[Flash IMA ADPCM]] (with 2-, 3-, 4-, and 5-bit predictors)
* [[Flash IMA ADPCM]] (since Flash Player version 2)
* [[Nelly Moser]]
* [[MP3]] (since Flash Player version 4)
* [[MP3]]
* [[Nelly Moser]] (since Flash Player version 6)
* [[AAC]] ''(announced for the next version of Flash Player)''
* [[AAC]] (since Flash Player version 9r115)
* [[Speex]] (since Flash Player version 10)


== References ==
* Tinic Uro, [http://www.kaourantin.net/2007/08/what-just-happened-to-video-on-web_20.html "What just happened to video on the web?"] (discussion of upcoming MP4/H.264/AAC support)


[[Category:Multimedia Programs]]
[[Category:Multimedia Programs]]

Latest revision as of 12:48, 17 October 2008

Adobe Flash player is a popular platform for web multimedia. The maintainer of this Wiki works on the Linux version of this program.

In addition to various animation features, the Flash Player can also natively decode and play back various video and audio codecs. This is a list of containers and codecs that the Flash Player can handle.

Containers:

  • SWF (the original Flash container format)
  • FLV (since Flash Player version 6)
  • MP4 (since Flash Player version 9r115)

Video Codecs:

Audio Codecs:

  • Linear PCM (since Flash Player version 2)
  • Flash IMA ADPCM (since Flash Player version 2)
  • MP3 (since Flash Player version 4)
  • Nelly Moser (since Flash Player version 6)
  • AAC (since Flash Player version 9r115)
  • Speex (since Flash Player version 10)

References