Explaining Adobe Support on H.264

Some interesting information:
Flash Player 10.1 http://tinyurl.com/4st2va
Flash Player 9 -- H.264 support http://tinyurl.com/ytgt47

Some quickies:

Q: Which audio and video standards does Flash Player 9 Update 3 implement?
A: Flash Player 9 will support subsets of the MPEG-4 standards defined by ISO/IEC 14496-12, ISO/IEC 14496-10, ISO/IEC 14496-3, and the 3GPP timed text format standard. Specifically, Flash Player will support the following standards:
ISO/IEC 14496-3: (Audio AAC) AAC Main; AAC LC; SBR
ISO/IEC 14496-10: (Video AVC) Base (BP); Main (MP); High (HiP). All levels are supported.
ISO/IEC 14496-12: (Container) 1 Audio track; 1 Video track 3GPP TS 26.245: (Timed text format)

Q: Will Flash Player 9 Update 3 support non-FLV files?
A: Yes, with this update, Flash Player will also support files derived from the standard MPEG-4 container format such as MP4, M4A, MOV, MP4V, 3GP, 3G2 if they contain H.264 video and/or HE-AAC encoded audio.

Q: Will I be able to put On2 VP6 streams into the new MPEG-4-based file format?
A: The Flash Player 9 beta will not play back On2 VP6 encoded video in the new file format.

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