Re:Internet Archive expands Flash support
by j45 on Saturday July 15, 2023 @05:05AM
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As much as people might not like to hear it, I believe Flash Videos were how Youtube initially started.
Very little could handle buffering videos that well, or at scale.
Since people kept computers longer, and I was involved in online education/training delivery online in those years, flash video provided more backwards compatibility in a decade where IE4 wouldn't die, then IE6 wouldn't die.
Flash Media Server too, did some pretty interesting things. There were open source options like Red5 that were worth trying out.
Very little could handle buffering videos that well, or at scale.
Since people kept computers longer, and I was involved in online education/training delivery online in those years, flash video provided more backwards compatibility in a decade where IE4 wouldn't die, then IE6 wouldn't die.
Flash Media Server too, did some pretty interesting things. There were open source options like Red5 that were worth trying out.