A discussion about Flash Movies

thebes · 2008-04-20, 05:18 AM

Flash will not use less bandwidth for a given video quality. You can cut the quality to save bandwidth, but Flash is not a magic bullet to save bandwidth. Really, it might mean you use more, I feel surfers are more likely to watch a Flash video.

I can't say if Flash is a bigger risk of being messed with by cheaters. Certainly, though, it would be harder to notice what is happening. The player is a .swf file and Action Script is a powerful and complex language... The Flash would already be there and could probably even be pre-set to do some nasty cheat months down the road.

I wonder if there could be a market for a known safe player whose checksum could be verified on submission etc.

2008-04-20, 05:18 AM	#1
thebes Rock stars ... is there anything they don't know? Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 16	Flash will not use less bandwidth for a given video quality. You can cut the quality to save bandwidth, but Flash is not a magic bullet to save bandwidth. Really, it might mean you use more, I feel surfers are more likely to watch a Flash video. I can't say if Flash is a bigger risk of being messed with by cheaters. Certainly, though, it would be harder to notice what is happening. The player is a .swf file and Action Script is a powerful and complex language... The Flash would already be there and could probably even be pre-set to do some nasty cheat months down the road. I wonder if there could be a market for a known safe player whose checksum could be verified on submission etc.