> I really enjoyed that "open standards" event, which was broadcast via HTML5
HTML5 is a markup language, not a streaming transport. Apple used HTTP Live Streaming, which is tech they're trying to push as a new standard. It has certain technical benefits:
I believe the VLC nightly build has support for it, but Apple's not going to go out and tell people "Hey, go use this weird beta client to access the stream."
You are right, of course. I was using HTML5 as it is commonly used as an umbrella term for everything new and standards related on the web these days in my snark comment. Interestingly enough, I tried with VLC to no avail. I liked that new nano, seems like something we ought to have in the year 2010, straight out of future.
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> I really enjoyed that "open standards" event, which was broadcast via HTML5
HTML5 is a markup language, not a streaming transport. Apple used HTTP Live Streaming, which is tech they're trying to push as a new standard. It has certain technical benefits:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Live_Streaming
I believe the VLC nightly build has support for it, but Apple's not going to go out and tell people "Hey, go use this weird beta client to access the stream."
You are right, of course. I was using HTML5 as it is commonly used as an umbrella term for everything new and standards related on the web these days in my snark comment. Interestingly enough, I tried with VLC to no avail. I liked that new nano, seems like something we ought to have in the year 2010, straight out of future.