Yesterday, someone brought to my attention that they thought Flash Video was being supported inside of QuickTime X (and the slated Snow Leopard release). However, today this rumor (not surprisingly) has been quelled, and apparently is not true (the source just had forget about Perian being installed).

If you read the Tech Crunch article, then take heed that this was poor reporting on the part of them, since they basically took the words of a blogger instead of confirming with Apple on any details.

However, that’s not to say that some people do long for .FLV support on Mac (hence products like Perian).

As I have said many times before, Flash Video support is perhaps one of the best features of the Flash Player runtime. It already has heavy adoption on web, and desktop support continues to grow. Plus, let’s not forget about all those mobile and other devices (e.g. Adobe Digital Home devices) with Flash Lite 3.x … and slated Flash 10 devices later this year that will support native Flash Video playback.

It would not surprise me one bit, if Adobe claimed some success in the mobile and device video space in 2-3 years with FLV format (esp given the uptick in set top industry adopting the player via the Open Screen Project) … FLV is already supported of hundreds of mobile devices, consumer electronic, and set top devices (even iPhone if you get the right application under a jailbreak).

BTW: Those interested in learning more about native Flash Video on devices, and development can read our chapter on Flash Video on devices in our upcoming book: AdvancED Flash on Devices: Mobile Development with Flash Lite and Flash 10

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