Adobe Publishes Flash Specs, Promotes Mobile Devices
May 02, 2008In the scope of the Open Screen project Adobe has facilitated the use of Flash on mobile devices. At the same time, Adobe now offers the SWF and FLV specifications as a PDF download.
more »Sun Working on a Free Web Video Solution
Apr 14, 2008Rob Glidden of Sun Microsystems reports in his blog on two new Open Source projects by his employer which will lead to a free media solution with video and audio codecs.
more »Xine-Lib 1.1.11.1 Removes Vulnerabilities
Apr 02, 2008The second update of the Xine-Lib video back-end within a month, closes down a number of integer overflows that were described in CVE-2008-1482.
more »Update to Skype for Linux
Feb 07, 2008An update for the proprietary Skype VoIP client resolves video image display issues among other problems.
more »Command-Line Tools Sound, Video, and News at the Command Line
Dec 18, 2007Learn more about Linux text-based multimedia utilities for playing streams, editing images, and reading CDs or DVDs from the command-line.
more »New Flash Player for Linux Supports H.264
Dec 05, 2007Adobe has released a new version of its Flash Player 9 Update 3, including the Linux version which thus leaves the beta stage. It now supports the H.264 video format and fullscreen operations with accelerated graphics.
more »Skype 2.0 Beta for Linux Includes Video Function
Nov 09, 2007Skype 2.0 Beta now gives Linux users the video functionality that Windows and Mac users have enjoyed for several months.
more »Lucasfilm Goes for Trolltech’s Qt
Oct 16, 2007Lucasfilm Limited, famous for its movie projects such as Star Wars and Indiana Jones, will be using Qt as the user interface for the development of digital entertainment software in future.
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