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FliqzCam

Movable Type 4 video plugin

Over the past month we've been working with the folks over at Six Apart to create a plugin for the new Movable Type 4 system. The Fliqz video plugin allows users of the popular MT4 blogging software to upload, encode, store and post their videos in an instant. Upon installing the plugin a Fliqz arrow button appears directly in the Compose toolbar whereby a simple click of the button spawns an upload window where you can give a title and description of your video and hit Upload. Fliqz dynamically encodes and stores the raw file returning an embedded .flv file directly into your post...all in a matter of seconds. It's a beautiful thing.

If you're an MT4 user, get started with the video plugin in the MT4 widget directory or get it directly from Fliqz.

Props to Chad at Everitz Consulting.

Adobe's "Moviestar"

The latest version of the ubiquitous Adobe Flash Player, codename Moviestar, will support the H.264 video compression standard. That’s the same standard used in Blu-Ray and HD-DVD video players. The public beta of version 9 is available beginning today, with the final release expected in the fall.

The image quality of online video has long been the complaint of all the naysayers. You know, the ones who don’t believe there’s a real business model to be found. With Adobe on board the H.264 bandwagon, expect high quality Web video to become the norm very soon.