Silverlight

[DVB Cornwall]

Those of you who are into the technical side of things and streaming technologies really should give the Democratic Convention Silverlight streaming a try....

The quality is stunningly beautiful ... even if the subject matter might not be.

You'll need to download a couple of plugins to view.

DemConvention

If anyone else has experience and links to other content do share, please. The iPlayer would be magnificent using this technology.

[davidmcg]

Yay can't watch it, im on linux!!!

[Sput]

Ahhh Linux, the computer geek's choice of self-flagellation since 1990...

[lukey]

Very nice, and on a slight tangent, isn't the staging for the event generally just fabulous? During C4N tonight even though it was just showing a generic 'flying stars' backdrop the way it blended with its physical surroundings was very lovely.

[Nini]

Ahhh Linux, the computer geek's choice of self-flagellation since 1990...

Hah... wait, no...

[davidmcg]

It may become a dual boot just when i figure how to get windows back on my laptop eek.

[Gavin Scott]

So, (aside from all this linux chatter), whats the difference between silverlight and Adobe flash?

[Sput]

Apparently it's pretty powerful in how you can tie it into other web technologies if you're a developer, but in end-user terms there's not a hell of a lot of difference.

[DVB Cornwall]

Based on this limited exposure, I think it's technically superior, more vibrant colours, less washed out and has considerably less artifacts.

[Sput]

Meh, the latest version of flash supports H.264 which delivers some rather nice images AND it's a proper standard.

[cdd]

Hmm well I have tried this on two separate computers and my video experience is just a large black square.

Nil point.