flash media

Ratcheting up the battle for the rich media space, Adobe Systems later this year plans to offer Adobe Flash Media Encoding Server, which is software to move video content to Adobe's Flash format.

A non-profit funded open source project with high-profile backers has released beta code for an open source Flash media player, with a media server in the wings.

Open Media Now's Gnash player runs standalone or as a plugin, may run better than Flash on constrained devices.