Comments on: Cat Got Adobe’s VoIP?

By: Skip

Skip — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:37:34 +0000

To use VoIP in new version of flash player with all functionality (like making connections to SIP proxies and gateways) you probably will need to buy their server solution (like FMS). But P2P will be available for everyone with backend support of Adobe servers for NAT traversal for example…

By: funkin wagnel

funkin wagnel — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:53:51 +0000

For Adobe to believe they could have done anything to preempt YouTube from monetizing flash is just plain idiotic. No wonder Chizen resigned — with the Adobe business development executives merrily dreaming away in the executive suite.

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Can Ribbit Finally Bring Web & Voice Together? - GigaOM — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:01:41 +0000

[...] and its future. For instance, I have on good authority that Adobe will be making a big splash with its VoIP plans sometime next spring, and is working furiously to put finishing touches on its offerings. This would [...]

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Proveedor VoIP #1 en el mundo » 0j0.net — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:57:31 +0000

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By: quetwo

quetwo — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 13:09:35 +0000

The issue isn’t that the Flash platform can’t create SIP signaling (this would be easy, it’s an XHTML based language), the issue is it has restrictions in creating any audio, other than the Adobe audio standard. The “workarounds” these 3rd party companies are doing essentially send the audio to a Flash Media Server (or compatible), which then decodes the audio, and re-encodes it to a standard VoIP audio codec. Adobe won’t be unlocking this one, and I’m sure the update the provide for the Flash player will lock it in so you can only send G.711/G.729a/G.723 to their servers.

By: Ajay

Ajay — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:15:45 +0000

“YouTube got the upside of Flash video”? They lose millions every year and nobody makes much money off online video. It would be monumentally stupid of Adobe to start locking down their products for better monetization when nobody else is making money off those technologies either.

By: knowsadobe

knowsadobe — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:42:54 +0000

The infighting between former Macromedia and Adobe is also the problem. The teams hate each other. You will be seeing more examples of adobe missing the boat.

By: Aswath

Aswath — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:59:39 +0000

@Update: What backend? What server-side? Once Flash has speech engine (need wideband, preferably Speex; G711 is BW hog and poor quality) and UDP transport capability, I will be able to connect the two end-points without any further assistance from any backend from Adobe. Of course, I do not have a solution for their monetization problem. They decided to give away intelligent ends; now they can not try to insert a Middle. (http://www.mocaedu.com/mt/archives/000338.html)

By: jccodez

jccodez — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:50:57 +0000

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By: freechelmi

freechelmi — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:30:29 +0000

Weird , Why would it be more difficult with Flash to Do pure SIP/RTP UDP sockets than with other technologies ?

Do like Wengo , an http tunnel server in case SIP ports are blocked.

By: thedude2002

thedude2002 — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:18:33 +0000

Don’t think that Adobe really wants to build a VoIP app. Who has ever made real big money out of voip? It’s a cent game.

I think Adobe is more interested in enabling the platform, because that’s what they now are: a platform company.