Flash is just one approach from many possible.
It could be some proprietary VLC-like software that runs only in Win8 and Win9.
The point of having this in HTML5 is to avoid this proprietary mess.
It could be some proprietary VLC-like software that runs only in Win8 and Win9.
The point of having this in HTML5 is to avoid this proprietary mess.
That is, just because you're on a browser that supports this exchange standard doesn't mean that you'll have access to the blob that actually does the decrypting. The major distributors will just continue their current strategy of platform/device lock-in.
I had gone into this thinking it would be a cool way to easily allow protected/authenticated cross-platform playback. But it does nothing of the sort. Content providers will still discriminate, and we'll be powerless to stop them. This just provides a common API for their discrimination. So... I guess that's something?