I read on TechCrunch that Adobe had launched a media player, (screen shots available at that link) but my scan of the article led me to believe that all it was about was instructional videos for Adobe products.
I got that one wrong. It's another "Internet TV" player and while I think the user interface has several flaws (from navigating all the content, to a default color scheme intent on being cool -- that makes it hard for my old eyes to actually see the scroll bar and that there are more items), it offers a lot of video content, particularly from CBS & Viacom as far as the "tv world" goes.
Despite its flaws, I found it much faster to navigate than CBS' own website or via InnerTube, but it currently doesn't have all the content available on those sites (the 3 CSIs are there, as well as Survivor, Big Brother and even an episode of Jericho, but shows like The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother are not). It's still new and I imagine they will be adding lots of titles. But you can still get MTV Cribs and The Hills, and there are some classics including , The Twilight Zone, Star Trek, Hawaii Five-O and MacGyver. Even Melrose Place.
Sure, all that stuff was out there before, but this bundles it all together fairly nicely. You can download the player here.
I have to show some love to FriendFeed, because if not for it, I wouldn't have seen the Twitter from Duncan Riley that said: “tip: most of the CBS content on Adobe media player isn't geo-blocked. Free legal shows for non-Americans”. While I imagine Adobe will need to fix that before it gets the full library, at least I realized it has TV shows too. Though now I'll probably be up until 4am watching Melrose Place The Twilight Zone.
That’s So Exciting! My web videos are on Adobe TV! Go xTrain! Go AMP!
That's So Exciting! My web videos are on Adobe TV! Go xTrain! Go AMP!
My only complaint is that Adobe acts like a virus.
I did not have Adobe Air installed and when I installed AMP so Air had to be installed as well.
After playing with AMP, and not being able to get any of the CSI stuff to play, I uninstalled AMP. There was no provision to uninstall Air.
I went to the Adobe website and looked through their LiveDocs and they direct you to run the uninstaller located in my /Applications folder. As you can imagine, it is not there.
I download the Air installer hoping to install AIR again along with the uninstaller, but it says my version is up to date and quits.
Adobe does not provide a link to download the uninstaller.
So what makes Adobe different from any other virus that I might pick-up. It it is hidden on my system, I can’t uninstall it, and I don’t know what it is doing in the back ground. Thankfully I have Little Snitch and have denied Air access to the Internet.
I am through with Adobe and I hope it does not make it to my iPhone or my iPod Touch.
My only complaint is that Adobe acts like a virus.
I did not have Adobe Air installed and when I installed AMP so Air had to be installed as well.
After playing with AMP, and not being able to get any of the CSI stuff to play, I uninstalled AMP. There was no provision to uninstall Air.
I went to the Adobe website and looked through their LiveDocs and they direct you to run the uninstaller located in my /Applications folder. As you can imagine, it is not there.
I download the Air installer hoping to install AIR again along with the uninstaller, but it says my version is up to date and quits.
Adobe does not provide a link to download the uninstaller.
So what makes Adobe different from any other virus that I might pick-up. It it is hidden on my system, I can't uninstall it, and I don't know what it is doing in the back ground. Thankfully I have Little Snitch and have denied Air access to the Internet.
I am through with Adobe and I hope it does not make it to my iPhone or my iPod Touch.
@Kresh I had options to remove both AMP and AIR (windows vista machine). But I can see where that experience would be annoying as heck. It would irritate me too — though not so much that I’m not still hoping Flash will find its way to the 3G iphone…
@Kresh I had options to remove both AMP and AIR (windows vista machine). But I can see where that experience would be annoying as heck. It would irritate me too — though not so much that I'm not still hoping Flash will find its way to the 3G iphone…