OT: Streaming video on Droid with Skyfire

Submitted by mikefromaa on April 30th, 2010 at 1:42 PM

I figured enough of us had these that this post wouldn't be offensive. Obviously Droid already had apps for ustream, youtube, vimeo, and vuivision. Now they've introduced Skyfire, a browser that converts flash content(streaming video) into a watchable form. Unfortunately favorites like Justin.TV, Hulu, the network sites(NBC, CBS, ABC), and Netflix are not working. I was hoping the mgocommunity could build a list of websites that DO work with the new browser. Here is what I have found:

Casttv.com

Break.com

CollegeHumor.com

Wimp.com

TheDailyShow.com

MegaVideo.com

SouthParkStudios.com

IGN.com

It's rumored that may adult sites work as well--which should probably remain outside the scope of this discussion.

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karpodiem

April 30th, 2010 at 1:54 PM ^

as cool as that is, html5 = the future.

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mikefromaa

April 30th, 2010 at 2:24 PM ^

Thank you Steve Jobs<sarcasm> =)

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joeyb

April 30th, 2010 at 2:08 PM ^

I agree somewhat, but from what I have seen, there is no way to hide the video source, which means that sites like Hulu and Netflix will not be able to use HTML5 until there is some sort of way to moderate that.

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big gay heart

April 30th, 2010 at 2:17 PM ^

HTML 5 is MULTIPLE years away from being a workable video standard. Don't underestimate the debate surrounding standard format and patent/open sources.

As for "thanking" Steve Jobs for anything, L oh-fucking L. Take a look at that company's draconian approach to developers and ask yourself whether or not Jobs' open letter on Flash is anything but hypocritical nonsense. Yeah, that dude is for the little guy.

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Shaqsquatch

April 30th, 2010 at 3:02 PM ^

Steve Jobs: Master of Doublespeak.

Which is pretty ironic considering their 1984-themed ad.

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MCHammer-smooth

April 30th, 2010 at 4:51 PM ^

LOL, laughing on line.

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a non emu

April 30th, 2010 at 2:36 PM ^

I've used Skyfire on Nokia N95 for a while now (definitely more than a year) and pretty much every site that I've been to has worked. They also do a good job of releasing periodic updates that fixes bugs and improves performance. There are some shortcomings, but overall I think it is a fantastic browser.

EDIT: Hulu used to work (till around ~3 months ago), and then the hulu folks decided to break it. But every other flash based site that I've been to has been fine.

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