Ping 88: Avatar Kinect, H.264, Bing Auto, Bye Bob, (Channel 9)

Ping 88: Avatar Kinect, H.264, Bing Auto, Bye Bob,

Posted: Jan 17, 2011 at 3:52 PM

By: Laura Foy

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We're back! After a little Holiday Hiatus Laura and Paul have returned to bring you the hottest stories that Microsofties and pinging each other about. Some of this weeks items include:

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Alex Dresko I'm not a player, I just code a lot.

Jan 17, 2011 at 5:02 PM

I approve of this show.
PaulMest Ping co-host, Founder Mythly Studios

Jan 17, 2011 at 8:04 PM

@Alex Dresko: I approve of your avatar.
Dorothy_Ballsa

Jan 18, 2011 at 5:06 AM

Cool show! approve both
IRB

Jan 18, 2011 at 5:32 AM

Welcome back! I thought you were off for a job interview there Paul :/
martinmine I see you're a coder, I'm pretty much a coder myself

Jan 18, 2011 at 8:21 AM

Welcome back! I started to get worried that there would be no more Ping D:
And thank you Google for ruining my Youtube in Silverlight project, which used the H.264 codec
PaulMest Ping co-host, Founder Mythly Studios

Jan 18, 2011 at 10:49 AM

@IRB: Where would I interview looking like that??
RADdevil

Jan 18, 2011 at 12:31 PM

I think it is time for Microsoft to jump on the H.264 Google mess and promote the Bing videos area. They should upload massive videos telling the world of Google's intentions. Might be worth some % points.
exoteric

Jan 18, 2011 at 1:17 PM

Should Google completely remove all support for H.264 on YouTube it could be seen as "evil" and would also hurt its competitors - but having a 100% free and open standard for Web video has to be a good thing, long term. The shockwave of removing H.264 from YouTube would be interesting to observe, however. It would be bad for video quality of pre-WebM videos though; I can't imagine a zero-loss conversion between two lossy formats and YouTube has too many lo-fi videos already...
Windbag Momotaro, The Peach Boy

Jan 18, 2011 at 7:50 PM

@Paul II: Not where, but when... 1973?
IRB

Jan 19, 2011 at 2:12 AM

15 hours ago, Paul II wrote
@IRB: Where would I interview looking like that??

Hmm, maybe some new boy band.
Philip Saunders

Jan 23, 2011 at 10:07 AM

why did you not throw the channel 9 guys at the camera this week.
PaulMest Ping co-host, Founder Mythly Studios

Jan 24, 2011 at 12:48 AM

@Philip Saunders: I was too dehydrated. The Channel 9 P.A. didn't get me enough water.