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by pohl 5636 days ago
Flash...has in fact supported H.264 encoded video for some time.

Could someone offer a citation for this? My understanding has been that the codec typically used for Flash video has long been almost-H.263, not H.264. Wikipedia, for what it's worth, currently reflects that version of history, saying "Commonly, Flash Video FLV files contain video bit streams which are a proprietary variant of the H.263 video standard", and "The most recent public releases of Flash Player...also support H.264 video".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_video

Does Wikipedia have history wrong here?