2010-09-17, 03:55
elan Wrote:That's the only thing that requires an API key at the moment, and that might change. If we didn't have a key, then someone could write an iOS app and put it in the store for free, leveraging all our hard work on the server, and then our supply of beer money might dry up, and a lack of beer makes us sad. So you might think of it as evil and closed and secretive and scary and (did I mention evil?) but the handful of developers who are working with us on third party applications see it as an opportunity.
Evil, no. Secretive and scary, HAHA, don't make me snort milk. Closed, yes. Open Platform, no. Opportunities come in many shapes and sizes.
So far, Plex is now one of at least four companies that play the transcode/streaming game. More will enter that market as the limitations of video decode become apparent with ultra-thin clients. By the way, you did budget in for MPEG LA license fees for decode, encode and streaming h264, right. As a commercial company now, it's the smart thing to do to keep from getting hit with that nasty legal action that might take some of that beer money away. Same for IMDB, like Boxee did on day one. Oh wait, how's that going, someone forget a budget item ?