Seit heute steht auf labs.adobe.com das neueste Prerelease des Adobe Media Players zur Verfügung. Der Adobe Media Player ist ein standalone Player auf Basis von AIR und wird gegen den Microsoft Media Player positioniert. Neu in der aktuellen Version ist:

• H.264 and HE-AAC support—view high-quality video encoded with the H.264 video and HE-AAC audio codecs.
• Hardware accelerated full screen support—play back full-screen videos with improved performance on Windows® and Macintosh® computers.
• More control over your viewing experience—new video scaling options (full window/full screen, actual size, scale up), keyboard controls (play, pause, fast forward, rewind), and a resume play option that starts playback where you last stopped the video.
• Customize your environment—the Options area allow you to set your Adobe Media Player preferences, along with new episode default settings that govern playback of newly downloaded shows.
• Catalog search—quickly and easily find the shows you want to see using keywords or tags.
• Continuous play of new episodes—have your own marathon of all the episodes of your favorite show with only one click on the play button.
• Content Status Indicators—quickly see the status of each episode of your favorite show, whether it is being downloaded or streamed, and if you’ve watched it or not.