Is a flash a media file?

Question

Well is it?

Answer 1

If you mean a flash video then yes it's a media file.

Flash Video is the name of a file format used to deliver video over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player (formerly known as Macromedia Flash Player) versions 6–10. Until version 9 update 2 of the Flash Player, Flash Video referred to a proprietary file format, having the extension FLV. The most recent public release of Flash Player supports H.264 video and HE-AAC audio. Flash Video content may also be embedded within SWF files. Notable users of the Flash Video format include YouTube, Google Video, Yahoo! Video, Reuters.com and many other news providers.

Flash Video is viewable on most operating systems, via the widely available Adobe Flash Player and web browser plugin, or one of several third-party programs such as MPlayer, VLC media player, Quicktime, or any player which uses DirectShow filters (such as Media Player Classic, Windows Media Player, and Windows Media Center) when the ffdshow filter is installed.

Though the container format itself is open, the codecs used with it are patented.

Addition :

The "other" Flash could be  :

    * Flash, Staffordshire

In technology:

    * Flash (photography), instantaneous illumination for picture taking

    * Xenon flash lamp, a lamp designed to produce intense white light for very short durations

    * Adobe Flash, a multimedia software

    * Hook flash, a telephone function

    * FLASH, acronym for Free Electron LASer of Hamburg

    * M202A1 FLASH, a rocket launcher

    * Flash memory, a form of non-volatile computer memory

    * FLASH MRI, a basic measuring principle for rapid MRI

    * Molding flash, an excess material attached to a molded product along a parting line

    * Muzzle flash, the visible light of the muzzle blast when a firearm is discharged

In media:

    * Flash (comics), any of multiple speedy comics superheroes

    * Flash (G.I. Joe), a character in G.I. Joe media

    * Flash Gordon, the hero of a science fiction comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond

    * Flash Thompson

    * Flash (album) (2005), by electronic musician Towa Tei

    * Flash (Jeff Beck album) (1985), by rock guitarist Jeff Beck

    * "Flash" (song), by rock band Queen

    * "Flash" (Stéphanie song), a 1986 single by Princess Stéphanie of Monaco

    * Flash (band), a progressive rock group

    * Flash (1997 film), an American television film

    * Flash (2007 film), a Malayalam film

In other uses:

    * Utah Flash, an NBA Development League team

    * Flash (juggling), a type of throwing and catching

    * Flash (tattoo), a source pattern for body art

    * Flash evaporation, causing evaporation by lowering a fluid's pressure below its vapour pressure

    * Flash (cleaning product), the UK name of Mr. Clean, produced by Procter & Gamble

    * Flash Airlines, a private charter airline operating out of Cairo, Egypt

    * Grandmaster Flash (born 1958), an American hip hop musician and DJ

    * DJ Flash (born 1957), an American DJ

It's from Wikipedia

Answer 2

It can be, depending on how you use Flash... it is a very varied language. Sometimes it's a video, sometimes a utility, or whatever its programmer wanted it to be.

However, Flash Video (.flv files) are certainly media files, as they're videos, so yes? There's also all of those Flash videos and games all over the internet, which are all considered different forms of "media," which is an extremely broad term in itself.

So yes.

Answer 3

Flash is a type of media file. Most flash videos play with the Adobe Flash Player, which is a media player.