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HTML5 and the video format.
Yes, HTML5 video feature specification seems to be very powerful, but not yet finalized and not everybody agreeing.
The problem with HTML5 video is that Web Browsers still don’t agree on what video format should be supported, some wants a proprietary solution, some other obviously want the open source free solution, so they support the version format they like, until everybody agree on something (hopefully soon), they force us to have the videos on different formats, for example:
<video controls=”controls” autoplay=”autoplay”>
<source src=”pics/video/gizmo.mp4″ type=”video/mp4″ />
<source src=”pics/video/gizmo.webm” type=”video/webm” />
<source src=”pics/video/gizmo.ogv” type=”video/ogg” />
Video not playing? <a href=”pics/video/gizmo.mp4″>Download file</a> instead.
</video>
What the browser is going to do is test every video format and check if is supported until it finds the correct one, but that leave us with a big maintenance issue.
A good temporary solution is to make use of services like
They host, convert and server the video depending on your browser.
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