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1. Re: Hosting HTML5 video: advice?
Nancy O. Nov 29, 2011 3:18 PM (in response to sneakyimp)Wikipedia doesn't always contain the most up-to-date info.
If you want to support HTML5 tags in older IE browsers, simply add the HTML5shiv script to your web pages.
http://code.google.com/p/html5shiv/
While it is true that when HTML5 video first came on the scene, web developers had to wrestle with finding converters to produce 3 or 4 different versions of the same video to support all the different browsers/devices. Fortunately, there are some new commercial products that help take the sting out of this process.
A Desktop App called Easy HTML5 Video (available for Win or Mac) renders your native video 4 ways:
HTML5 (MP4)
Flash (MP4)
HTML5 (WebM)
HTML5 (OGG)
HTML5 Video Player Comparison List
http://praegnanz.de/html5video/
Last but not least, a commercial product called Pickle Player supports MP4 video (yes, MP4) in all devices that support it with a built-in Flash fallback for the ones that don't. So instead of hosting 4 different video file types, you only need to host 1. If you use a lot of video on your site, I recommend this solution.
Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
Web | Graphics | Print | Media Specialists
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2. Re: Hosting HTML5 video: advice?
sneakyimp Nov 29, 2011 4:13 PM (in response to Nancy O.)Thanks, Nancy. That's some seriously helpful info. Still, it sounds like a serious chore compared to simply publishing one Flash Video -- although the HTML5 approach probably works better in a mobile realm.
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3. Re: Hosting HTML5 video: advice?
Nancy O. Nov 29, 2011 4:35 PM (in response to sneakyimp)HTML5 video is here to stay.
http://www.mediacollege.com/forum/content.php?89-Adobe-Ends-Flash-for-Mobile
Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
Web | Graphics | Print | Media Specialists
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4. Re: Hosting HTML5 video: advice?
sneakyimp Nov 29, 2011 4:46 PM (in response to Nancy O.)Oh there's no doubt that HTML5 is here to stay, but it would seem that Flash is too until this browser pissing contest gets sorted out. It's just stupid.



