INTRODUCING HTML5 AUDIO AND VIDEO

HTML5 audio and video provide the means for you to deploy rich content on your website without requiring any third-party plug-in. Support is already available not only in HTML5 web browsers, but also in many of today’s mobile devices. This means that with very little effort you can post movies and music online for your users to view or listen to on nearly any modern platform or device.

The complete HTML5 video specification can be found on the WHATWG page at www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/the-video-element.html.

 

HTML5 Video and Flash Video

Prior to HTML5, Adobe Flash was the standard platform for delivering rich multimedia content online, partly thanks to the rise of websites like YouTube. ...

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