CHAPTER 10
The Truth About Audio and Video in HTML5
Both <audio> and <video> are welcome additions to the HTML spec. We don’t use proprietary tools (such as Flash) to display images, so why should we need them to play audio or video?
Don’t get me wrong: I’m not here to bash Flash. Without it we wouldn’t have YouTube, Vimeo, and the video revolution that has taken place over the past few years. And Flash still provides advanced video features (such as live streaming, full-screen playback, and DRM, as icky as DRM is) that have either no or very preliminary implementations as open standards.
Nevertheless, HTML5 <video> and <audio> have become almost ...
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