Last updated on 2014-07-03, by David Brooks

What is HTML5

About HTML5

HTML5 video is an element introduced in the HTML5 draft specification for the purpose of playing videos or movies, partially replacing the object element. HTML5 video is intended by its creators to become the new standard way to show video online, but has been hampered by lack of agreement as to which video formats should be supported in the video element.

Adobe Flash Player is widely used to embed video on web sites such as YouTube, since many web browsers have Adobe’s Flash Player pre-installed (with exceptions such as the browsers on the Apple iPhone and iPad and on Android 2.1 or less). HTML5 video is intended by its creators to become the new standard way to show video online, but has been hampered by lack of agreement as to which video formats should be supported in the video tag.

It is desirable to specify at least one video format which all user agents (browsers) should support. The ideal format should:

* Have good compression, good image quality, and low decode processor use.

* Be royalty-free.

* In addition to software decoders, a hardware video decoder should exist for the format, as many embedded processors do not have The performance to decode video.

The current HTML5 draft specification does not specify which video formats browsers should support. User agents are free to support any video formats they feel are appropriate.

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Related Source

WebM, MP4, AVI, WMV, FLV/F4V

External Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5