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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 16th Oct 2009 21:26 UTC

"HTML5 defines a standard way to embed video in a web page, using a video element. Support for the video element is still evolving, which is a polite way of saying it doesn't work yet. At least, it doesn't work everywhere. But don't despair! There are alternatives and fallbacks and options galore."

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RE[4]: That didn't look so hard

by Detlef Niehof on Sat 17th Oct 2009 07:20 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: That didn't look so hard"

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This text illustrates very well which concepts and mechanisms apply when we talk about "watching a video", and how HTML 5 may really be a way out of proprietary stuff that pollutes the web. But finally, it's up to the web browser developers and the content designers if they adopt to these methods or keep using their old-fashioned stuff. :-)

I don't think that the HTML 5 methods for embedding video will ever get widespread use. What many people forget is that one reason to use Flash etc is that in a way it helps to prevent the low-brow user from saving the content (e.g. videos) to disk.
This is exactly because Flash etc is not part of the web browser, thus the browser doesn't know how to "save" the video.
With HTML 5, implemented properly, there's no such pseudo-protection.

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