Vortrag: Multi-Platform Web Video Delivery (Rich Shupe)

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Welcome to 1997! Just when you thought platform and browser compatibility issues were behind you, along comes HTML5. Despite the Kool-Aid flying off the shelves, HTML5 is not a universal solution. In fact, when it comes to video, the only consistent thing about it is the <video> tag.

Different browsers support different video codecs, meaning that one video won't currently play in all major browsers. That is, unless you use Flash. Problem solved? No! Even if you can rely on a plugin architecture for your video playback needs, iOS devices (for example) don't currently support Flash. That means that iPhone and iPad users can't view Flash content and you're back to picking sides.

Unfortunately, it's up to you to deal with this compatability mine field. This session will try to discuss different ways to optimize video delivery for multiple platforms and playback technologies. We'll discuss popular video codecs like Theora, H.264, and WebM, and speculate about the evolving HTML5 specification. We'll also show you how to code a flexible playback solution that will use HTML5 and Flash to present video to the widest possible audience.

We don't know exactly what will happen in the future of web delivery, but we can use the knowledge we have today to make things easier for ourselves and our audiences.

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