HTML5 allows for playing video directly in the browser without plugins. It supports various video formats, but there is no single cross-platform format yet. Browser support for HTML5 video is growing, but still limited. While HTML5 video has advantages over plugins, support for multiple formats and lack of features like DRM mean it hasn't fully replaced other methods yet. Developers should support multiple formats like H.264 and Ogg/WebM to prepare for the future of HTML5 video.

1. HTML5 and Video Bas Zoetekouw Bas.zoetekouw@surfnet.nl

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5. HTML5 Video Report published (jan2011) HTML5 Video: current status by Herman van Dompseler and Bas Zoetekouw Download at http://www.mediamosa.org/content/html5-video-current-situation http://www.surfnetkennisnetproject.nl/attachments/2312355/HTML5.pdf SURFnet - We make innovation work 4

6. SURFnet - We make innovation work 5 What is HTML5? HTML 2.0: 1995 HTML 3.2: 1997 HTML 4.0: 1998 XHTML 1.0: 2000 XHTML 1.1: 2001 … … HTML5: 201x

7. SURFnet - We make innovation work 6 What is HTML5? HTML5 ≈ HTML + CSS + JS Integrates multimedia: 2D & 3D drawing (Canvas, WebGL) Audio and video playback Native SVG support New semantic elements: <nav>, <footer>, <figcaption>, <section> Lots of other useful features: Geolocation Persistent offline storage (blob, SQL) Multithreaded JS (“web workers”) Web fonts Extensive overview:http://slides.html5rocks.com/

8. HTML5: possibilities Limitless possibilities! Webapps Games Multimedia SURFnet - We make innovation work 7

9. HTML5 games SURFnet - We make innovation work 8

10. Video: before HTML5 <object width="640" height="385"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qiD93UxvHRw?fs=1&amp;hl=nl_NL"> </param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qiD93UxvHRw?fs=1&amp;hl=nl_NL” type="application/x–shockwave–Flash” allowscriptaccess="always” allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"> </embed></object> SURFnet - We make innovation work 9

11. HTML5 and Video Support for playing video directly from the browser <video id="movie" width="320" height="240" preload controls> <source src="MY_MOVIE.mp4" /> <source src="MY_MOVIE.webm" type='video/webm/></video> No plugins required Rendering of video is responsibility of the browser Video fully accessible from Javascript/DOM Styling using CSS SURFnet - We make innovation work 10

12. Why HTML5-based video? Easy & clean Open standard Cross-platform No more plugins! Fancy stuff: SURFnet - We make innovation work 11

13. Support for HTML5 Video SURFnet - We make innovation work 12

14. Browsers SURFnet - We make innovation work 13 SURFmediavisitors (jan-feb 2011)

15. Video formats for HTML5 Video/audio codec support depends on browser/platform Lots of politics involved Platforms support own media format: Apple supports Quicktime in OSX/iOS Microsoft supports WMV in Windows SURFnet - We make innovation work 14

16. Cross-platform Formats 3 cross-platform formats: H.264 Ogg WebM SURFnet - We make innovation work 15

18. Widely supported

19. Hardware implementation available

20. Very good video-encoders available (x264)

21. Licensing fees requiredSURFnet - We make innovation work 16

23. Decent quality video

24. No hardware implementations

25. Not very widely supported

26. Open format, free to useSURFnet - We make innovation work 17

27. New kid on the block “A key factor in the web’s success is that its core technologies such as HTML, HTTP, TCP/IP, etc. are open and freely implementable. Though video is also now core to the web experience, there is unfortunately no open and free video format that is on par with the leading commercial choices. To that end, we are excited to introduce WebM, a broadly-backed community effort to develop a world-class media format for the open web.” SURFnet - We make innovation work 18

29. Slightly less advanced than H.264

30. Support growing rapidly

31. Problems:Ulterior motives? Possible patent issues SURFnet - We make innovation work 19

32. Client support SURFnet - We make innovation work 20 No single cross-platform format Need H.264 and (WebM or Ogg) Mobile world even more problematic.

33. Nothing settled yet How quickly will IE9 and Firefox 4 be adopted? Lots of developments: H.264 will stay free for consumers Adobe Flash will support WebM Google supports WebM in Internet Explorer (!) Google drops support for MP4/H.264 from Chrome Microsoft supports MP4/H.264 in Chrome (!) Google transcodes new Youtube movies to WebM What’s next? SURFnet - We make innovation work 21

34. Why no HTML5? Complexity shifted to video backend Need to support different/multiple formats Some features not available (yet?): DRM Live recordings RTP streaming/multicast SURFnet - We make innovation work 22

35. Conclusion SURFnet - We make innovation work 23 HTML5 Video is here to stay Abide your time But be prepared

36. Be prepared! Get rid of proprietary formats Add support for Ogg or WebM Possible right now: implement HTML5 video with Flash fallback SURFnet - We make innovation work 24

37. SURFnet - We make innovation work 25 http://www.mediamosa.org/content/html5-video-current-situation http://www.surfnetkennisnetproject.nl/attachments/2312355/HTML5_rapport_feb2011.pdf http://demo.mediamosa.org/content/html5-browser-support Bas Zoetekouw b.zoetekouw@surfnet.nl www.surfnet.nl