I would like to use HTML 5 for video/audio viewing, but I have some concerns. First: HTML 5 is only supported in IE 9+. Second: What do I do for all the different extensions that are supported/not supported like mp4, wav, and webm?
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I would like to use HTML 5 for video/audio viewing, but I have some concerns. First: HTML 5 is only supported in IE 9+. Second: What do I do for all the different extensions that are supported/not supported like mp4, wav, and webm?
Different extensions are supported in different browsers. The solution is…if MP4 is supported by IE, then you will also need to have a WebM or Ogg version of the same video file to ensure cross-browser support of the video (Firefox, Chrome).
Here’s a great HTML5-based video/audio player. If a user uses an older browser, the player “falls back” to Flash-based player.
http://videojs.com/
You may find this helpful for converting to various HTML5-supported video formats… http://easyhtml5video.com/
For cloud-based encoding (paid service):
http://zencoder.com/