The State Of HTML5 Video

The State Of HTML5 Video

3. Tag Attributes Internet Explorer ignores the preload=none attribute, which prevent the desktop browsers from reaching a perfect score. The implication here is that IE9 loads a part of your MP4 upon each pageview, instead of waiting until a user actually starts the video. This may add to a substantial increase in your streaming costs. autoplay (video is never played upon page load). We believe this to be the correct approach, hence the N/A sign instead of a red cross. Unfortunately, the video controls on Android 2.2 (nonexisting) and 2.3 (clunky) are not that useful. Android 4 introduced a much better UX, on par with iOS. Note the design of the video controls in each browser is different, but all provide the same options: a play/pause toggle, a time slider, a volume slider and a fullscreen button. IE9 has no fullscreen toggle and iOS/Android omit the volume slider (in favor of hardware buttons). 4. JavaScript API However, we do not agree with Apple's decision to block scripted play() commands. It makes the implementation of advertising or playlists unnecessarily complicated. Last, a string of Android issues make video scripting on this OS a challenge. Luckily, here too Android 4.1 introduced many bugfixes. 7. Adaptive Streaming Adaptive streaming is a core component of online video. It enables buffer control (less waste of bandwidth), fast seeking (to not-yet-downloaded parts), quality adjustments (during playback) and live streaming (possibly with DVR). Currently iOS is the only platform with adaptive streaming, supporting Apple's own HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) protocol. Android introduced HLS support in 4.0, only to have it dropped again in 4.1.