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SublimeVideo - super-sexy new HTML5 video player
You can already check out a demo of SublimeVideo in Chrome and Safari, or IE with Chrome Frame. When it's done, it will work in Firefox, too. It already sports a nice full-window mode with gorgeous minimize/maximize transitions (full-screen will be supported in the final version), as well as the ability to skip anywhere in the video and have it start buffering from there. SublimePlayer is all HTML5, with no plugins required, but it will eventually include the option to fall back on Flash in Internet Explorer.
Although it's not ready for public release yet, SublimeVideo already looks pretty drool-worthy to me, and if it lives up to its initial promise, I'm excited to use it to embed video on my sites in the future. (And, as John Gruber points out, it'll be viewable on iPhones, too!)
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Subscribe to commentskingkool68Feb 2nd 2010 10:47AM
H.264 video is still a problem as it is a licensed video codec. We need a completely open video standard for the web just like HTML,JavaScript and CSS. Here's a good article on the issue http://www.osnews.com/story/22812
P.S. Mozilla refuses to pay for the h.264 license hence this demo doesn't work in Firefox!
EvenioFeb 2nd 2010 12:32PM
I don't think the battle is over whether or not Flash video is relevant — its ubiquity guarantees that it presently is. Rather, it's about whether or not Flash video is a good thing for the web in the long term.
JoshFeb 2nd 2010 3:45PM
Isn't that the default HTML5 player for Safari? Or maybe the default player for all videos using the Quicktime Safari plugin? I swear I've seen it before.
Sadly, HTML5 video means little to Firefox users unless Mozilla decides to pony up.
ColorblindMonkFeb 2nd 2010 7:54PM
I tried it for a while on Youtube. It works, but could use some work. It'd be a great alternative on 64-bit browsers.
SilverWaveFeb 3rd 2010 7:28PM
H.264 > Its a trap!
Quoted from Christopher Blizzard 's blog
* Right now there aren’t any fees for “internet broadcast.”
* But there might be in the future
* The license changes from year to year.
Remember, this is still very early in H.264’s history so the licensing is very friendly, just like it used to be for MP3. The companies who own the IP in these large patent pools aren’t in this for the fun of it – this is what they do. They patent and they enforce and then enjoy the royalties. If they are in a position to charge more, they will. We can expect that if we allow H.264 to become a fundamental web technology that we’ll see license requirements get more onerous and more expensive over time, with little recourse.
http://www.0xdeadbeef.com/weblog/2010/01/html5-video-and-h-264-what-history-tells-us-and-why-were-standing-with-the-web/