HTML5 vs Flash Video: Choose Wisely Part 7 – What’s Happening on the Server Side
So we talked about how Apple supports both progressive and streaming video with their HTML5 video tag. We also briefly discussed how Flash Media Server serves up its OWN streams. What about Apple’s...
View ArticleHTML5 vs Flash Video: Choose Wisely Part 8 – Advertising and Reporting
Before we conclude this series, I should mention something nobody likes – but they are an absolute necessity if content producers are going to put their video online in the first place. Those things...
View ArticleHTML5 vs Flash Video: Choose Wisely Part 9 – The Verdict
So what wins? HTML5 video or Flash? What should you use, what’s better? The answer to this is that it depends on your project and what platforms you are targeting. Use HTML5 video for simple playback...
View ArticleHTML5 vs Flash Video: Choose Wisely Part 10 – Other Options
Lets face it, Apple really stuck us in a bad situation. While HTML5 is really slick on the desktop (in supported browser with supported file types), its pretty clunky on iOS. And Flash is ALSO really...
View ArticleHello from NCDevCon! My 2011 Presentations
Hello from NCDevCon. If you were able to attend my presentations, thanks! I’ve gone ahead and written them up as blog posts for you if you’d like to revisit what I talked about. HTML5 vs Flash Video:...
View ArticleiOS Video is Cranky!
I’m close to wrapping up a decent sized iOS project, and my part was video playback. Prior to this, I’ve done tons of work with Flash video. I hate to be labeled biased, but I’ve never appreciated the...
View ArticleFront Enders vs Creative Developers
Today, Rebecca Murphey wrote a post called “A Baseline for Front-End Developers”. The post had some good advice, it was well written, and it was well received, judging from the comments. Something...
View ArticleShowing an Image for your Audio Only HLS Stream on iOS
Now that I have a handle on this, it seemed like a sick joke how many false paths I was led down with this task. So what am I trying to do here, what’s the use case? Well – one of the unique things...
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Did HTML5 and Mobile Kill the Volume Slider?
Seems so simple and obvious doesn’t it? If you make a media player, whether audio or video, you should include a volume slider…..right? Now that I’m developing web apps that extend onto the mobile...
View ArticleProgressive Web Apps
Last Friday, the SFHTML5 Meetup group met to discuss something called “Progressive Web Apps.” I had some preconceived notions that the topic would be pretty cool, but actually, it got me more excited...
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