Html5 Video How-To

by Alex Libby

This book takes the How-to series approach to help you learn most important tasks through recipes, This book is great for developers new to the HTML5 Video standard, and who are looking to get a good grounding in how to use the new format. It's assumed that you will have some experience in HTML and jQuery already, as well as being familiar with embedding videos using current "old school" methods, such as Windows Media Player. Readers are expected to have one or more videos available, which will be used during the exercises within this book

82 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 28, 2012

Reviews

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everything you would want to know about HTML5 video and more.

If you are interested in displaying HTML5 video on your website, and want to know all the intricacies and challenges, this is a great book to get you started.

The book covers converting your video to different HTML5 compliant codecs and formats, how to embed it on a webpage, and how to handle different current browser and mobile issues when displaying video. An added bonus is that you will also learn how to add custom skinned controls to your video, and how to tie it together with jquery for functionality.

If you’re looking for comprehensive information about adding HTML5 video to your site, how to make it work with different browsers and mobile systems, or even how to skin/theme the controls, this book includes it all.

[Alea · Rating 2 out of 5]

It covers a lot of things you need to know as a beginer at html5 video, but a lot of things also feels outdated. There are better ways to do things by now.