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Now we're going to have to add
video to the Starbuzz page. It
doesn't seem like a big deal, but
aren't we going to need a Flash
developer?
Jim:
Well, we used to need Flash for
video, but with HTML5 we now have a
<video>
element we can use.
Frank:
Wait, isn't Flash still better? It's been
around a long time.
Jim:
I could see some short-term arguments for that on the
desktop, but what are you going to do on certain mobile
devices that don't support Flash? Think of how many
mobile users Starbuzz has; some of those customers are
going to be in the dark if we use Flash.
Frank:
Got it. So how do we go about using an element
to do video?
Jim:
Think of video like the
<img>
element; we supply
a src attribute that references the video, which is placed
in the page at the location of the
<video>
element.
Frank:
That sounds easy enough. This is going to be a
piece of cake.
Jim:
Well, let's not promise anything too quickly. Like most
media types, video can get complicated, especially when it comes
to dealing with the encodings for video.
F
rank
Frank:
Encodings?
Jim:
The format used to encode the video and the audio of a video clip.
Frank:
That's a big deal?
Jim:
It is because the browser makers haven't agreed on a common standard
for video encodings. But let's come back to all that. For now, let's get a
<video>
element in our page and see what all we can do with it.
Frank:
Sounds good; lead the way!
