Forgot to say that its also possible that VP8 support could be added to Flash if it starts to take off, which would be a workaround for some browsers that may not support it directly.
Whatever happens, h.264 remains the best option for maximum browser compatibility for a while, due to flashs ability to play it and the number of browsers that can play it directly. Couple this with the large quantity of video already in h.264 format and you have a situation where sites can start offering their videos to some browsers without using flash without too much effort at all. This at least gives html5 video tag some chance to be used for real, regardless of what happens over a longer period of time with other formats like VP8. Apple are clearly promoting html5 in quite an aggressive way as a major part of their war with flash on iphones and ipads, and have apparently been trying to convince various large websites to make versions of the site that dont use flash for video, with mixed results so far. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In [email protected], "elbowsofdeath" <st...@...> wrote: > > It really will be interesting to see what happens with browsers, Google will > certainly make Chrome attractive by presumably supporting all 3 of the > formats we are talking about, some others may follow suite as a result, or if > h.264 dominates html5 video on the web then Firefox may end up having to do a > workaround to provide support too, such as relying on the OS or a plugin to > do the job. > > Flash is a big winner so long as there is html5 video codec mess in the > browser arena. This is another reason I dont want the battle to be too > complex & prolonged. >
