HTML5 Video http://html5video.org/blog Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 08 May 2012 14:21:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Why Publishers Don’t Like Apps http://html5video.org/blog/2012/05/08/why-publishers-dont-like-apps/ http://html5video.org/blog/2012/05/08/why-publishers-dont-like-apps/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 14:21:06 +0000 Andrew Davis http://html5video.org/blog/?p=492 Read more »]]> “The recent history of the Financial Times is instructive. Last June, the company pulled its iPad and iPhone app from iTunes and launched a new version of its website written in HTML5, which can optimize the site for the device a reader is using and provide many features and functions that are applike. For a few months, the FT continued to support the app, but on May 1 the paper chose to kill it altogether.”

Publishers are moving away from distributing their content in App form because Apps cannot contain the entire web ecosystem of hyperlinks and social news sharing.  Publishers like the Financial Times and Technology review are now using CSS and HTML5 to directly target different screen sizes from their websites themselves.

via Why Publishers Don’t Like Apps – Technology Review.

]]> http://html5video.org/blog/2012/05/08/why-publishers-dont-like-apps/feed/ 0 Sencha updates framework for building native-looking mobile Web apps http://html5video.org/blog/2012/03/06/sencha-updates-framework-for-building-native-looking-mobile-web-apps/ http://html5video.org/blog/2012/03/06/sencha-updates-framework-for-building-native-looking-mobile-web-apps/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:18:12 +0000 Andrew Davis http://html5video.org/blog/?p=490 Read more »]]> Sencha, a company that develops JavaScript libraries, announced this morning the availability Sencha Touch 2, a major new version of the company’s framework for building mobile Web applications. The new version brings improved performance, broader platform support, and additional functionality.

via Sencha updates framework for building native-looking mobile Web apps.

]]> http://html5video.org/blog/2012/03/06/sencha-updates-framework-for-building-native-looking-mobile-web-apps/feed/ 0 The Mozilla Marketplace is now open for app submissions http://html5video.org/blog/2012/02/28/the-mozilla-marketplace-is-now-open-for-app-submissions/ http://html5video.org/blog/2012/02/28/the-mozilla-marketplace-is-now-open-for-app-submissions/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:06:31 +0000 Andrew Davis http://html5video.org/blog/?p=488 Mozilla has opened it’s app marketplace for submissions.

via Joe Stagner: The Mozilla Marketplace is now open for app submissions.

]]> http://html5video.org/blog/2012/02/28/the-mozilla-marketplace-is-now-open-for-app-submissions/feed/ 0 Robert Nyman: Mozillas Boot to Gecko – The Web is the Platform http://html5video.org/blog/2012/02/27/robert-nyman-mozillas-boot-to-gecko-%e2%80%93-the-web-is-the-platform/ http://html5video.org/blog/2012/02/27/robert-nyman-mozillas-boot-to-gecko-%e2%80%93-the-web-is-the-platform/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:44:59 +0000 Andrew Davis http://html5video.org/blog/?p=486 Read more »]]> Mozilla has partnered with Telephonica to bring their experimental Boot to Gecko mobile phone stack to market at 1/10th the price of an iPhone.

The device bots using the Linux Kernel to a very stripped down Android OS where HTML5 is the primary programming environment for everything from the home screen to the dialer to the applications and application market.

via Robert Nyman: Mozillas Boot to Gecko – The Web is the Platform.

]]> http://html5video.org/blog/2012/02/27/robert-nyman-mozillas-boot-to-gecko-%e2%80%93-the-web-is-the-platform/feed/ 0 VP8 Codec SDK “Duclair” Released http://html5video.org/blog/2012/01/28/vp8-codec-sdk-duclair-released/ http://html5video.org/blog/2012/01/28/vp8-codec-sdk-duclair-released/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:36:35 +0000 Andrew Davis http://html5video.org/blog/?p=483 A major update to vp8 has been released and is suggested for all users.

Core improvements include better support for live streaming and video conferencing with real time compression and concurrent multiple resolution encoding.

via VP8 Codec SDK “Duclair” Released.

]]> http://html5video.org/blog/2012/01/28/vp8-codec-sdk-duclair-released/feed/ 0 SoundCloud Goes HTML5, Makes Non-Flash Audio Player Its Default http://html5video.org/blog/2012/01/26/soundcloud-goes-html5-makes-non-flash-audio-player-its-default/ http://html5video.org/blog/2012/01/26/soundcloud-goes-html5-makes-non-flash-audio-player-its-default/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:58:01 +0000 Andrew Davis http://html5video.org/blog/?p=480 “It’s not just cross-device compatibility that makes ditching Flash a good idea. HTML5 is also less resource-intensive when playing back audio, and should exhibit better performance.”

via SoundCloud Goes HTML5, Makes Non-Flash Audio Player Its Default.

]]> http://html5video.org/blog/2012/01/26/soundcloud-goes-html5-makes-non-flash-audio-player-its-default/feed/ 0 Mozilla demos MediaStream Processing, audio mixing in Firefox http://html5video.org/blog/2012/01/23/mozilla-demos-mediastream-processing-audio-mixing-in-firefox/ http://html5video.org/blog/2012/01/23/mozilla-demos-mediastream-processing-audio-mixing-in-firefox/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:43:24 +0000 Andrew Davis http://html5video.org/blog/?p=478 Ars Technica

via Mozilla demos MediaStream Processing, audio mixing in Firefox.

]]> http://html5video.org/blog/2012/01/23/mozilla-demos-mediastream-processing-audio-mixing-in-firefox/feed/ 0 How To Increase Video SEO Using In-Video Chapters Driven By Cue-Points | Kaltura Community Blog http://html5video.org/blog/2011/12/19/how-to-increase-video-seo-using-in-video-chapters-driven-by-cue-points-kaltura-community-blog/ http://html5video.org/blog/2011/12/19/how-to-increase-video-seo-using-in-video-chapters-driven-by-cue-points-kaltura-community-blog/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:26:23 +0000 Andrew Davis http://html5video.org/blog/?p=476 Read more »]]>  

 

Roni Cohen gives us a github repository that demos how to use Kaltura cue points and .htaccess rewrites to give search engines and users links to any chapter within your videos.

How To Increase Video SEO Using In-Video Chapters Driven By Cue-Points | Kaltura Community Blog.

]]> http://html5video.org/blog/2011/12/19/how-to-increase-video-seo-using-in-video-chapters-driven-by-cue-points-kaltura-community-blog/feed/ 0 Galaxy Nexus A Step Up For Android HTML5 Performance http://html5video.org/blog/2011/12/15/galaxy-nexus-a-step-up-for-android-html5-performance/ http://html5video.org/blog/2011/12/15/galaxy-nexus-a-step-up-for-android-html5-performance/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:25:19 +0000 Andrew Davis http://html5video.org/blog/?p=474 Read more »]]> “Android is finally an acceptable HTML5 platform. The hiccups, crashes and poor rendering seen with previous builds have mostly been eliminated. “Although still behind the current HTML5 gold standard of iOS5, Android 4.0 is night and day compared to previous versions,” Sencha reports.”

via Galaxy Nexus A Step Up For Android HTML5 Performance.

]]> http://html5video.org/blog/2011/12/15/galaxy-nexus-a-step-up-for-android-html5-performance/feed/ 0 Finnish Broadcast Chief: The Problems with Native Apps and Upside of HTML5 http://html5video.org/blog/2011/12/15/finnish-broadcast-chief-the-problems-with-native-apps-and-upside-of-html5/ http://html5video.org/blog/2011/12/15/finnish-broadcast-chief-the-problems-with-native-apps-and-upside-of-html5/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:41:17 +0000 Andrew Davis http://html5video.org/blog/?p=472 Read more »]]> The Finnish Broadcasting CEO, Lauri Kivinen, believes that HTML5 is the most robust solution to deliver video content to the three primary screens in consumer’s homes: HDTV, tablets, and mobile phones. Click through for the full interview from beet.tv.

via Finnish Broadcast Chief: The Problems with Native Apps and Upside of HTML5.

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