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HTML5: Video and Audio in Depth

HTML5: Video and Audio in Depth

with Steve Heffernan



In HTML5: Video and Audio in Depth, author Steve Heffernan contextualizes the state of HTML5 audio and video and shows how to embed media into a web page using HTML5. The course sheds light on configuring the new HTML5 audio and video tags, ensuring backwards compatibility by setting alternative playback methods, encoding the needed file formats, and building custom controls with JavaScript. Also included are tutorials on troubleshooting known issues and reviewing real-world examples of HTML5 audio and video. Exercise files accompany the course.
Topics include:
  • Understanding the differences in media formats
  • Preloading, autoplaying, and looping in HTML5
  • Setting a video's width and height attributes
  • Displaying subtitles and captions
  • Generating embed code with an embed code builder
  • Encoding files using HandBrake, Firefogg, and VLC
  • Creating a load progress bar
  • Recognizing Android and iOS issues

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author
Steve Heffernan
subject
Web + Interactive, HTML + HTML5, Developer, Web Development, Video
software
HTML 5
level
Intermediate
duration
2h 7m
released
Jun 02, 2011

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