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How video and HTML5 work together

How video and HTML5 work together - Edge Animate Tutorial

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How video and HTML5 work together

Whether you're relatively new to HTML 5 video or have worked with it before, one of the first discoveries that you'll find is that it's a bit different as to how we once worked with video on the Web. There are a few things that we need to understand when working with video in HTML 5. And to better understand and appreciate the steps needed when we begin working with video inside of Edge Animate, we'll work with the code that is needed to get HTML5 video content onto a webpage. But first, let's go over some HTML5 video basics. One of the really great things about HTML5 video and audio is that we're able to play the media without requiring plug-ins. One of the drawbacks is that different browsers require different media types. So, we must provide multiple media types in order to deliver our content to the largest audience possible, which is unlike the days of Flash video where we had one video codec that we could deliver to a very large audience. And that might get some of you thinking…

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