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People are assuming this is all about DRM, but there's a lot more than that. Interactive features, as well as tracking - all very possive with HTML5/JS, just mo
by not_an_alien 16y ago
People are assuming this is all about DRM, but there's a lot more than that. Interactive features, as well as tracking - all very possive with HTML5/JS, just more painful to work with. Not to mention things like fullscreen which are not even supported by the HTML5 side.
Hulu could easily implement an HTML5 player if they wanted - their catalog is already in H264. But the experience would suffer, and as such, they're just not doing it instead of jumping on a bandwagon that's poised for a trainwreck.
- papachito 16y agoFullscreen is supported by HTML5 side.
- not_an_alien 16y agoNot really. Implementing obscure and browser-specific solutions isn't the same as supporting it by the standard. http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/blog/11887/html5-video-not-quite-there-yet http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/blog/11887/html5-video-...
- ZeroGravitas 16y agoI thought most of the Hulu stuff was VP6 and only one or two versions were H.264. Has that changed?
- kierank 16y agoIt's all x264 encoded now afaik. (can't really check from the UK)