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<video> * MP4 H.264 playback support, using hardware or software decoding * Support for WebM software is not included in this release <audio> * M

<video> * MP4 H.264 playback support, using hardware or software decoding * Support for WebM software is not included in this release <audio> * MP3 and AAC audio support Somehow, I'm not surprised that Microsoft once again chooses to be different from everybody else. I can encode in Vorbis and Theora/VP8 for Chrome and Firefox, or MP3 and H.264 for IE9, but there's no set of codecs which works on all three major browsers.

wmf 16y ago
Microsoft, Apple, and Nokia all seem to have the same policy on <video>.
- jmillikin 16y ago
  The only browsers which matter are IE, Chrome, and Firefox. The market share of every other browser might as well be a rounding error.
  - glhaynes 16y ago
    You're ignoring mobile.
  - jackfoxy 16y ago
    iPhone definitely matters. Which means Safari.
    - jmillikin 16y ago
      According to W3Counter[1], the iPhone OS has 0.83% market share among web browsers. Even assuming every single user is using the built-in browser, that's less market share than even Opera. So, no, the iPhone does not matter. [1] http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php
      - jackfoxy 16y ago
        W3Counter is just one way of measuring/estimating general browser usage world wide, with the emphasis on "general". It may or may not be relevant to your business needs. The only way to know is measure what is hitting your site(s). In our case we are now getting 17.2% Safari (and growing); and we don't even intentionally target iPhone.
  - deleted 16y ago
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  - skinnymuch 16y ago
    Safari and to a lesser extent, Opera, definitely matter as well.
kenjackson 16y ago
What does Safari and Opera do?
- tzs 16y ago
  Safari uses Quicktime, so it plays Theora fine if you have Theora installed for Quicktime. It will support WebM the same way.
chc 16y ago
That isn't different from everybody else. That's the same as Apple.
tzs 16y ago
Chrome supports H.264. Firefox is the one being different.
- natmaster 16y ago
  Opera supports the exact same set of codecs as Firefox. You're the one being different. ;)

wmf 16y ago

Microsoft, Apple, and Nokia all seem to have the same policy on <video>.

jmillikin 16y ago
The only browsers which matter are IE, Chrome, and Firefox. The market share of every other browser might as well be a rounding error.
- glhaynes 16y ago
  You're ignoring mobile.
- jackfoxy 16y ago
  iPhone definitely matters. Which means Safari.
  - jmillikin 16y ago
    According to W3Counter[1], the iPhone OS has 0.83% market share among web browsers. Even assuming every single user is using the built-in browser, that's less market share than even Opera. So, no, the iPhone does not matter. [1] http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php
    - jackfoxy 16y ago
      W3Counter is just one way of measuring/estimating general browser usage world wide, with the emphasis on "general". It may or may not be relevant to your business needs. The only way to know is measure what is hitting your site(s). In our case we are now getting 17.2% Safari (and growing); and we don't even intentionally target iPhone.
- deleted 16y ago
  [deleted]
- skinnymuch 16y ago
  Safari and to a lesser extent, Opera, definitely matter as well.

kenjackson 16y ago

What does Safari and Opera do?

tzs 16y ago
Safari uses Quicktime, so it plays Theora fine if you have Theora installed for Quicktime. It will support WebM the same way.

chc 16y ago

That isn't different from everybody else. That's the same as Apple.

tzs 16y ago

Chrome supports H.264. Firefox is the one being different.

natmaster 16y ago
Opera supports the exact same set of codecs as Firefox. You're the one being different. ;)