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I'm going to call bullshit, on the basis on porn. I have yet to see a porn page that is using HTML5 instead of Flash for streaming their video. Unless in the pa
by tibbon 16y ago
I'm going to call bullshit, on the basis on porn. I have yet to see a porn page that is using HTML5 instead of Flash for streaming their video. Unless in the past 2-3 years the percentage of porn to other videos online has changed significantly, or the entirety of the 46% is porn, that number seems really high.
I just googled 'html5 porn' and there was something about YouPorn switching to HTML5, but then I went and checked, no HTML5. In fact, not only was the video flash, but there were 3 flash-based ads on the page as well. Good way to eat processor and kill batteries.
- tvon 16y agoYou're probably mostly right, but I don't think a porn site is likely to advertise adoption of HTML5, so you might try looking at the mobile sites they serve up to see what tech they're using. I suspect MeFeedia doesn't index porn sites, but I went ahead and asked in the comments.
- tibbon 16y agoI dunno, porn is all about niche right? Here's an idea: PornForGeeks. HTML5 valid, HTML5 <video>, strong use of semantic tagging, 'smarter' ads, strong query engine, etc
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- motters 16y agoThere no doubt is a gap in the market for PornForGeeks. Chicks with C64s. Overclocking. Salacious LAN parties, etc.
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- j79 16y agoI checked YP on my iPhone. Some videos were available. I'm guessing until HTML5 with <video> support is more mainstream, sites that stream/host videos will target devices rather than browsers. I'm guessing it's a lot of work (or resources) to re-encode your old videos (assuming they've got a copy somewhere), and not all companies are fortunate enough to be YouTube.
- tibbon 16y agoRe-encoding old videos from Flash to another format seems like a pretty basic hadoop-style problem that you could easily implement on EC2. Of course this isn't free, but I remember reading something about NYT converting 100 years of archives to PDFs for a rather trivial amount of money (and time) by doing it this way.
- rimantas 16y agoYou googled it wrong. Try iphone porn.
- tibbon 16y agoI dunno, the first one that comes up (http://www.iphoneporngrid.com/ http://www.iphoneporngrid.com/) doesn't use html5 (XHTML strict instead) and doesn't use the <video> tag. Just points to .mp4 files. The second (mobile.mofosex.com) is all the way back on HTML 4.01 Transitional. It too doesn't use the <video> tag, and is just pushing m4v files. The third, (XHTML 1.0 Transitional) is about the same. In fact it took until the 7th result to get an HTML5 page (mobile.bangyoulater.com). Of course, it doesn't validate. http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://mobile.bangyoulater.com/&charset=(detect+automatically)&doctype=Inline&group=0 http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://mobile.bangyoulater... Really sloppy coding imho. It doesn't use the video tag however. In fact, I wasn't able to find a single thing on the first page of Google that was: 1) HTML5 2) Used HTML5 for its video with a special bonus star for one that validated. Not a single one.
- sjs 16y agoI think xvideos.com serves html5 video to iOS devices.
- YooLi 16y agoyou need to be checking from an iOS device, not your desktop. I just checked YouPorn from my ipad (for research!) and it plays just fine. EDIT: YouPorn, PornHub, Tube8, KeezMovies, ExtremeTube, Brazzers Mobile, all play videos fine on iPad, and that was just with 5 min of Googling. There appears to not be any shortage of mobile porn.
- tvon 16y agoI suspect a lot of those just serve up H.264 directly and not via <video>