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I really do hate these "Flash hate-bait" narratives because it only regresses progress in making the video tag viable. Which is, above all else, the real goal.
by tomlin 16y ago
I really do hate these "Flash hate-bait" narratives because it only regresses progress in making the video tag viable. Which is, above all else, the real goal.
HTML5 video does not support any sort of RTMP streaming. This is an undeniably important feature. Having to wait until a video loads before you can seek to a specific point is woefully disappointing for the end-user.
Not having a reliable base of encoding across all platforms is a real kick in the teeth as well.
- vetinari 16y agoIn both .webm and .mp4, the index is/can be at the beginning of the file, so you don't have to wait until video loads. Also, since HTTP 1.1 we have byte ranges, so in combination of above point, you can freely seek with HTTP-streamed videos.
- jallmann 16y agoRTMP is a terrible protocol to work with -- it is overdesigned and underspecified. RTSP is a much better alternative for video streaming. Unfortunately, none of the major browsers (yet) support rtsp:// streams in the audio/video tag. In theory RTSP should be fairly easy for chromium, since it uses ffmpeg under the hood, which comes with a RTSP stack... There is also http pseudostreaming, but that has its own set of problems too.
- emehrkay 16y ago> Having to wait until a video loads before you can seek to a specific point That isn't true.