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Which sucks for HTML5 video. Without Chrome, only about 5% of web users actually support HTML5 playback using h.264. Chart: http://videojs.com/2011/01/google-is

by Heff 16y ago

Which sucks for HTML5 video. Without Chrome, only about 5% of web users actually support HTML5 playback using h.264. Chart: http://videojs.com/2011/01/google-is-dropping-h-264-from-chrome/ http://videojs.com/2011/01/google-is-dropping-h-264-from-chr... Two things could end the format war. 1. Apple adopts WebM (which requires WebM hardware for iOS devices) 2. MPEG LA removes all royalties from h.264

bane 16y ago
1. Apple adopts WebM (which requires WebM hardware for iOS devices) Why? Aren't the iOS devices powerful enough to software decode WebM streams?
- sigzero 16y ago
  That would be incredibly slow.
- pornel 16y ago
  They might be, but battery life is an issue. Hopefully SIMD and GPU in high-end phones can at least partially alleviate the problem (iOS has Accelerate framework and programmable shaders).
rmc 16y ago
Or another way to view it is that 30% support html5 video with WebM
- WiseWeasel 16y ago
  Firefox 3.x doesn't play WebM content. So it's just Chrome's ~13% share at the moment.
- danudey 16y ago
  Or another way to view it is that if you factor in Flash support for H.264, the only clients that can't view H.264 content are Firefox, Opera, and IE 8-or-earlier installs without Flash installed. I'm not sure what percentage of the market that is, but I'm pretty sure it's pretty small. In comparison, all mobile devices, game consoles, and Blu-Ray players support H.264, as do all Flash installations (including the one bundled with Chrome that users can't remove), and all installations of Safari and IE9 (when it arrives).