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Why are video players on the web so big?
- Grimeton 2y agoPretty simple: Because using the browser's own player would be to easy. It's like loading a json file that then parses the html in the browser again. People do stupid things.
- mmcclure 2y agoBrowsers' native players work great! ...if your video needs are extremely naive/limited. If you want to support modern streaming protocols like HLS and DASH, or really do anything whatsoever but play back a subset of mp4s, you're out of luck.