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Safari and Internet Explorer only support H.264. Chrome, Android browser and Firefox support H.264 (FF on Linux & Windows IIRC). H.264 doesn't just get to iOS
by DCKing 13y ago
Safari and Internet Explorer only support H.264. Chrome, Android browser and Firefox support H.264 (FF on Linux & Windows IIRC).
H.264 doesn't just get to iOS devices. It's the only way to make sure your web video shows on ~98% of all devices.
- diminish 13y agoa question; on all the platforms you cited, you may switch to the right browser to see open video formats. i'm curious on ios, can you do it? (i mean chrome and other browsers on ios can they run non-h264 codecs?)
- 0x0 13y agoThere is a VLC for iOS, but if you want efficient hardware accelerated video playback (which you do on a battery powered device), you'll have to settle for mp4 and the built-in CoreMedia framework. As a bonus it will also play seamlessly in the system browser and any apps with a native UIWebView component.
- diminish 13y agoSo coming to my question, since vlc isn't a browser, on iOS it is impossible to support a browser which can play web videos using non-proprietary formats as it appears. Sad.