HTML5 Video Now!

Presented at Code4Lib 2013 in Chicago, IL on 2013-02-13

Materials

• HTML slides Note that this is not the original slideshow. It differs in style but is the same content and otherwise functional. Because of the embedded video the download is 43MB and only included WebM and Ogv sources (no MP4). How the video is embedded may only work in Chrome at this time–which was fine just for a presentation.
• Video of the presentation on the Internet Archive

Proposal

Can you use HTML5 video now? Yes.

I’ll show you how to get started using HTML5 video, including gotchas, tips, and tricks. Beyond the basics we’ll see the power of having video integrated into HTML and the browser. We’ll look at how to interact with video (and other time-based media) via JavaScript. Finally, we’ll look at examples that push the limits and show the exciting future of video on the Web.

My experience comes from technical development of an oral history video clips project. I developed the technical aspects of the project, including video processing, server configuration, development of a public site, creation of an administrative interface, and video engagement analytics. Major portions of this work have been open sourced under an MIT license.