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YouTube Offers Experimental Opt-In HTML5 Video

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the step-in-the-right-direction dept.

bonch writes "YouTube is now offering the experimental option to view all YouTube videos using HTML5 in H.264 format. Supported browsers are Chrome, Safari, and the ChromeFrame plug-in for Internet Explorer. Captions, ads, and annotations aren't yet supported but are coming soon."

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  1. Re:What about firefox (ogg video)? by Yvan256 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Is anyone seriously thinking that Google will triple* its storage capacity just to have a Theora version for Firefox users and then waste twice* as much bandwidth for those same Firefox users?

    * every time I hear about Theora people say it needs twice the bandwidth to achieve the same video quality as H.264

  2. This isn't HTML5 by Baloo+Uriza · · Score: 0, Troll

    If it was HTML5, it would be supporting Ogg Theora, not the crap Apple's offering.

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