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Slowly but surely, HTML5 browsers have come to enable rich video experiences. In this article, you’ll learn how to go beyond basic video playback by adding playlists, chapter markers, poster frames, ...

It also allows greater flexibility for encryption of protected content on a wider variety of devices using just one HTML5 video player on many different platforms. It also improves capabilities for ...

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YouTube made waves Wednesday evening when it announced a Flash-less HTML5 video player. And now, mere months after rolling out a mobile-friendly site for iPhone and ...

TL;DR: YouTube is updating its video player with a cleaner, more immersive design inspired by Apple's iOS changes, featuring modernized seek controls, improved app fluidity, animated custom likes, ...

YouTube is rolling out, or at least widely testing, a new video player design for its web experience that feels much different. YouTube has looked, in many ways, roughly the same for a long time. That ...

I've read about how HTML5 will change the way I use the web, but it seems like the biggest example of HTML5 in action is on sites like YouTube—which don't support ...

With the rise of HTML5 vying for video supremacy on the Web, workarounds for disabling Flash Player continue to pop up, allowing users to get a smoother, faster video-viewing experience online. Joe ...

Microsoft has released an HTML5 video-player extension for the Chrome browser to counteract Google’s decision to drop support for the most widely used HTML5 video format. Conversely, Microsoft has ...

The slow death of Adobe Flash has been hastened — YouTube, which used the platform as the standard way to play its videos, has dumped Flash in favor of HTML5 for ...