GHFigs on Decoding the HTML 5 video codec debate

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What is the point of standards if everyone is going to ignore them?

That's the point. That's why that part was removed. If Theora had been mandated, Apple would have ignored it. If h264 had been mandated, Mozilla would have ignored it.

jrockway 17y

The end result is the same. You can't use <video> if you want it to work on all platforms.

GHFigs 17y

Ah, but you can like so:

  <video>
      <source src="example-video.mp4" type="video/mp4" />
      <source src="example-video.ogv" type="video/ogg" />
  </video>

andrewl-hn 17y

I'm not really sure how it's going to work in Chrome, though. The article says they are going to support both codecs. As a result it's up to browser which video source to choose. It's interesting whether it will pick the first source or the 'preferred' one (presumably, mp4). Is it possible to set the source preference in HTML? Like:

  <video>
      <source src="example-video.mp4" type="video/mp4" />
      <source src="example-video.ogv" type="video/ogg" default/>
  </video>

or something similar?

mikedouglas 17y

The first supported <source /> is used (from the spec).

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