Readers Respond: Would You Use HTML 5 Video? Why or Why Not?

HTML 5 introduces a new and exciting tool for Web designers - the ability to easily add video to Web pages with just a few lines of HTML. But some people are still not interested in this format, either because they already use something else or they think HTML 5 is too new.

Share your reasons for using HTML 5 video or why you don't want to. If you are thinking about adding video to your site, how are you going to add it? If not HTML 5, then how? And why are you choosing that method?

I like flash

I use Flash but I encode my videos as F4v I also encode as mp4 for the Ipod. I have tried html 5 and cannot get good quality video. See at http://clintonchurchofchrist.com

—Guest paul

Problem for flv format.

Hi, I have getting problem while using the flv format in this player. Can you please give me sample code for flv player?

—Guest Aijaz

Adobe and FLV is going the way of IE.

@Tone Williams - I disagree. FLVs days are numbered. The majority of users (based on the widely available stats) hate flash. Video has a place online, but one of either things need to change. 1. Apple (and other mobile producers etc) need to start supporting flash - or 2. Adobe need to work to make flash work in iphones etc. Otherwise, html5 will come, people will master it - and using it for video on a website will be common place. Even more so as broad band speeds pick up.

—Guest musicbyleethomas.com

use HTML 5

The Giant of multimedia sector -Adobe decided to drop Flash player and looking forward to invest in HTML 5 so start taking HTML 5 instead of Flash

—Guest rahul

muahahaha

@johnvanhulst your prediction has failed, you days as a fortune teller are over :P

—Guest Johan

What's the point in HTML5 vid?

I use video for certain things already, it works on all browsers, so why change it? The new technologies are fine like CSS3 & HTML5 if you have fall backs for browsers that don't support them, but I see these new things as something to play around with for now, in the next few yrs we will probably all using them, but for now, it's too hit and miss.

—thenbman

Adobe Flash is still the end all

Adobe is ahead of the curve in terms of streaming video, and FLV format works wonderfully. Why fix things that aren't broken?

—Guest Tone Williams

Using HTML 5 Video

Why use HTML 5 Video ? , When IE x did not work; Easier to use a video player, may be next year will be a good idea play with HTML 5 Video [from Jennifer: because if you do the work now, you'll be ahead of the game next year]

—Guest Jesus

I'll use Flash always

Is it an argument that you should not use Flash because 25% of your viewers don't like it? Why should they even care if you only use it for presenting, and not for a so-called "flashy" website? It maybe is an argument not to use Flash because the IPad doesn't support it, which is stupid in the first place and will be corrected some time in the future (I predict :-)). Why bother with 2 or even 3 versions of the same video when you can use one: FLV. There are many freeware website players for Flash without commercials, many excellent freeware converters to produce a FLV file from an AVI or a MOV, and many free or cheap software products that can generate the code for you to embed the video in your website that will play in all browsers, as long as they support Flash... which they all do. Apple will have to give up it's childish behaviour of trying to protect it's marketshare by making "closed shop" products anyway sometime in the future because of customer rebellion!

—johnvanhulst

Good job

Thank you for this helpful article. I've had a lot of trouble trying to embed video in my website. Now I know the answers of most hows and whys!

—Guest vesso