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Monday, July 14, 2014

Browser based video formats in HTML5

Video formats are diverse and each of them can be used in a specified browsers. Few of the video formats are MP4, VP8, VP9, Theora and so on. There are lots of browsers being used in the web. Most of the web developers are not aware of the latest browsers and the video formats supported by the browsers, they automatically use the prescribed or default video formats. In order to display the videos without any plugins, HTML 5 launched an element called ‘video element’.

Let us have brief information about the Video element of HTML 5 and the browser-based video formats in this article…

HTML 5 Supported Video Formats
HTML5 does not state which video formats should be supported browsers. If a video format is appropriate, the browser can support them for free. But, content authors will not allow them to do so, as they consider that the browsers have no least set of video formats to support.

The HTML5 Working Group states that, each browser should support at least one video format. That ideal format of a video should hold the following constraints:
  • Royalty-free
  • Good image quality
  • Low decode processor use
  • Good compression
  • Hardware video decoder must be present with software decoder for a video format. 


Video Element of HTML 5
To download a video file in a browser, two methods are used:
  • JavaScript canPlayType() function

Type refers to the MIME (Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extension) type and the list of codecs. This instructs the browser to decode the file.
  •  <source>

Fallback is supported by the ‘video’ element through the multiple sources specifications. <source> can be any number of elements. The file to be downloaded can be picked by the browser.

Browser- based Video Formats
Theora and WebM are the free formats. MPEG-4 is the non-free format. The most common browser-based video formats in HTML 5 are:
  • Theora
  • H.264 (MP4)
  • VP8
  • VP9
  • MPEG 4
Let us see in detail about the browser-based video formats regarding their operating systems, versions, and the browsers to be used.
 
Theora


Theora
Browser
OS
Latest Version
3.0
Google Chrome
35.0.1916.153
35.0.1916.153
Manual
Internet Explorer
Windows
11.09
3.5
Mozilla Firefox
Windows 7+, Vista, Linux,  Android and others
30.0
ESR 24.6.0
2.3
Android
Android
4.2.1 Jelly Bean
2.28
Web
All supported
3.12.2
10.50
Opera
Windows Presto,
Windows OS, Linux, FreeBSD
12.17, 22.0.1471.7,
12.16

r18297
Chromium
Unix, & others
-
Manual
Safari
OSX
7.0.5, 6.1.5
4.4
Konqueror
All supported
4.13.1

 
H.264 (MP4)


MP4
Browser
OS
Latest Version
3.0
Google Chrome
35.0.1916.153
9.0, 9.0, 10.0
Internet Explorer
Windows, Windows Phone, Windows RT
11.09, 10.0, 10.0
21.0, 22.0, 26.0, 17.0
Mozilla Firefox
Windows 7+, Vista, Linux,  Android
30.0
ESR 24.6.0
3.0
Android
Android
4.2.1 Jelly Bean
2.28
Web
All supported
3.12.2
11.50
Opera
20 for Android
12.0.22 for Symbian S60
10.0 for Windows Mobile
3.1
Safari
OSX
7.0.5, 6.1.5
Manual
Chromium
Unix
-
4.4
Konqueror
All supported
4.13.1
 
 VP8


VP8
Browser
OS
Latest Version
6.0
Google Chrome
35.0.1916.153
Manual
Internet Explorer
Windows
11.09
4.0
Mozilla Firefox
Windows 7+, Vista, Linux,  Android & others
30.0
ESR 24.6.0
2.3
Android
Android
4.2.1 Jelly Bean
2.28
Web
All supported
3.12.2

11.50

10.50
Opera
20 for Android, 12.0.22 for Symbian S60
10.0 for Windows Mobile
Windows Presto,
Windows OS, Linux, FreeBSD
Manual
Safari
OSX
7.0.5, 6.1.5
r47759
Chromium
Unix
-
4.4
Konqueror
All supported
4.13.1


 VP9


VP9
Browser
OS
Latest Version
29.0
Google Chrome
35.0.1916.153
-
Internet Explorer
-
28.0
Mozilla Firefox
Windows 7+, Vista, Linux,  Android & others
30.0
ESR 24.6.0
-
Android
-
2.28
Web
All supported
3.12.2
16.0
Opera
20 for Android
12.0.22 for Symbian S60
10.0 for Windows Mobile
-
Safari
-
-
r172738
Chromium
Unix
-
4.4
Konqueror
All supported
4.13.1
   
MPEG 4/H.264

This format is widely used. It has good speed, video quality, hardware decoders, and compression.


H.264 is used in MP4 format, with Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) audio. Users of MP4 should hold the licences of both AAC and H.264. This format is supported by Apple and Microsoft.