HTML5 Video for your iPad and iPhone

For years feuding media giants Adobe and Apple have made it impossible to watch Flash Video on iPads/iPods, which has been frustrating for users and developers alike. Take One's hosting environment recently upgraded to the latest version of Flash Media Server which finally allows iPads/iPods to view Flash Video. But some say in the next year or so Flash Video will be replaced by HTML5 video. Last week in fact, Adobe announced that they will no longer continue to "adapt Flash Player for mobile devices to new browser, OS version or device configurations," instead focusing on alternative application packaging programs and the HTML5 protocol. HTML5 is a set of web standards being developed by the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group. The HTML5 standard includes many new features for more dynamic web applications and interfaces. One such component being specified and implemented is the video element.

Why should you care? Using a Javascript Library for HTML5 video, your videos can be played back on the latest mobile devices and even on older browsers that require Flash. But it is taking some time for developers to catch on.

In the meantime, this is what we've done for you - Take One has developed technical betas which will take your web videos into the future by working on iPads, iPhones and desktop browsers with the lightweight and flexible HTML5 video formats. So, until this becomes more of a standard our Flash Media Server serves Flash Video to your iPad and iPhones without the need to re-develop your site for HTML5...for now.

In fact, our site is HTML5 compatible. Call us to discuss how to move your video for web into the next generation.You can reach Liz Thibodeau at 410-263-1800 x11 or at liz@take-one.net