[whatwg] video tag javascript library for contemporary browsers

Michael A. Puls II shadow2531 at gmail.com
Wed Oct 15 06:52:01 PDT 2008


On 10/14/08, Michael Dale <dale at ucsc.edu> wrote:
> Just wanted to give this list heads up about the mv_embed library we use
> on the metavid.org site.
>
> The idea of the library is to abstract an ~html5 like~ video
> implementation for multiple underlining plugin types. Allowing a web
> designer to target a single extended DOM element with html5 like
> properties and have it apply across many different underlining browser
> plugins.
>
> Once the javascript library is included in the page the web developer
> can use the the video tag.

mv_vlcEmbed.js: video tag support using the vlc plugin.

Awesome! The vlc plugin has awesome performance! Way better than
native video implementations currently.

-- 
Michael



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