[Laszlo-dev] HTML5 video by Youtube and Vimeo...

[Raju Bitter]

Did you see the announcement of HTML5 video for Youtube and Vimeo?
http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/01/introducing-youtube-html5-supported.html
> A while ago, YouTube launched a simple demo of an HTML5-based video player. Recently, we published a blog post on
> our pre-spring cleaning effort and your number one request was that YouTube do more with HTML5. Today, we're
> introducing an experimental version of an HTML5-supported player.


http://vimeo.com/blog:268
> What's the HTML5 player, you ask? Simply put, it's an alternative to our current Flash player that looks and works
> almost exactly the same way. What are the benefits?
>    The player loads right away -- no more spinning butterfly thingy
>    You can jump anywhere in the video, without having to wait for it to buffer
>    Smoother, less jumpy playback (we hope)
> ....
> It only works for about 25% of you: you must be running the latest versions of Safari, Chrome, or IE with Chrome Frame installed.

Hmmm, probably time to tackle an OpenLaszlo version:
http://jira.openlaszlo.org/jira/browse/LPP-8290

- Raju