Adding video to a webpage has never been so easy. But thanks to the arrival of HTML 5, website designers and developers will now be able to add video in a website in the same way they are habituated to add an image in a website. However, in order to make this thing work, video functionality has to be incorporated into the browsers. The good thing is that W3C has already come up with some guidelines on how video should work in a browser and now it is up to the browser developers to follow the rules to make it work. Firefox is quick enough to upgrade itself and other browsers are also following its suit.
Though a number of plugins are available such as RealPlayer, Silverlight, Quicktime etc to view a video on a web page, HTML5 is virtually bringing a revolution in this sphere by standardizing video playback across different devices and web browsers. The goal is to find a standard method for embedding video in website that will work in different platforms. Here in this article, we are going to showcase a list of some of the best HTML5 media players implementations that can help you to add some interesting elements in your next website design project:
Video for Everybody! (camendesign.com/code/video_for_everybody)
This is nothing else but a simple HTML code that will let you embed a video in a website by using HTML5 element. The interesting thing about this element is that viewers will be able to view the video without the use of browser-sniffing or JavaScript. That means, viewers can check the videos in iPad, iPhone etc that do not offer any support for flash files. It also work smoothly in RSS readers. What else do you want?
SublimeVideo (sublimevideo.net/demo)
Before you start expressing your gratitude for this video player, let be clear with you all that it has not been released for general use. A pre-release demo is there to check out what it is likely to offer. The demo looks stunning and impressive too.
JW Player for HTML5 (longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player/jw-player-for-html5)
This is video players is developed on jQuery. It is basically a fully skinnable and configurable player that keeps its faith on the new element found in HTML5.
YouTube HTML5 Player (youtube.com/html5)
If you are a devoted follower of HTML5, YouTube HTML5 Player is the best thing that you can try out. In case you are using HTML5 supported browser, you can view videos by using HTML5 player.
Video JS (videojs.com)
This video player comes with three different parts: a pure HTML/CSS skin, a Javascript library and an embed code.