Plugins will soon be a thing of the past. The Definitive Guide to HTML5 Video is the first authoritative book on HTML5 video, the new web standard that allows browsers to support audio and video elements natively. This makes it very easy for web developers to publish audio and video, integrating both within the general presentation of web pages. For example, media elements can be styled using CSS (style sheets), integrated into SVG (scalable vector graphics), and manipulated in a Canvas. The book offers techniques for providing accessibility to media elements, enabling consistent handling of alternative representations of media resources.

The Definitive Guide to HTML5 Video dives deep into the markup that is introduced for media element support in browsers. You’ll explore the default user interface offered through browsers for media elements, as well as the JavaScript API provided to control their behavior. You’ll also learn how to account for H.264 and Ogg Theora codecs.

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Dr. Silvia Pfeiffer has worked on novel media technology for more than 15 years and is an internationally renowned expert in new Web video standards. Silvia is originally from Germany, but now lives in Australia.

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Book Title: The Definitive Guide to HTML5 Video
Authors: Silvia Pfeiffer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-3091-5
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Professional and Applied Computing (R0), Apress Access Books
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4302-3090-8Published: 29 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-3091-5Published: 04 August 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: 336
Topics: Web Development, Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems

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