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Most web developers agree that the ability to play video on webpages is a must, however the jury is out on how these videos should be played. I’m of course referring to the HTML 5 video format controversy. Throw FlashPlayer into the mix and you’ll end up with a humongous fight leading fast to nowhere. Based on this, focusing on finding a solution, I tried to piece together a player using both HTML 5 video, and FlashPlayer for less capable browsers like Internet Explorer. You can find a demo alpha version of the player here: http://makingria.com/demo/html5/videoplayer/

Browser support

The player supports the following browsers:

• Internet Explorer 7 (FlashPlayer, H:264 video)
• Firefox 3.6 (Native playback, OGG Theora video)
• Google Chrome and Apple Safari (Native Playback, H.264 video)
• iPad and iPhone (Native Playback)
• Opera 10.5 (Native playback, OGG Theora video)

How to build it

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