Comments on: Why YouTube HTML5 Videos Don’t Work in Firefox and Opera

By: Fessy

Fessy — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:03:28 +0000

F#%^ this sh@*,, I will not download Chrome

Not all videos are not working on FF and Opera.. Most are working fine.. The ones with the older format..

I will not help Google wine this way.. I’d rather not watch the video !

By: Web Design LA

Web Design LA — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:33:57 +0000

I was finding the reason why HTML 5 video is not working in my firefox browser. Now I got the reason for it. It is a bit unbelievable that Google can do this to increase users of Chrome.

By: Alonzo

Alonzo — Tue, 25 May 2010 21:34:03 +0000

I pretty much agree with everything you’re saying. But I feel the need to point out that H.264 is an open standard which may or may not have patent encumbrances. That’s different than a proprietary codec like On2 which Google is now going to make open source as well.

By: Pallab De

Pallab De — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:53:06 +0000

The simple answer is royalty fees. Check out the link I had included in my post ( http://html5doctor.com/youtube-and-vimeo-support-html5-video/ ).
However, there have been some more developements since my post. The H264 foundation has announced that they won’t be charging royalty fees till 2016 (check this no. as I am pulling it out of my head).
Also, Google has announced that it will opensource VP8, which is an excellent codec. I am hoping that all browser manufacturers can agree on VP8 as the standard.

By: Ashfame

Ashfame — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:43:14 +0000

One question! How will a proprietary codec and implementing a H.264 decoder would cost the browser manufacturers approximately $5 million per year? .-= AshfameÂ´s last blog ..Setup FeedBurner to tweet new posts to Twitter =-.

By: Rohit Sane

Rohit Sane — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:03:59 +0000

Never knew why this happened! Now I understood thanks..
I thought that there is some plugin issue, but now I know that it is lack of proper standardization.
.-= Rohit SaneÂ´s last blog ..15 old HTML tags not supported by HTML 5 =-.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:46:26 +0000

I have written a Greasemonkey script to (ironically) play H264 HTML5 video by replacing the video tag with Flash.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/70028

You can try it on this test page:
http://visitmix.com/LabNotes/HTML5-video-tag-with-H264-codec

This script serves to show how HTML5 needs to support open codecs not H264, so that we don’t continue to be locked into Flash. Hopefully, Google will open source the recently purchased On2 codecs.

By: Rahul Prasad

Rahul Prasad — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:42:22 +0000

Can’t believe google is doing this.

By: Aman

Aman — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:44:54 +0000

Remember reading about H.264 vs Ogg debate on Mozilla's blog a while ago. Its all about corporate grip hold again. But its true if they are going for a standard and its being back by Google i would hope it will be an open standard and not a propriety one. I tried the HTML5 video beta on Youtube , the quality was pretty bad compared to flash. .-= AmanÂ´s last blog ..Poem Exercise =-.

By: S.Pradeep Kumar

S.Pradeep Kumar — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:28:32 +0000

Oops. Learned something new today. I always used to confuse what’s wrong with FF and Opera.. now I’m clear..
.-= S.Pradeep KumarÂ´s last blog ..15+ Tips To Optimize Images For Search Engines =-.

By: Arafat Hossain Piyada

Arafat Hossain Piyada — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:28:07 +0000

It's clear Google trying to get maximum browser market using this trick. Let see what happen next. .-= Arafat Hossain PiyadaÂ´s last blog ..Automatic discover lyrics on iTunes with iTuner =-.

By: Shaunak De

Shaunak De — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:09:33 +0000

Basically every heavyweight in the industry is trying to throw his/her weight around to leverage the new market. Why cant we go with the wonderful .ogg format? .-= Shaunak DeÂ´s last blog ..Setting Up the Canon iP1700 printer for use on Fedora Linux =-.

By: Jonny

Jonny — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:06:00 +0000

I can’t understand google going this way unless they are trying to force people into Chrome… I think Mozilla is right in sticking with Open Source.