The Definitive Guide to HTML5 Video [Paperback]

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. Youll explore the default user interface offered through browsers for media elements, as well as the JavaScript API provided to control their behavior. Youll also learn how to account for H.264 and Ogg Theora codecs.

1. Introduction
2. Audio and Video Elements
3. CSS3 Styling
4. JavaScript API
5. HTML5 Media and SVG
6. HTML5 Media and Canvas
7. HTML5 Media and Web Workers
8. HTML5 Audio API
9. Media Accessibility and Internationalization
10. Audio and Video Devices

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.This book is the first comprehensive guide to HTML5 Video, the new web standard that allows browsers to support audio and video elements natively.