Download HTML5: Video and Audio

In this course, author Steve Heffernan contextualizes the state of HTML5 audio and video and shows how to embed media into a web page using HTML 5. The course sheds light on configuring the new HTML 5 audio and video tags, ensuring backwards compatibility by setting alternative playback methods, encoding the needed file formats, and building custom controls with JavaScript. Also included are tutorials on troubleshooting known issues and reviewing real-world examples of HTML 5 audio and video.

Topics include HTML5: Video and Audio :

• Understanding the differences in media formats
• Preloading, autoplaying, and looping in HTML 5
• Setting a video’s width and height attributes
• Displaying subtitles and captions
• Generating embed code with an embed code builder
• Encoding files using HandBrake, Firefogg, and VLC
• Creating a load progress bar
• Recognizing Android and iOS issues