Vimeo Releases Embeddable HTML5 Video Player

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/vimeo_releases_embeddable_html5_video_player.php

by sant0sk1 • 16 years ago

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aw3c23• 16 years ago

That is fantastic news. I hope Youtube is not far behind.

Vimeo has always been one of my favourite video sites. If they would allow "gaming" videos I would use them for hosting too.

Terretta• 16 years ago

You're welcome to host gaming videos at http://vive.ly.

Try it out using invite code: hd4yc

Encode and publish your own HD video site on your own custom domain or embed individual videos using your choice of player stack. (We transcode, store, and stream H.264, Ogg, and WebM.)

aw3c23• 16 years ago

If comment flagging was possible I would have flagged this post (edit: for being spammy).

edit: Below comment is not why I would flag a comment, not sure why one would think so.

Paying for video hosting is something I would never consider. Archive.org hosts mine now.

aaroneous2• 16 years ago

Youtube started testing this about a month ago: http://apiblog.youtube.com/2010/07/new-way-to-embed-youtube-...

mxavier• 16 years ago

Slightly off topic but I really hate how youtube tests stuff. I'm sure theres some rhyme or reason to it but from the end-user's perspective it just seems random. Example: I really like the "lower lights" feature on hulu which darkens the page background around the video. I remember for several months I would come across a button to do the same thing on youtube but it would only show up maybe 5% of the time. I can see no reason why that feature would be dependent on the video itself because it has to be just a simple CSS/JS trick.

tmugavero• 16 years ago

Our site has HTML5 embeds (mp4), QR Codes for each video, and is free to use. Hit me up at info(at)moovatom.com if you want a beta account which lets you brand videos, get extensive reporting etc. Go here to try it free w/o needing to sign up:

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carson3• 16 years ago

It seems like it is about time Vimeo did this although right now there is no indication that they actually have. The RRW story doesn't link to anything that has the announcement from them and there is nothing on the Vimeo site about it either.

nanairo• 16 years ago

Why is it "about time"? You make it sound like Vimeo is years behind the pack, but in fact---if my understanding is correct---they are at the front, at least in regards to other big video hosting such as Youtube.

carson3• 16 years ago

I agree they aren't that far behind but it is frustrating that they have taken a while to do it. The reason I say frustrating is because I use Google reader on an iPhone/iPad and if the feed includes a Youtube video it gets pulled in as html5. Youtube has had support for html5 video for a while now. Hopefully this change by Vimeo will be reflected in Google reader now as well.

app3• 16 years ago

It's live now: http://vimeo.com/blog:334

staunch• 16 years ago

Now will someone get Charlie Rose a damn Vimeo account so I can watch him on my iPad?

samratjp• 16 years ago

Sweet! I hope this will be just as fruitful as Scribd's transition to HTML5. iPad naysayers, whaddaya say ye now? Ha!

Vimeo Releases Embeddable HTML5 Video Player

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