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HTML5: Standardize on MP4 (mostly)

ICS Learning

One of the most significant issues holding back wide deployment of HTML5-compatible video was the disparity of support between browsers. Back in 2011 , we opined on the best approach to deliver video online which, at that time, was using Flash. Adobe’s RTMP protocol handled that well during the reign of Flash video.

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10 Great Moments in eLearning History

SHIFT eLearning

2005: The Rise of Flash Video. In 2005, Adobe bought Macromedia and transformed it into Adobe Flash. Developers who worked with it discovered just how flexible Flash is. Flash didn''t require a lot of bandwidth as older methods would have used. 2010: The Reign of HTML5. 2008: The Beginning of the Mobile Web.

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