Bringing Production Video To The Web

Two years ago, the W3C published the final recommendation of the HTML5 spec, which came with a new set of HTML elements and APIs, especially for video. Most of the new elements have been known about and used for a while in HTML5 video player code because they are implemented in all modern browsers. The specification is stable. Still, the W3C has a lot of work to do left. For Stefan Lederer, the most important standard the W3C is working on is the “Media Source Extensions” (MSEs) standard, which currently has the status of “Candidate Recommendation.” This JavaScript API allows us to generate media streams for the , and other elements, enabling adaptive streaming standards such as MPEG-DASH in pure HTML5 and JavaScript.