Second they have moved to VP9 codec which gives you higher quality video resolution with an average bandwidth reduction of 35 percent. MediaSource Extensions also enable live streaming in game consoles like Xbox and PS4, on devices like Chromecast and in web browsers. YouTube says that ABR has reduced buffering by more than 50 percent globally and as much as 80 percent on heavily-congested networks. ABR is very critical for providing a quality video experience for viewers as it allows YouTube to seamlessly adjust resolution and bitrate for good, bad and worst network conditions. To move from the Flash based videos to HTML5 support YouTube had to embark on a massive technological exercise.įirst of all they have moved to MediaSource Extensions to provide Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) streaming. Stating the obvious, YouTube engineer Richard Leider said that the company is officially ditching Flash in favour of HTML5 since the latter adds more flexibility for developers, bloggers and consumers, with benefits that “extend beyond web browsers.” Making the announcement on a blog post, YouTube stated that its web video player will demote Adobe Flash and start streaming HTML5 videos by default on all modern browsers including Chrome, IE11, Safari 8 and in new beta versions of Firefox. Also the support HTML5 is getting from tech companies including Firefox and smartphone manufactures including Samsung et al means that may have HTML5 based smartphones in not so distant future.
With the upgradation can the inherent change and YouTube’s move to HTML5 is one of them. Google Chromium project of one of these projects and almost all popular browsers now tend to use Chromium for their browsers. Also with new technologies came new browsers which were capable of supporting different formats without a hitch. Not anymore, IE itself is on verge of becoming irrelevant with Microsoft itself ditching is partly for Windows 10 Preview version. Till a few years ago every thing online was woven around Microsoft Internet Explorer and Flash was one of them. But over the years things have changed radically, Adobe is not what it was a few years ago and Adobe’s Flash has become less relevant now a days.Īlso technology wise things are different now.
In fact it would have been seen as a sacrilege to use any other medium for videos. For one, till a few years ago Flash was considered ultimate for providing video or animation based graphics online.
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