Comments on: Sublime Video – A HTML 5 Video Player

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:50:38 +0000

Eric P. is an idiot and needs to step out of the realm of web development post-haste. You obviously have no idea where the web IS or where it’s HEADED, so please, the door’s that way.

Fantastic HTML5 video player, period.

By: jake

jake — Thu, 13 May 2010 17:31:13 +0000

A lot of comments here appear really negative to change. Flash is often a CPU hog compared to the new HTML5 video and therefor changing to the new embedded HTML5 video is a more efficient way to deliver video. Firefox does not support H.264 due to licensing issues, mainly due to the price tag on it…

The H.264 codec is cheap for non commercial use at the moment, however in 2016 the licensing for H.264 can be changed to whatever price they choose. And therefor I would try to restrict the use of H.264 and stick to the good old open source OGG!

By: Mark J

Mark J — Fri, 07 May 2010 12:57:16 +0000

After having read your comments above, it would be interesting to see your take on the development to date, given that Firefox 3.5/6 is now supported. In playing the demo video, CPU utilization increased 1-3% for “mini” mode, 38% for full browser, and 68% for full screen. Memory usage remained constant at around 40MB in all scenarios.

By: Connor N

Connor N — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:14:45 +0000

I don’t like flash because it is such a big CPU consumer.
As others pointed out, all FireFox has to do is add support for some codecs, which they should have done already. I don’t know why FF does it, but it’s not going to make those codecs go away.

If this makes us a couple of tiny steps closer to the extinction of IE, then I am all for it.

You must also take in to account the fact that flash uses flv, which in turn uses patented video compression formats (H.264, Sorenson Spark, VP6, etc.)

Eric P: How is a more extensive HTML library harming the web? Flash is harming web development by being so data intensive.
Did you notice how fast the 720p video streamed, and were you monitoring your CPU?

By: jack

jack — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:44:59 +0000

The website now says it works in Firefox v3.6+

By: Flash está en aprietos | El Blog de William

Flash está en aprietos | El Blog de William — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:22:57 +0000

[...] YouTube y Hulu. Y ahora hay alternativas para poner ese mismo vídeo en el navegador. Descubres el Sublime Video Player con HTML5 que ya resuelve el tema del fullscreen y nos recordamos que YouTube y vimeo ya tienen su [...]

By: Blake

Blake — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:56:38 +0000

This is very cool and promising. Unlike a comment above, I believe it is very important to link to sites that are showcasing items like these, whether they are currently practical to use or not. This shows what may be available in the future for website development once HTML5 is supported by all browsers. These guys designed a great looking video player, and in viewing it in Safari, it is quite smooth – they did a great job. It is naive to say that only currently support code/technology should be linked to and talked about… thinking like that is what hurts innovation, it does not help it.

By: blog terpopuler

blog terpopuler — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:34:51 +0000

still wait for firefox and opera browser integration
Nice design

By: Erik Veland

Erik Veland — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:31:21 +0000

My guess is that this could be combined with something like Video For Everyone to provide a broader range of support.

I just hope Apple releases an official Safari build supporting full screen sooner rather than later. It’s the one thing that’s really holding HTML5 video back. Well, that and Firefox and their silly philosophical views on H.264 at the expense of users and developers.

By: jQuery Original

jQuery Original — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:17:22 +0000

Firefox is not prone to include any non-open-source video codecs. That’s what they have stated.
If we leave Flash to watch videos, is it logic to go towards a closed video format? That’s the question.