Programming Languages, Martials Arts and Computers. The Weblog of Chris Double.
Some changes have occurred in the HTML 5 specification related to video and audio (the media portion of the spec). These are nicely outlined on the WHATWG blog. After my blog post about cross domain restriction of audio and video there was a fairly lengthy discussion on the WHATWG mailing list about whether this should be done. The WHATWG blog... more →
Over the last couple of weeks some fixes for video bugs have landed that should improve the playing experience. In particular playback and sound should work on Pulse Audio based Linux distributions. A quick summary of the changes are: more →
Some updates to the video element have landed and are now in the Firefox nightly builds. Bug 449159 was landed which refactors the Ogg backend to improve stability and add seeking support. Some of the changes include: more →
Al Woodshed, author of the Ukulele Hunt website, has written an e-book on How to play Blues Ukulele. This is a great book, over 70 pages, and includes many MP3 files playing the examples from the book. Al goes into good depth covering different styles and techniques. It's the most practical book on playing blues that I've read let alone... more →
If you're looking for some sites to play <video> and <audio> using the new elements, I've listed some below. Please add any you know of in the comments: more →