Watch Video…without Flash
As Steve Jobs once said: “We are going to make history today.”
Dailymotion is excited to launch a new R&D platform dedicated to open video formats and web standards: openvideo.dailymotion.com. You don’t need the Adobe Flash plugin to watch videos on this platform - the only requirement is the latest version of Firefox, 3.5 beta, available here.
No plugins? No Flash?
Nope - for all content from Motionmakers and Official Users we are using the new HTML < video > tag, supported by Firefox 3.5, to display the video, and not any proprietary technology.
But wait - the video quality is lower and sound is sometimes crackly…
That’s normal…for now. The new encoding formats we’re using are Ogg, Theora + Vorbis. They’re not yet as good as other common codecs such as H264, ON2 VP6, but they comprise an open format that is not patented, is free to use, and is supported by the Mozilla foundation (http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/01/26/mozilla-and-wikimedia-join-forces-to-support-open-video/). So don’t worry - it’s going to improve soon. We have a few tricks to improve the quality, but for the moment re-encoding 300,000 videos in this format forced us to compromise.
Why does non-Flash video playback matter?
It’s both technical and philosophical, but to make long story short, it will allow us to do new, fun things with video. Some examples are on our demo page. Ultimately, we expect this to enable innovation in user experience, SEO, advertising, etc. For more on the value of open video, read the article here.
Why do you call this”making history”?
Because:
- HTML received a major upgrade from version 4 to 5
- The new HTML lets you display video simply with the use of a tag
- Dailymotion is the first large video sharing site to participate in and promote open video formats
Do other browsers support this HTML tag?
Yes, but our code works best on Firefox 3.5 beta and is not yet optimized for other browsers. We would be happy to work more closely with developers from Webkit and Opera.
For now, the video player is simpler than our Flash-based player. But we are going to improve it little by little. Stay tuned for more.
Enjoy!
PS: Come see us talk about open video at the Open Video Conference in New York, June 19-20!
27 May 2009 à 11:03 pm
[...] largest video sites, announced support for open video. They’ve put out a press release, a blog post on the new openvideo site as well as a demo site where you can see some of the things that you can do with open video and [...]
28 May 2009 à 12:07 am
[...] largest video sites, announced support for open video. They’ve put out a press release, a blog post on the new openvideo site as well as a demo site where you can see some of the things that you can do with open video and [...]
28 May 2009 à 3:45 am
[...] largest video sites, announced support for open video. They’ve put out a press release, a blog post on the new openvideo site as well as a demo site where you can see some of the things that you can do with open video and [...]
28 May 2009 à 6:22 am
[...] goes a step further. They announced not only a demo area but “a new R&D platform dedicated to open video formats and web [...]
28 May 2009 à 9:13 am
[...] ce que semble indiquer l’annonce faite par Dailymotion et rapporté par Christophe Blizzard, un des responsables de la fondation [...]
28 May 2009 à 3:43 pm
[...] the codecs top notch. You can read more about watching video at Dailymotion without Flash at their blog entry on it. Tweet This!Share this on FacebookDigg this!Stumble upon something good? Share it on [...]
28 May 2009 à 3:59 pm
[...] Pour plus d’info, aller voir sur le blog de dailymotion [...]
28 May 2009 à 10:37 pm
[...] goes a step further. They announced not only a demo area but “a new R&D platform dedicated to open video formats and web [...]
29 May 2009 à 12:25 am
[...] stable is the new element that video site dailymotion.com have announced that they have converted 300,000 of their videos to use it, and the open video codec Ogg Theora. With all of the main non-IE browsers about to launch their [...]
29 May 2009 à 12:45 am
[...] estás eligiendo el vídeo en MP4 aunque sea Flash realmente el reproductor/decodificador). DailyMotion de hecho ha firmado un acuerdo con Mozilla para pasar sus vídeos al formato libre OGG/Theora (que hoy por hoy da menos calidad que el MP4, [...]
29 May 2009 à 9:40 am
Ich verneige mich vor Dailymotion…
Ja, gib es denn sowas?Ich meine ich hasse wirklich Flash und sehe es nur als Medium für Designer an, welche in kleinen Portionen damit jonglieren. Aber Flashcookies, Flashmenüs, Flashvideoplayer, Flashwebseiten, Flashflashflash. Exclude FlashMP3-Play…
29 May 2009 à 10:18 am
[...] Read more on source page. [...]
29 May 2009 à 10:06 pm
[...] Watch Video…without Flash (DailyMotion Blog) Tags: Beta, CSS, Firefox, Flash, NAVEGADORES, Opera, SEO, software, Videos, Web, YouTube [...]
30 May 2009 à 2:59 pm
Dailymotion testet flashfreie Videoeinbindung…
Oft werden Videos im Internet über ein proprietäres Flash-Plugin abgespielt, ohne das man die Videos nur schwer erreichen und anschauen kann. Seit HTML5 gibt es jedoch eine offizielle Möglichkeit, Videos per HTML-Tag einzubinden, so dass sie direkt …
30 May 2009 à 7:11 pm
[...] will Geschichte schreiben. Ob das auch so eintritt, wird die Zeit zeigen. Aber eines ist definitiv sicher: Das [...]
31 May 2009 à 3:08 pm
[...] Dailymotion avec l’aide de Mozilla a lancé openvideo.dailymotion.com, une plate-forme en développement reprenant l’essentiel de Dailymotion à la différence qu’elle utilise la balise vidéo et les codecs Theora/Vorbis pour la lecture et la diffusion des vidéos permettant ainsi de se passer d’Adobe Flash et d’utiliser les nouveaux standards du web présent avec HTML5. [...]
1 June 2009 à 8:01 pm
[...] blog.dailymotion.com, [...]
2 June 2009 à 1:30 pm
[...] chez Dailymotion Par HiO le 2 juin 2009 L’adoption du format Ogg Theora fait son chemin : DailyMotion viennent d’annoncer sur leur blog (et via un communiqué de presse) qu’ils vont prendre en charge la balise <video> de [...]
3 June 2009 à 2:57 am
[...] [via Dailymotion Blog] [...]
3 June 2009 à 6:30 am
[...] Watch Video…without Flash Previously: [...]
3 June 2009 à 8:21 am
[...] Dailymotion Blog » Archive du blog » Watch Video…without Flash [...]
3 June 2009 à 8:33 am
[...] the latest post on the Daily Motion blog [link] I’m left with the tangible warm feeling you get when you see someone else in that state of mind. [...]
3 June 2009 à 9:00 am
[...] ha entusiasmado este anuncio de Dailymotion, uno de los portales de vídeo más populares de la Red, acerca de su plataforma open video [...]
3 June 2009 à 9:21 am
[...] nimmt etwaigen Kritikern mit einem Blog-Post bereit im Vorfeld den Wind aus den Segeln. Die Qualität von Ton und Video lässt [...]
3 June 2009 à 9:31 am
[...] DailyMotion, hvor man skriver: “We are going to make history [...]
3 June 2009 à 9:41 am
[...] ha entusiasmado este anuncio de Dailymotion, uno de los portales de vídeo más populares de la Red, acerca de su plataforma open video [...]
3 June 2009 à 10:28 am
[...] Flash straks overbodig? Dailymotion Blog Archive du blog Watch Video…without Flash Heel veel mensen zien graag Flash op de iPhone, maar is dit nog wel nodig? De laatste [...]
3 June 2009 à 1:23 pm
Videos sin Flash: DailyMotion convierte su videoteca a Ogg Theora…
Dailymotion está reconvirtiendo su videoteca a formatos abiertos (Ogg Theora). Actualmente están trabajando para que se puedan ver correctamente en Firefox 3.5 Beta, y pronto empezarán con otros navegadores capaces de soportar HTML 5….
3 June 2009 à 1:56 pm
[...] Online video without the bloat — yes, HTML5 is almost here. The latest Firefox 3.5 pre–release supports the new tag in HTML5 and a demo proves it, courtesy of Dailymotion. Is this going to be the downfall of Flash? I’m tired of it consuming too much CPU scycles anyway. (0) [...]
3 June 2009 à 1:58 pm
[...] Online video without Flash sounds really good. Imagine not having a process that eats your CPU cycles and battery life. HTML5 might just change it all. [...]
3 June 2009 à 3:48 pm
[...] [來源：Dailymotion Blog] [...]
3 June 2009 à 11:01 pm
[...] Enlace | Dailymotion Blog [...]
3 June 2009 à 11:08 pm
[...] Watch Videowithout Flash isso mesmo… Vamos poder comear a libertar-nos do problemtico, e inseguro Flash Plugin.. Durante anos as guerras de standards e a ausncia de um codec livre que todos pudessem adoptar levou a que os browsers deixassem tudo o que ea multimdia para plugins como o Flash, Quicktime, Silverlight e afins.. Com todos os problemas que isso acarrecta, desde problemas ideologicos, como seja, a ausencia de suporte em todas as plataformas, fazendo com que a Internet deixe de ser universal e passe a funcionar apenas em determinados sistemas. At problemas mais bem mundanos, como os problemas, bugs e instabilidade que volta e meia estes plugins apresentam e os problemas serios de segurana que historicamente apresentaram.. Mas com o HTML5 apareceu uma soluo.. O OpenVideo. E em breve inserir um video num site ser algo to simples como colocar uma TAG HTML, uma vez que o browser far tudo o resto. O Firefox e o Opera esto na linha da frente da revoluo, o Chrome tambm j anunciou suporte para breve, e os outros browsers, excepto talvez o IE durante algum tempo, devem seguir o caminho. Hoje o site Dailymotion que um dos maiores sites de partilha de videos anunciou que vai comear a converso de 300mil videos para OpenVideo. Podem testar aqui: Dailymotion ? Videos Online, Msica e Filmes. Que tal assistir um video hoje? Os videos vo comear a aparecer aqui: Dailymotion ? Videos Online, Msica e Filmes. Que tal assistir um video hoje? Para testar por enquanto o melhor usar o Firefox 3.5 Beta: Firefox web browser | Help us test the latest beta [...]
3 June 2009 à 11:32 pm
[...] Enlace | Dailymotion Blog [...]
4 June 2009 à 12:03 am
[...] tags will be used similar to the <img> tag we have become accustom to for images. Does this doom Flash? They explain it much better than I do but here is a demo using HTMl [...]
4 June 2009 à 2:50 am
[...] Enlace: Dailymotion Blog [...]
4 June 2009 à 2:55 am
[...] Dailymotion announces support for Open Video! Farewell Flashblog.dailymotion.com [...]
4 June 2009 à 2:56 am
[...] Dailymotion making history with their use of the latest Firefox Beta browser? If what I am reading is accurate, then I would [...]
4 June 2009 à 3:13 am
[...] Enlace | Dailymotion Blog [...]
4 June 2009 à 7:45 am
[...] oficjalnie będzie wspierał otwarte formaty w swoim serwisie. Na oficjalnym blogu strony został opublikowany post, zawierający argumentację i wyjaśnienia dotyczące podjętej decyzji. Pod szyldem DailyMotion [...]
4 June 2009 à 10:25 am
[...] Enlace | Dailymotion Blog [...]
4 June 2009 à 11:01 am
[...] Enlace | Dailymotion Blog [...]
4 June 2009 à 4:48 pm
[...] Fuente: Genbeta | Dailymotion Blog [...]
4 June 2009 à 8:17 pm
[...] of Google’s own demos, a YouTube mockup, or DailyMotion’s OpenVideo site (announced here). There’s even an OpenVideo Conference later this month, in which some of these [...]
4 June 2009 à 9:41 pm
[...] Read the entire article [...]
5 June 2009 à 12:44 am
[...] Watch Video…without Flash Dailymotion is excited to launch a new R&D platform dedicated to open video formats and web standards: openvideo.dailymotion.com. You don’t need the Adobe Flash plugin to watch videos on this platform - the only requirement is the latest version of Firefox, 3.5 beta, available here. [...]
5 June 2009 à 6:20 pm
[...] oficjalnie będzie wspierał otwarte formaty w swoim serwisie. Na oficjalnym blogu strony został opublikowany post, zawierający argumentację i wyjaśnienia dotyczące podjętej decyzji. Pod szyldem DailyMotion [...]
6 June 2009 à 5:04 am
[...] of moving away from Flash and Silverlight has been on the table. Dailymotion recently mentioned adding features in HTML5 that allow for video playback without Flash. The W3C is considering such features in [...]
7 June 2009 à 1:39 am
[...] Videos ohne Flash By lotharf Das Video-Portal Dailymotion bietet jetzt in einem Betaversuch Videos an, für die man kein proprietäres Plugin mehr benötigt. Benutzt wird das neue Video Tag von HTML 5 <video> und die Videos sind im Format Openvideo. Abgespielt werden können die Videos derzeit offiziell nur mit der neuen Version 3.5 des Firefox, die aber derzeit noch Beta ist (aber mein Firefox 3.0.11 kann das auch schon). Infos dazu hier. [...]
7 June 2009 à 5:00 am
[...] เขียนบล็อกอธิบายว่า คุณภาพของวิดีโอแบบ Ogg [...]
7 June 2009 à 5:26 am
[...] เขียนบล็อกอธิบายว่า คุณภาพของวิดีโอแบบ Ogg [...]
9 June 2009 à 7:57 am
[...] الجهود فقد قام موقع Daily Motion احد مواقع الفيديو الشهيرة بالاعلان عن دعمه لميزة video الموجودة في فايرفوكس 3.5 بالاضافة إلى المتصفحات [...]
9 June 2009 à 9:07 am
[...] Dailymotion Blog » Archive du blog » Watch Video…without Flash Who would have thought that people would talk about Ogg Vorbis and Theora in 2009 ? Thanks, HTML 5 and Mozilla Foundation [...]
10 June 2009 à 1:56 am
[...] inside videos like Web pages opens up a whole new world of possibilities for Web video. Already, DailyMotion offers all of its videos in the Ogg Theora format. If this takes off, Flash video could be come [...]
10 June 2009 à 2:40 am
[...] inside videos like Web pages opens up a whole new world of possibilities for Web video. Already, DailyMotion offers all of its videos in the Ogg Theora format. If this takes off, Flash video could be come [...]
10 June 2009 à 3:35 am
[...] inside videos like Web pages opens up a whole new world of possibilities for Web video. Already, DailyMotion offers all of its videos in the Ogg Theora format. whether that takes off, Flash video could be come [...]
10 June 2009 à 4:24 am
[...] inside videos like Web pages opens up a whole new world of possibilities for Web video. Already, DailyMotion offers all of its videos in the Ogg Theora format. If this takes off, Flash video could be come [...]
10 June 2009 à 4:43 am
[...] inside videos like Web pages opens up a whole new world of possibilities for Web video. Already, DailyMotion offers all of its videos in the Ogg Theora format. If this takes off, Flash video could be come [...]
10 June 2009 à 8:05 am
[...] Dailymotion a déjà une version béta de son site permettant de visionner bon nombre de ses vidéos sans lecteur Flash. [...]
10 June 2009 à 10:01 am
[...] 上のビデオでBeltznerは、Firefox 3.5のビデオ機能と新しいグラフィクス機能をデモしている。ブラウザに組み込まれているビデオプレーヤーは、Ogg VorbisやTheoraのようなオープンソースのビデオフォーマットに対応している。このビデオプレーヤーはHTML 5に準拠しているので、リンクなどの対話的な要素をビデオの中に簡単に置ける。Beltznerがこのビデオの中で見せているページはここにある（ただしFirefox 3.5で見ないと動作しない）。コンテンツをビデオの中でWebページのように扱えることは、Webビデオにまったく新しい可能性をもたらす。すでにDailyMotionが提供しているのはすべてOggやTheora形式のビデオだ。これが普及すれば、Flashのビデオは歴史的遺物になるかもしれない。 [...]
10 June 2009 à 10:02 am
[...] inside videos like Web pages opens up a whole new world of possibilities for Web video. Already, DailyMotion offers all of its videos in the Ogg Theora format. If this takes off, Flash video could be come [...]
10 June 2009 à 10:04 am
[...] inside videos like Web pages opens up a whole new world of possibilities for Web video. Already, DailyMotion offers all of its videos in the Ogg Theora format. If this takes off, Flash video could be come [...]
11 June 2009 à 12:58 am
[...] inside videos like Web pages opens up a whole new world of possibilities for Web video. Already, DailyMotion offers all of its videos in the Ogg Theora format. If this takes off, Flash video could be come [...]
12 June 2009 à 11:57 pm
[...] of innovation in online video as early-adopters of HTML 5. According to a colleague in engineering, they built one of the slickest public betas around this new “open video” [...]
15 June 2009 à 4:04 am
[...] goes a step further. They announced not only a demo area but “a new R&D platform dedicated to open video formats and web [...]
16 June 2009 à 9:51 pm
[...] Dailymotion Video in HTML5 ohne Flash [...]
22 June 2009 à 5:01 am
[...] alongside development. French video site Dailymotion’s forward-thinking tech team last month re-encoded 300,000 videos in Ogg Theora and Vorbis audio. Prospective viewers don’t have to download Flash, but they do [...]
23 June 2009 à 9:00 am
[...] DailyMotion offers videos in the Ogg Theora format. Its platform is located at [...]
29 June 2009 à 2:37 am
[...] then the biggest news: Dailymotion, one of the largest social video networks, has re-encoded all their videos to Ogg Theora/Vorbis and [...]
30 June 2009 à 8:31 am
[...] plans for the video codecs and the <video> tag. Once you download Firefox 3.5, go visit DailyMotion or the YouTube demo to see the future of online video for [...]
30 June 2009 à 5:31 pm
[...] Podem testar ver vídeos sem recurso ao adobe flash por exemplo no Dailymotion que já está a preparar a sua página para suportar Ogg Vorbis e Ogg Theora. [...]
30 June 2009 à 9:03 pm
[...] and endorsed by the One Video Alliance it is a safe bet , sites like Dailymotion are already migrating to it [...]
1 July 2009 à 2:13 am
[...] the end of May, Dailymotion launched a new R&D platform using these new standards, making it the “…first large video sharing site to [...]
2 July 2009 à 12:10 am
[...] site já tem mais de 300 mil vídeos de usuários convertidos para o novo formato (Ogg, Theora e [...]
4 July 2009 à 7:36 pm
[...] the launch of Firefox 3.5, Firefox became first browser to support Open Video Format. Dailymotion also launched a section to host Videos in Open format. Firefox also awarded $100,000 to Wikimedia [...]
6 July 2009 à 7:42 am
[...] - I documenti ZeniMax acquista id Software - Wolfenstein Firefox 3.5 - Statistiche di download - Dailymotion in HTML5 I produttori orientali di PC temono Microsoft Steorn Orbo - Il verdetto del comitato scientifico [...]
7 July 2009 à 1:17 am
[...] The company announced the project in late May. [...]
7 July 2009 à 11:09 am
[...] for video in the beta of Firefox 3.5 and Opera is also working on similar lines. To add to this Dailymotion has launched a new R&D platform, dedicated to open source video format and has announced that [...]
14 August 2009 à 6:04 pm
[...] The Dailymotion HTML5 Demo is even more impressive, using the <video> tag in combination with fancy Javascript to post-process the video and extract frames. [...]
9 November 2009 à 6:34 pm
[...] showed us some demos, all of which are linked to below. Also check out the open video test site at DailyMotion and YouTube’s open video demo, both of which are discussed below. You can view these demos if [...]
3 December 2009 à 10:11 am
[...] di questa infinita odissea è oggi uno dei più grossi portali di condivisione di video. Dailymotion ha da poco annunciato che sta convertendo tutto il materiale nei suoi archivi in formato OGG/Theora, e che grazie ad HTML [...]