Possibly using Video for Everybody?

[dashcloud]

Hi Michael, I was wondering if you had seen this page: Video for Everybody

The website describes it as: Video For Everybody is very simply a chunk of HTML code that embeds a video into a website using the HTML5 <video> element which offers native playback in Firefox 3.5 and Safari 3 & 4. It has multiple fallbacks, including a download link if none of the fallbacks are available.

It sounds like a nice feature.

[Michael]

When there is an "Ads for Everybody" I would consider a Video for Everybody service, but until that point Phoronix readers are recommended to have Adobe Flash support installed whether it be through the Adobe software, Gnash, or another SWF alternative.

[jeffro-tull]

Nevermind the fact that I don't see how advertisements and video are necessarily joined at the hip, there is such a thing as "Ads for Everybody". It's called <img>.

Back to the topic, I don't see why they have to be mutually exclusive. Why can't you have streaming Flash videos on the site for those who don't mind them, and then have a link to other videos?