While many websites scramble to show off their html 5 video capabilities, ExposureRoom says, Not Yet. There are a few reasons for this, but first you need to understand a few things so you can better judge what it is you really want and if you think ExposureRoom should support Html 5 video.

Html 5 Video is really video encoded using the Theora video codec in the Ogg container. Similar to a video encoded using the H.264 video codec in the mp4 container. The only browser that supports Ogg Theora video is Firefox as of this writing. Firefox does not support the H.264 video codec and nor does it intend to support it ever.

So any website that claims Html 5 video support must support their videos playing back in Firefox using the Html 5 video player built into Firefox. Chrome and Safari both use the WebKit rendering engine and support other aspects of Html 5 but do not support Ogg Theora.

In extensive testing we’ve done here at ExposureRoom we find that the Theora video codec is not on par with the H.264 video codec or the On2VP6 video codec. We’ve run multiple comparative tests and find the codec (at its present state) to be terribly inferior.

It may work for websites that don’t care much for quality but at ExposureRoom we do care. We were hoping the Html 5 video would be the answer but sadly that is not the case. Not yet.

Html 5 is extremely promising and work has been going on for over 5 years now in establishing standards and encouraging browser support. There are many nice things about Html 5 that you’ll see us embrace as soon as it is viable. Sadly, Html 5 Video and Html 5 are synonymous to most people but we do make that distinction because they are distinct.

Of course! No question. We’ll also support Html 5 Video when it meets our (and your) expectations.

Well, our quest for extreme quality online video led us down a certain path. This solution holds another great promise and that is the ability to watch our great video quality (the current as well as the extreme) on older computers that struggle today. In our tests, we’ve used three 7 year old computers on which we can’t watch our HD versions and just barely watch the Medium versions. Remember our Medium versions are better than most other website’s HD version. 

We’re thrilled to report that these computers can now play the HD versions with ease! Not only that, these same computers can watch our planed “True 720p HD” and “True 1080p HD” videos!

We’ve put up a page where you can see this for yourselves. Please also provide us with feedback giving us your thoughts and results in this news group thread