At the MIX10 conference last week, Microsoft officially announced their support of H.264 video playback as part of IE9′s implementation of the HTML5 Video tag. In this press release, Microsoft stated: ”As part of its commitment to interoperability, Microsoft detailed its support for a number of HTML5 specifications, including CSS3, Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), XHTML parsing, and the video and audio tags using industry-standard (H.264/MPEG4 and MP3/AAC) codecs, among others.”
Now Apple Safari, Google Chrome, and Microsoft IE9 will all soon support the native playback of H.264 video which will greatly increase the adoption of this standard and simplify the way publishers distribute their video.
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