HTML5 video and Dreamweaver CS5.5
In order to understand the challenges of presenting an online video today, it is illuminating to frame things in the evolution of web video to this point. For one thing, older web video is still an issue, as are older browsers. We have to address the challenge of presenting a video in both new browsers that support current standards and older browsers that do not.
Moreover, the current rather crazy state of competing online video formats won't make much sense without being anchored in an understanding of how this current state of things emerged.
In order to sort all this out, it is useful to divide the emergent online video into three phases.
Early formats
The first stage of the online video was characterized by a diffusion of different, non-compatible video formats and players. Apple's QuickTime video played in QuickTime player, which came with Apple's Safari browser. Microsoft's Internet Explorer played various Microsoft video formats such as AVI or WMF...