In this chapter, we explored the process of creating and presenting HTML5 audio and video. We examined the evolving, different, and competing options for compressing audio and video supported by HTML5. Moreover, we noted the need to provide a way to present our video for non-HTML5 browsing environments by creating a FLV file that will work in those pre-HTML5 browsing environments.
Then, we walked through Dreamweaver's tools for embedding an HTML5 video. Those tools are essentially code hints, which provide help in writing HTML5 <video>
tags and their properties, and Live View which previews at least the Webkit (Safari) version of the video as we write code.
Beyond the limitations of Dreamweaver menu options for embedding native audio and video, we also explored using Code view to enter our own HTML5 audio and video elements.
In the next chapter, we'll see how to use media queries in Dreamweaver. With that, we'll begin to engage with what is probably the main focus of this book...