WebApps - HTML5 Audio and Video

Audio Results

Mp3
Ogg
AAC
Wav

Ever-Changing Technology - HTML5

In the ever-changing world of Internet and multimedia technologies, audio and video presentation on the web have become increasingly popular. Unfortunately, the file formats and compression codecs used to present these mdia are constantly changing. To add more complexity to the mix, the programming language (HTML) that is used to create web pages is also changing. The newest development to date is the HTML5 specification. This allows the web designer/developer the ability to make web sites much more dynamic and functional. This includes the ability to render audio and video without requiring that the user have a proprietary plugin installed.

Video Results

Mp4
WebM
Theroa

Audio/Video Formats

There are basically three primary video formats, and four primary audio formats that are commonly used on the web today, and none of today's browsers will support all formats. Additionally, none of the formats will play on all of the major browsers. For this reason, I've developed this simple test page that will help you to identify which audio/video formats your browser will support.

The purpose of this test is to determine if your browser is able to natively support audio and video content using the HTML5 specification. This basically means that your browser will render audio and video without the use of a plug-in like Adobe Flash or Microsoft Silverlight. Therefore, this test assumes that your browser is at least modern enough that it will run JavaScript code and hopefully HTML5.

The following results will indicate your browser's compatibility with HTML5 <audio>/<video> support. See the Key at the bottom of the page for details.

Key

Probably
Your browser will most likely support this HTML5 tag.
Maybe
Your browser may, or may not support this HTML5 tag.
No
Your browser does NOT support this HTML5 tag.