Is it possible to avoid encoding video in two different formats to support all browsers? (html5, video tag)?

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I am developing an open source video hosting engine in C/C++. I need to provide support for all browsers, but I would like to do without flash, the engine is still open. I would also like to use the open WebM format and avoid h.264 encoding. The problem is that IE and Safari don't support WebM. What are the options for getting out of this situation?

Answer 1

Find an open source client on flash (like YouTube) and use h.264 and it, this is now the most common option

Answer 2

Why don't you like h.264?

Answer 3

It's hard without H.264, think about mobile devices, they will want it too. Why not use x264?

Answer 4

In theory, this should be decided not by the engine developer, but by a specific user. Provide the ability to configure your daemon. And users will decide for themselves - what codec, what video quality and how many copies they need.