html5flash

Converts HTML5 audio and video tags into Flash media players that can be controlled via Javascript, so that website authors can use the audio and video element right away without having to care about manually providing flash player fallbacks.

APACHE-2.0 License

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html5flash is an browser-independent implementation of the HTML5 video and audio tag. If you are planning to use video and audio on your web site, but

  • do not want to develop in flash
  • do not want to invent a proprietory API for controlling video and audio
  • want to be future proof when HTML5 gets wider adoption

then html5flash is right for you. In order to use it, you have to add following tags into the head of your HTML page:

Then you can add and elements to your page. You should take a look at the examples, at the HTML5 working draft and at the html5flash Wiki for further instructions.

For videos you need additionally following tag in your HTML body, where you want the video to appear:

html5flash uses Scott Schiller's excellent soundmanager2 library, which provides the Flash implementation of an invisible audio player and chromeless video player.

html5flash is licensed under the terms of the Apache Software License.