Well, as you know, everything having to do with YouTube tends to
change over time.
The <iframe> embed is currently the default option for embeds
generate on YouTube.com. I haven't seen the phrase "experimental" used
to describe the <iframe> embed in some time. The associated API for
controlling the <iframe> embed is still "experimental", and the
implications of that have been discussed in a number of other threads
in this Google Group over the past months.
I really don't have any idea what the source of your second quote is,
or in what way HTML5 <video> playback could be considered "broken".
The current recommended (and only) way of getting HTML5 <video>
playback of YouTube content is to use the <iframe> embed, and I don't
see that changing any time soon.
The <iframe> embed is flexible enough to support hypothetical
playback stack XYZ 5 years down the line, and that's something that
makes it nicer than a rigid <object>/<embed> tag used in the
ActionScript 3 embed. If you're currently developing code against the
<iframe> API and you're concerned that there are plans to abandon it—
well, I obviously can't make 100% guarantees, but I can tell you that
there are no plans that I'm aware of to move everyone to something
brand new.
Cheers,
-Jeff Posnick, YouTube API Team
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@YouTubeDev
On Jan 11, 1:25 pm, zdravko <email.workbe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> Elsewhere, somebody wrote ... "YouTube offers an HTML5 player inside
> an iframe with API access ... But as YouTube claims, "This is an
> experimental feature, which means that it might change unexpectedly."
>
> So, just how experimental is the YT iFrame API or is that just your
> regular corporate legalese disclaimer?
>
> The he wrote ... "There is a plan to make Popcorn support YouTube's
> HTML5 player, but the player is broken right now, so that's on hold:"
>
> The whole purpose for my posting is to clear up this YouTube & HTML5
> landscape. Is there a true HTML5 video player and is then the YT
> iFrame API just an interim thing or as I thought, the YT iFrame API is
> the longer term solution which will encapsulate whatever YT is using
> at whatever point in time?
>
> Regards,
> Zdravko
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