Just discovered that YouTube HTML5 video playback can be improved dramatically if the Perian QuickTime plugin is uninstalled — it seems that Google is trying to be smart and deliver a WebM format to the browser rather than h264 in an MP4 container. Bit of a pain, I was wondering why the player was dropping frames all over the place, and being generally unresponsive to scrubbing/play/pause interactions.
Tag: webm
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HTML5 and web video, IE team discussion
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2011/02/02/html5-and-web-video-questions-for-the-industry-from-the-community.aspx