26% of Web video is ready for the iPad

Here's an interesting stat -- 26% of the video on the Web is iPad-ready, according to Mefeedia, a firm that supposedly monitors online video around the Internet. You may think that's low (that means 74% of the web can't be seen on the iPad), but that number actually represents a good amount of growth, as just a scant few months ago, only 10% of Web video was iPad-accessible, or encoded in H.264 or HTML 5, not Flash.

Mefeedia also says that most new video is available in HTML 5 -- it's more or less the archives that haven't been converted over yet. The survey itself encompasses over 30,000 different sources, from partnered sites like Hulu, CBS, and ABC, as well as popular video sites like YouTube and DailyMotion. Mefeedia says it expects to "see a new level of engagement" with online video, and that when that surge of interest comes, it'll be supported by HTML 5. Adobe probably won't like hearing that, but then again, they've still got a big majority of the video, so we guess it's up to them to lose it.

[via Fortune]

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Hanoch

For a device that bills itself as a great way to use the internet, to be incapable of accessing the vast majority of video is a very serious limitation. I have to think that Apple is going to have to change its position on flash or risk losing a fair number of sales it would otherwise have made.

May 16 2010 at 11:46 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Beenyweenies

It's not that the device doesn't support enough formats, it's that the rest of the world hasn't changed everything to support THE iPAD yet, those lazy bastards.

For the record, 90% of the porn out there is encoded in WMV or MPG format, and completely unviewable on the iPad. I know Steve and his merry band of puritans care not, but I doubt it factors into the report above so the amount of unsupported video is likely higher.

May 16 2010 at 2:25 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

SexyTisha69

that is very interested. That is a low number. Youtube is crape on the ipad I want that fixed. Where can i can ipads, ipad news, tricks, tips, hacks and accessories http://www.ipads.fm

May 15 2010 at 10:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Bob Hodgen

http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/13/web-video-ipad/

May 15 2010 at 4:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Boltfinger

Curious, shouldn't the headline read: "26% of Web Videos are ready for the iPad."

May 15 2010 at 3:10 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

jmmx

test

May 15 2010 at 12:29 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

pax copia

anyone remember java? it's opensource, can emulate the flash player and can do whatever the heck you want it to do - just needs a good runtime engine

seriously, if people are going to whine about the lack of flash then they should complain about the lack of everything from realplayer to vrml plugins.

flash in the pan

May 15 2010 at 11:46 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Mike

Does this include all the videos available through apps, like YouTube, FOX News, ABC, etc? Probably not. There's a lot more iDevice-ready video than they say.

May 15 2010 at 11:07 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Chet

"encoded in H.264 or HTML 5, not Flash"

seriously? Come on now TUAW...

May 15 2010 at 9:08 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

robogobo

When I saw the headline I thought, oh this is interesting. By the end of the comments I thought, oh this is ridiculous.

May 15 2010 at 6:49 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply