Vimeo embeds now working on iPad, iPhone
[Note: While most videos on Vimeo.com would play back on iDevices prior to this update if watched on the Vimeo site, the new 'Universal Player' embed code should allow publishers and website developers to include compatible embeds on their sites. Vimeo does not provide mobile versions of every video on the site, limiting some features to Plus (paid) users. Details on making videos mobile-friendly are in the Vimeo FAQ and the new features announcement. –Ed.]
Popular video site Vimeo (think a more artsy YouTube) has changed its embed code to be completely HTML5 compatible, which means you can now browse the site completely embed videos that play back on the iPhone or the iPad. I just pulled the site up on my iPhone, and I have to say, I think it's a smoother browsing experience than the browser itself -- you just get a list of videos, and clicking on whichever one you want (like, for example, the great Dennis Liu music video above) opens it right up in Quicktime. Good deal. Vimeo's been flirting with HTML5 for the better part of this year, but this switchover means everything (including embeds when seen from an iPhone or iPad) is available in HTML5 from the start -- bye bye Flash. [Flash will still be served to desktop browsers. –Ed.]
The new update also adds a "Watch Later" feature to accounts on the site, so you can save videos and pull them back up on the device of your choice, even if you're not using something that works well. Eventually, the Watch Later feature will be added in to the Vimeo API, and there's also a new Vimeo channel available on Roku set-top boxes if you've got one of those.
But the HTML5 change is the biggest one -- one more site leaves the Flash-only fold and becomes extremely accessible to Apple's platform.
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Source: http://vimeo.com/blog:334
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[Note: While most videos on Vimeo.com would play back on iDevices prior to this update if watched on the Vimeo site, the new 'Universal...
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whoa thx for the post dudes ^0^
September 04 2010 at 10:20 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyFurther support for standard based video on the web is a great thing.
The anti-flash, "bye bye Flash", tone in this and other related blog posts is not so great, unnecessary and a bit premature, I think. It's a good thing that Vimeo is working on embedding their videos in other places, but it is not friction free quite yet, for example the video in this page is just an empty white space in my desktop Safari without Flash (most likely because the video is not a Plus video converted for "mobile" use). No error message, no graphics, no nothing.
Using Vimeo and YouTube in argumentation against Flash always sounds a bit absurd to me, since they both have built their entire existence on the ubiquity of the Flash Player. And they keep saying things like "It used to be you could rely on Flash to perform the same way everywhere, but now HTML5 and embed code act very differently from browser to browser and device to device", in the Vimeo blog post linked here, and in this blog post from YouTube http://apiblog.youtube.com/2010/06/flash-and-html5-tag.html
Wth are they talking about? I get on the site on my iPad and I can't view any videos because they are all in flash.
August 18 2010 at 8:31 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyFunny that the above video is available in Flash.
August 18 2010 at 8:04 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI was going to say the same thing. Talk about fail.
August 18 2010 at 9:45 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyA flash player for the iPhone makes absolutely no sense.
No keyboard, directional keys, no ability to drag, etc...
I am glad that HTML5 is making the web more accessible to the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, etc...
I was pissed after reading this, getting excited, and find nothing new. I was so mad, I wrote in my blog! YEAH!
http://matthewctorres.tumblr.com/post/968953393/vimeo-ipad-iphone
Q: Will all my videos work on my mobile phone now?
A: Mobile versions of all your videos is still a Plus-only feature. So while now on an iPhone your videos won't appear as a blue box, it might not be playable unless you are Plus. If you are Plus, here is how you turn on mobile videos.
http://vimeo.com/blog:334
The iphone website looks the be the same as when it launched a couple months ago.
The article is misleading. iPhone and iPad can only view very popular contents and those published by Vimeo Plus members (who pay $60/year).
Furthermore, iPhone mobile site is pretty crummy. There's no way to search or view your own video. You can only view "featured" video.
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