A big part of making a great video website is
having great video players, and the recent innovation in HTML5 video has opened up a whole
new world of possibilities. This is why we spent the last six months building a new player
framework from scratch, and today I'm extremely proud to present it to you.
The first one you'll notice is four new stunning player designs. The players work and look
the same everywhere, and after choosing a look for your video player, you can easily
customize it with your logo, your brand colors, and change how the video player behaves. All
the players will load in HTML5 when possible, without any annoying Flash to steal your performance.
The new players will also boost the quality of your content while loading up to three
times faster than before, and every player will use the full capabilities of the browser,
the phone, or the tablet that your customers are using. Of course, on older browsers, video
will still play seamlessly through Flash. 24Video is also a platform for designers and
for developers, so we're releasing the player framework as an open source project, along
with a whole new way of building video players directly within 24Video.
What does this mean? Well, any developer or designer who can build an HTML5 website will
now also be able to create a fully custom video player. Before, this required special
Flash skills and wouldn't really work across devices. Well, not anymore. Imagine the possibilities
that open up when it's finally possible for developers to make new designs and new features
in just HTML, in CSS, and in Liquid. We're really excited to finally bring the power
and the beauty of HTML5 video into a package that's easy to use, easy to develop for, and
just works everywhere. Go try it for yourself at 24Video.com.
