High performance video for the web

3. Overview

Duration: 0:30

Learn how to use adaptive streaming to deliver a great video experience across devices and platforms, even on flaky networks or offline.

What you’ll learn

• Techniques to make the most of the video element.
• How to build a simple adaptive streaming video player.
• How to add captions, subtitles and synchronised metadata.
• An introduction to Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH).
• Media delivery testing, across devices and different bandwidths.

What you’ll need

• Chrome 47 or above
• Web Server for Chrome, or use your own web server of choice.
• The sample code
• A text editor
• Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript