When editing External Sites->Video Clips and Trailers the rules say :
The description field must be formatted as follows:
WebsiteName - Description (Format)
- NB: You must include the format of the video inside brackets in any external video links, e.g.:
YouTube - Interview (Flash)
But YouTube now uses HTML 5 if available, and this will probably become the norm.
So... what do we do ?
So... what do we do ? I think it might be fine to to simply state "HTML5" as the format instead of "Flash", but perhaps "MP4" "WebM" or "Ogg" (per http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_video.asp) would be better. Mind you WebM is, if not technically then essentially, Flash. Rather technically Flash isn't an actual video file format.
I don't believe we'll have to read much into this, since the video file formats of videos conveyed through the HTML "video" tag doesn't really matter. The whole point of the "format" parameter in external sites is just to indicate to the user what kind of video player would be needed to view the video referenced via link. The web browser itself is a video player as far as HTML5-compliant browsers are concerned, and older browsers have Adobe's plugin. Meanwhile, there are tons of video file formats and, perhaps more importantly, video codecs (H.261, H.263, H.264, VP6, VP8, WMV1 "7", WMV2 "8", MPEG1, MPEG2, FLV et al).
If YouTube stops supporting Flash, then all of the references to YouTube in IMDb's video clip external site listings will have to be changed. The staff may able to unilaterally edit all of them. I don't know.
Just leave it as
YouTube
You don't know what you are seeing there, be it FB embed, www page link, mobile app display
but perhaps "MP4" "WebM" or "Ogg"mp4 & ogg are container format, not video codecs.
mp4 could well contain h265...
I don't believe we'll have to read much into thisJust leave it as
YouTube Yeah, I will stick to that :
1) It is already accepted.
2) If YouTube doesn't work, then probably no video site works.
3) Youtube may convert formats as technology changes (happened with WebM).
The staff may able to unilaterally edit all of them.Good idea.
mp4 & ogg are container format, not video codecs. Yes, I know that. I thought I made that clear (in subsequent paragraphs), but perhaps I didn't.
Yeah, I will stick to that Cool.
Good idea. I hope they can, but one can never be sure of their capabilities.
I agree with Marhleet. If I don't know what kind of format the YouTube video is using, I'm not going to include that format in the description.
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