Exploring HTML 5's Audio/Video Multimedia Support

any years ago, when I was first getting started as a programmer, much of the work that I did was focused on the development of multimedia applications (programs that combined video, audio, animation, and text) in order to build presentations and computer games. I did most of this work using Macromedia Director in the early 1990s. The idea of developing even audio—let alone video—apps on the web was pretty much a pipe-dream until the debut of RealNetworks, which provided the first major streaming technology that enabled developers to send buffered media content over the Internet. Later, RealNetworks allowed embedding media content within web pages.