JW Player Articles

List of HTML5 Capable Video Players & Destination Sites

While one might think that every Tom, Dick and Harry video player is now HTML5 capable, you'd be wrong. Well, not totally wrong as most are. So here's a list of some of the more popular HTML5 video players.

Weekly Online Video News Roundup - The Up North Edition

While you read this, I will be covering a tabletop gaming event up in the area of Minneapolis. In fact, much of this was written early in the week as I had a six-and-a-half-hour bus ride on Thursday. But how can I forget my duties ...

Which Online Video Editing Software Solution Is The Right One For You?

Over the last year a lot of online video editors have popped up and so it was time for us to put together a list of everything that we could find with some basic information so you have a single source for comparing all of ...

Who is JW? A Documentary of an Online Video Superhero

Jeroen "JW" Wijering is an online video pioneer, Chief Digital Architect of LongTail Video and the creator of the Internet's most popular and ubiquitous media players, the JW Players, which have generated millions of downloads since their launch in 2005.

JW Player 5.5 Gets HTML5 Javascript Plugin Support, HTML5-Specific Configuration

Longtail Video announced that JW Player 5.5 is available and features a whole new set of features specifically for HTML5 including a new JavaScript plugin model, and mode-specific configuration options. That now means you should be able to embed once and cover a wide range ...

Reel Quick Clips: Mid-Week Online Video Industry News

I finally found a name I like for what really amounts to me clearing out my inbox of things that might be of interest, but aren't interesting enough for me to write a whole article on. Welcome to Reel Quick Clips, a mid-week catch up ...

The Sunday News Reel – Week of 11-17 October, 2010

Hey hey! Another week in the books as we wind down summer in the Northern Hemisphere and rapidly hurtle toward lower temps and the holiday season. Here in my part of the world the leaves are falling along with the temps. So it's time once ...

JW Video Player 5.3 - Combines Flash, HTML5, Plus New Javascript API for Consistent Experience

LongTailVideo is set to fully release an updated version of the popular JW Player which includes some all new features as well as some updated features. The major features include auto-detect Flash and HTML5 in one, a Javascript API and new HTML5 playback features.