1. Everything you need to know about HTML5 video and audio

Here, Simon Pieters, from Opera, will walk you through everything basics you needed to know about HTML5 Audio & Video features. He says:

This article aims to provide all the nitty-gritty details of HTML5 media, the DOM API, events, and so forth, so you can implement your own HTML5 player with fallback to old browsers.

2. HTML5 Audio and Video: What you Must Know

Bruce Lawson talks on Nettuts+ about must know facts regarding HTML5 Audio/Video.

3. Getting started with the HTML5 Audio Video API

Very quick & a short article to get you started on making your own media players on HTML5 Video.

4. Using HTML5 Video and Audio in Modern Browsers

This time, in-depth learning on API, learn about browser fall back & how to handle those legacy browsers – from SitePoint.

5. How to Make Your Own Video Player On HTML5 Video

Once again very depth article. This article will take you thoroughly on how you can create your very own media player using HTML5 Audio & Video.

That’s it. Hope you will learn from very basic to creating your own full functional media players. Happy coding!

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