And Now, an IE10 Rant from Dr. Bill!

I was experimenting with Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 7 and discovered a few interesting things. I also checked, and I get the same behavior on IE 10 in Windows 8.

Using IE10, HTML5 and WebM video does not work for me if it is “Cloud sourced,” meaning, if the files are stored in Amazon S3 using Cloudfront, as the video on my site is stored. The files are referenced by a DNS CNAME such as: “io.drbill.io/dbtv-webm”, so a file such as “DrBillTV-281.webm”, would be:

The “actual” location is:

Now, when I say it “doesn’t work” I mean it isn’t “streamed” in the same way it is on any decent “normal” web browser, like Google Chrome, Opera, or Mozilla Firefox. Here is example code of what works in these two browsers – that is, the HTML5 code:
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[sourcecode language=”wraplines”]
<video poster="https://io.drbill.io/dbtv-images/DrBillTV-281.png" controls width="350" height="196">
<source src="http://media.techpodcasts.com/drbilltv/http://io.drbill.io/dbtv-webm/DrBillTV-281.webm"/>
Your browser does not support the HTML5 video tag.
[/sourcecode]
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The “TechPodcasts” string is due to using the TPN stats for my video, I have tried it with that removed as well. No difference. Instead, I get a message, in IE10, that the video is from “An Invalid Source.” Keep in mind, this same code works in Google Chrome, Opera, and Mozilla Firefox.

I have also noticed that Blubrry PowerPress “Cloud sourced” video does not work in Internet Explorer 10 either… same error.

The bottom line is that, as I said in the last Dr. Bill.TV Netcast, IE10 is not supporting Cloud sourced video! This is just not acceptable! PLEASE use a real browser! Just venting!