Wikimedia now using Kaltura HTML5 player for videos hosted on their network


Wikimedia now using Kaltura HTML5 player for videos hosted on their network

Wikimedia has switched to Kaltura HTML5 Player for the videos hosted on their network.

This is a significant update as this new player brings loads of new features to the video player used to broadcast videos on various sites operated by Wikimedia.

The new player support captions in multiple languages. It also has “robust transcoding support along with ingestion and delivery of Google’s WebM encoded videos”.

Both of these technologies are available as open source projects which explains why Wikimedia picked them.