Wikipedia now has new HTML 5-based video player

The hugely popular online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, and its sister sites, now have a new video player, as per an official blog post. The hugely popular online encyclopaedia, Wikipedia, and its sister sites, now have a new video player, as per an official blog post. The new video player allows contributors to transcribe videos; it is being considered to be a significant step towards accessibility for hearing-impaired Wikipedia readers. The ‘Share’ feature on the new video player offers a short snippet of code to directly embed videos from Wikimedia Commons in web pages and blog posts, as is the case here.