How to Optimize the Performance of HTML5 Video on a Web Page

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You can compress the source video using a different codec. You could lower the quality of it, and lower the file size. And I don't know what else what else would be there. The one that one answer they have here is use a CDN.CDNs offer faster video loading by serving the video from a server closer to the user's location.

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott try to stump each other with questions about JavaScript, HTTP status error codes, memory safety, and a bit of web history thrown in.

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00:11:07 Welcome
Displaced Gamers
00:46:00 In which year was JavaScript introduced?
02:59:16 What status code is returned by server when a resource isn’t found?
03:32:00 Which http status code indicates the client must authenticate itself?
04:34:17 What is a pseudo class and give an example?
05:15:11 What JavaScript function allows you to delay the execution of a function?
06:02:06 Who first proposed using separate style sheet language for the web?
08:08:14 Which of the following statements about JavaScript strict are true?
08:50:11 What is event driven programming in Node.js?
10:26:08 In GraphQL, how do you mark a field as deprecated?
10:47:24 How does xHTML differ from HTML?
11:48:21 Which of the following statements is true about objects in JavaScript?
13:20:19 What is a type erase in TypeScript?
14:21:23 In TypeScript which syntax can be used to define a user defined type guard?
16:02:12 What is a closure in JavaScript?
17:40:00 Which node.js module provides asynchronus file I/O?
18:54:08 What does memory safety mean?
21:57:11 What does http2 introduce to improve speed?
23:58:05 What are strategies for optimizing HTML5 video?
26:28:11 Which of the following is not a correct way to create a new object?
28:13:20 What is the difference between function declaration and function expression?
30:49:11 What is the value of this inside an arrow function defined in a non-arrow function?
31:22:11 What is a type guard?
33:03:11 What is the order of execution in JavaScript?
35:11:01 Which version of ecmascript was scrapped?
39:41:00 What is the result of the following comparison in JavaScript?
41:37:21 What were the major criticisms of CSS in it’s early days?
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