# vod streaming via html5 to internet explorer 9

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/vod-streaming-via-html5-to-internet-explorer-9/36508>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [May 4, 2011, 10:03am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/vod-streaming-via-html5-to-internet-explorer-9/36508 "2011-05-04T10:03:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Arian\_Amiri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Arian\_Amiri](https://community.wowza.com/u/Arian_Amiri)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 10:03am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/vod-streaming-via-html5-to-internet-explorer-9/36508/1 "2011-05-04T10:03:04Z")

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I want to stream to an html5 video element. IE 9 supports the mp4 container in the video element which is perfect because that’s the video format I’m working with. I just need to know how to construct the source url. Do i do it the same way i would if i were streaming to silverlight? Are there any considerations on the server side that I need to consider?

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/vod-streaming-via-html5-to-internet-explorer-9/36508/2 "2011-05-04T18:58:21Z")

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Arian,

You need Flash or Silverlight plugin to stream from Wowza to IE9. Only Safari on iOS devices or Mac OSX support (Cupertino) streaming from Wowza with HTML5 video element

Richard

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**Author:** ![John\_West](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@John\_West](https://community.wowza.com/u/John_West)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/vod-streaming-via-html5-to-internet-explorer-9/36508/3 "2012-02-14T17:09:33Z")

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Hi Adam,

Yes, this is still the case in Wowza Server 3.

I’ll send you an email offline to better understand your own plans moving forward.

Yours,

John West

Sales @ Wowza

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**Author:** ![Adam\_Cohen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Adam\_Cohen](https://community.wowza.com/u/Adam_Cohen)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/vod-streaming-via-html5-to-internet-explorer-9/36508/4 "2012-02-14T12:45:53Z")

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> Arian,
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> You need Flash or Silverlight plugin to stream from Wowza to IE9. Only Safari on iOS devices or Mac OSX support (Cupertino) streaming from Wowza with HTML5 video element
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> Richard

Is this still the case or does Wowza 3 now support HTML5 video streaming on other platforms (Windows, Android etc.)?

Thanks,

Adam