The issue isn't StageVideo itself, it's the state of drivers and hardware in the market. Even when the full HTML 5 player is released, a number of older browsers will still have to use the Flash due to a lack of HTML 5 support, and supporting that group of viewers will remain important." We understand that both the Adobe and Chrome teams have made substantial improvements since that time, and are interested in trying to move toward StageVideo again. Communication with other organizations that had tried (and then avoided) StageVideo made it clear these issues were not isolated, and a followup discussion with the Chrome team reinforced that position. The flash/driver incompatibility issues uncovered were extensive, and we had to roll it back due to a non-negligible percentage of viewers in the test group who could no longer watch video due to frame flickering. "We pushed out a A/B test with StageVideo around a year and a half ago. What Twitch staff member had to say on this topic
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