Where Does HTML5 Not Beat Flash?

Youtube posted a strong argument in favor of Flash that will certainly weigh in on what we have dubbed the war against Flash.   In the official Youtube blog, the company outlined the argument for the Flash and the HTML5 <video> tag comparison and stated reasons for Flash to remain dominant for the near future.

Youtube stated that they have "very exicted" about the HTML 5 movement and, with it, the emerging web standards. However, they feel that Flash will be critical to the distribution of video content over the web.

Some of the reasons for Youtube's reliance on Flash include:

• Flash chops down on the number of formats that YouTube needs to encode.
• Flash allows  Robust video streaming: “fine control over buffering and dynamic quality control”
• Flash offers video content protection
• Encapsulation and embedding ... sending extra data with your video
• Fullscreen video
• Microphone & camera access

Source: JUNE 29, 2010,  https://apiblog.youtube.com/2010/06/flash-and-html5-tag.html