We’ve all known that Internet Explorer is the last one to support any new web browser feature. And while Firefox and Google Chrome are showing support to HTML5, Internet Explorer is busy playing in the sun. However, a genius dude called Christian Adams decided to roll up sleeves and provide a plugin for IE to support HTML5 <audio> and <video> tags.

Christian says that the plugin is currently in the ‘Technical Preview’ stage and supports only basic playback. Features like seeking, controls and HTML5 interfaces are yet to be incorporated.

The following video (courtesy Christian Adams shows HTML5 plugin in action. If you can’t see the video, your browser might not be supporting HTML5.

This plugin comes bundled with new version of Xiph.Org Ogg Codecs which you can download from the link below. While installing, make sure you check mark the option ‘HTML 5 <video> tag for Internet Explorer’. “Also, to enable <video> tag for Internet Explorer you need to add xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml/video" attribute”, Christian says.

Download Xiph.Org Ogg Codecs