Differences between the HTML tags of embed, object, and video?

Question

What are the technical differences between those three tags and why would someone use one over the other? In HTML 4 why did embed fall out of favor and have object replace it, only to come back into favor in HTML 5 and object being left behind? Is it true that the wmv format doesn't work with the video tag?

Solution

This might help: http://www.stoimen.com/blog/2009/02/22/html-object-and-embed-tags/

As for the video tag, WMVs wont always work because if you're on a Mac you would have to install a plugin

Comments

[d512]

that link is dead

[owlyfool]

thats why links are always discouraged on here