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> YouTube has html5 support, for example. Not for videos with ads such as most successful channels.
by patrickaljord 15y ago
> YouTube has html5 support, for example.
Not for videos with ads such as most successful channels.
- melling 15y agoWhich ads? Those rectangular ones in the bottom middle? I checked and I just got one. Maybe it only works in full screen mode? I've tried to go without Flash a few times in the past and my subscriptions would have problems. Things seem quite good these days.
- JoshTriplett 15y agoWhile this solution obviously won't work for most users, personally I just reach for youtube-dl (http://rg3.github.com/youtube-dl/ http://rg3.github.com/youtube-dl/) when I run into a video that YouTube won't serve with the HTML5 player. No flash, no ads, and no buffering.
- lloeki 15y agoSafari's ClickToFlash/ClickToPlugin is absolutely awesome as it replaces the basic placeholder with a (apparently QuickTime X) player with an overlay offering source format selection (including Flash object, and a download option). Chrome has a similar plugin, although less advanced (and generally more flaky). Firefox's FlashBlock is so limited and looks like a stab in the eye in comparison.
- tikhonj 15y agoGnash--the free flash movie player--plays those YouTube videos fine. Except it doesn't show the ads :) It doesn't really work for almost anything else expecting flash though.