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Show HN: HTML5 Flash Warning Fix for YouTube

23 points by niftylettuce 14y ago

Nux 14y ago
This seems only for Chrome. Any recommendations for Firefox?
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  - Nux 14y ago
    Oh, nice!
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niftylettuce 14y ago
Use the Source Luke: https://github.com/niftylettuce/youtube-html5-flash-warning-fix https://github.com/niftylettuce/youtube-html5-flash-warning-...
lukeholder 14y ago
Or just visit http://www.youtube.com/html5 http://www.youtube.com/html5 and set your options to html5 all the thing.
- niftylettuce 14y ago
  nope. that doesn't work :) even applying &html5=1 to video GET query strings doesn't work either on most videos i took this screenshot http://i.imgur.com/GYhj4.png http://i.imgur.com/GYhj4.png - which shows that html5 trial enabled still doesn't fix the issue, the only fix is the extension right now :)
  - lukeholder 14y ago
    works for me!
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    - niftylettuce 14y ago
      are you using chrome? have you tried multiple videos? do you have flash disabled? edit: i've confirmed with multiple users that this extension is the only solution to chrome w/flash disabled
      - lukeholder 14y ago
        send me any link.
  - tuananh 14y ago
    i can confirm this. i have joined html5 trial but some videos still refuse to work. this extension seems to fix that.
    - afhof 14y ago
      I believe it doesn't work for videos that have ads attached. https://www.youtube.com/html5 https://www.youtube.com/html5
      - Yaggo 14y ago
        Videos with ads play perfectly fine with mobile clients (i.e. without Flash) or with Desktop browser faking mobile UA string, so there are no technical limitations.
  - jjcm 14y ago
    Same. If I reapply my html5 settings, it seems to work for a few videos then reverts back to flash.
- Yaggo 14y ago
  As people have pointed out, even if you have opted-in for html5 videos in settings page and have perfectly html5 capable browser, Youtube refures to play some content in html5 player unless you switch your UA e.g. to iPad (so the html5 version clearly exists). (Edit: this happens at least with Safari on OS X (not having WebM support), not sure about Chrome, which of course plays WebM as well.) This is seriously lame act from Youtube. Anybody from Youtube/Google can explain?
  - lloeki 14y ago
    On desktop it does not fall forward to html5 when there are ads. Or rather, it falls back to Flash to display ads. Sometimes it seems it thinks ads might be displayed and refuses to use html5.
    - Yaggo 14y ago
      The problem is that it if you (like me) have no Flash installed, it is impossible to play certain videos, unless you switch UA string (i.e. the limitation is artificial).
mauricesvay 14y ago
How about a Safari extension?
- niftylettuce 14y ago
  check back here in like 10 minutes or so edit: just waiting a few more mins on the CSR stuff
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- tuananh 14y ago
  There's Youtube5 extension for safari.
- carlob 14y ago
  ClickToPlugin works like a charm on Safari (and it removes all video ads as a side effect). I'm not in any way affiliated with the developer of ClickToPlugin, I've just been using it to the effect described by OP for some time and it's the only thing that's been keeping me on Safari for a while.
afhof 14y ago
Please port this to Firefox! The /only/ time I open up Chrome is to view a Youtube link someone sent me.
- niftylettuce 14y ago
  I will have this ported to every single browser in just a few minutes. Please stand by.
- cake 14y ago
  I've decided I won't install the flash player plugin anymore. So it's neither on my home or work computer and I just have to use Chrome for some of the Youtube or Vimeo videos.
jerrya 14y ago
So I like this extension as I prefer html5 videos. But here is a video that either has no html5 version, or for some reason the extension is failing to find it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uVRvilzyG4&feature=player_embedded https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uVRvilzyG4&feature=play... (a video of Kelly Clarkson singing to Star Trek stuff (that popped up in the sidebar.)) I am not sure what the appropriate behavior is -- I think if there is no html5 video, I would prefer to see the flash video, but with the extension loaded, there is just a warning that the video is restricted from playback.
- niftylettuce 14y ago
  basically the extension takes the embed script and uses Zepto (or jQuery for the other extensions I'm releasing now) to replace the flash warning vid box with the embedded script set to fixed width/height
  - jQueryIsAwesome 14y ago
    The implementation is just wrong; this extension will prevent the playback of any video that have playback disabled for third-party websites; because using an iframe makes youtube believes that you are watching the video on another site.
    - niftylettuce 14y ago
      hmm
      - jQueryIsAwesome 14y ago
        1) Don't call me bro; I am pretty sure we are not relatives. 2) You don't understood what i said; when you change #watch-player for an iframe it wrongly believes you are watching it from a third-party website when in fact you are watching it from youtube.com itself. So many videos become unwatchable because those are configured to be watched only in youtube.com Example: http://i.imgur.com/TZpWp.jpg http://i.imgur.com/TZpWp.jpg (Translation: EMG doesn't want you to watch this outside youtube.com)
niftylettuce 14y ago
well, crossrider is taking a while to update the latest package, i will post back as soon once its done. extensions soon to be released: - firefox - safari - internet explorer
vamur 14y ago
Finally, HTML5 for Youtube that works on all videos. Not sure why it's taking Google so long to move Youtube to HTML5.

23 points by niftylettuce 14y ago

Nux 14y ago

This seems only for Chrome. Any recommendations for Firefox?

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- Nux 14y ago
  Oh, nice!

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niftylettuce 14y ago

Use the Source Luke: https://github.com/niftylettuce/youtube-html5-flash-warning-fix https://github.com/niftylettuce/youtube-html5-flash-warning-...

lukeholder 14y ago

Or just visit http://www.youtube.com/html5 http://www.youtube.com/html5 and set your options to html5 all the thing.

niftylettuce 14y ago
nope. that doesn't work :) even applying &html5=1 to video GET query strings doesn't work either on most videos i took this screenshot http://i.imgur.com/GYhj4.png http://i.imgur.com/GYhj4.png - which shows that html5 trial enabled still doesn't fix the issue, the only fix is the extension right now :)
- lukeholder 14y ago
  works for me!
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  - niftylettuce 14y ago
    are you using chrome? have you tried multiple videos? do you have flash disabled? edit: i've confirmed with multiple users that this extension is the only solution to chrome w/flash disabled
    - lukeholder 14y ago
      send me any link.
- tuananh 14y ago
  i can confirm this. i have joined html5 trial but some videos still refuse to work. this extension seems to fix that.
  - afhof 14y ago
    I believe it doesn't work for videos that have ads attached. https://www.youtube.com/html5 https://www.youtube.com/html5
    - Yaggo 14y ago
      Videos with ads play perfectly fine with mobile clients (i.e. without Flash) or with Desktop browser faking mobile UA string, so there are no technical limitations.
- jjcm 14y ago
  Same. If I reapply my html5 settings, it seems to work for a few videos then reverts back to flash.
Yaggo 14y ago
As people have pointed out, even if you have opted-in for html5 videos in settings page and have perfectly html5 capable browser, Youtube refures to play some content in html5 player unless you switch your UA e.g. to iPad (so the html5 version clearly exists). (Edit: this happens at least with Safari on OS X (not having WebM support), not sure about Chrome, which of course plays WebM as well.) This is seriously lame act from Youtube. Anybody from Youtube/Google can explain?
- lloeki 14y ago
  On desktop it does not fall forward to html5 when there are ads. Or rather, it falls back to Flash to display ads. Sometimes it seems it thinks ads might be displayed and refuses to use html5.
  - Yaggo 14y ago
    The problem is that it if you (like me) have no Flash installed, it is impossible to play certain videos, unless you switch UA string (i.e. the limitation is artificial).

mauricesvay 14y ago

How about a Safari extension?

niftylettuce 14y ago
check back here in like 10 minutes or so edit: just waiting a few more mins on the CSR stuff
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  [deleted]
tuananh 14y ago
There's Youtube5 extension for safari.
carlob 14y ago
ClickToPlugin works like a charm on Safari (and it removes all video ads as a side effect). I'm not in any way affiliated with the developer of ClickToPlugin, I've just been using it to the effect described by OP for some time and it's the only thing that's been keeping me on Safari for a while.

afhof 14y ago

Please port this to Firefox! The /only/ time I open up Chrome is to view a Youtube link someone sent me.

niftylettuce 14y ago
I will have this ported to every single browser in just a few minutes. Please stand by.
cake 14y ago
I've decided I won't install the flash player plugin anymore. So it's neither on my home or work computer and I just have to use Chrome for some of the Youtube or Vimeo videos.

jerrya 14y ago

So I like this extension as I prefer html5 videos. But here is a video that either has no html5 version, or for some reason the extension is failing to find it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uVRvilzyG4&feature=player_embedded https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uVRvilzyG4&feature=play... (a video of Kelly Clarkson singing to Star Trek stuff (that popped up in the sidebar.)) I am not sure what the appropriate behavior is -- I think if there is no html5 video, I would prefer to see the flash video, but with the extension loaded, there is just a warning that the video is restricted from playback.

niftylettuce 14y ago
basically the extension takes the embed script and uses Zepto (or jQuery for the other extensions I'm releasing now) to replace the flash warning vid box with the embedded script set to fixed width/height
- jQueryIsAwesome 14y ago
  The implementation is just wrong; this extension will prevent the playback of any video that have playback disabled for third-party websites; because using an iframe makes youtube believes that you are watching the video on another site.
  - niftylettuce 14y ago
    hmm
    - jQueryIsAwesome 14y ago
      1) Don't call me bro; I am pretty sure we are not relatives. 2) You don't understood what i said; when you change #watch-player for an iframe it wrongly believes you are watching it from a third-party website when in fact you are watching it from youtube.com itself. So many videos become unwatchable because those are configured to be watched only in youtube.com Example: http://i.imgur.com/TZpWp.jpg http://i.imgur.com/TZpWp.jpg (Translation: EMG doesn't want you to watch this outside youtube.com)

niftylettuce 14y ago

well, crossrider is taking a while to update the latest package, i will post back as soon once its done. extensions soon to be released: - firefox - safari - internet explorer

vamur 14y ago

Finally, HTML5 for Youtube that works on all videos. Not sure why it's taking Google so long to move Youtube to HTML5.