On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 11:09:43PM +0100, Marc Joliet wrote > Am Tue, 17 Feb 2015 12:09:23 +0000 > schrieb Stroller <strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>: > > > > > On Sat, 14 February 2015, at 10:36 am, Marc Joliet <mar...@gmx.de> wrote: > > > > > Personally, I don't like that way of doing things, because unless you > > > you completely deactivate Flash, Youtube will stupidly never attempt > > > to use HTML5 videos > > > > YouTube have recently switched to HTML5 as the default: > > > > http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/27/7926001/youtube-drops-flash-for-html5-video-default > > Excellent :-) ! > > One minor(!) problem though: that does not include the current > Firefox 35 (they say they enabled HTML5 video for Firefox *betas*). > But starting with Firefox 36 I'll try running without FlashDisable > and see what it's like.
I'm running the Seamonkey-2.32 variant of Firefox, and Seamonkey is nowhere near Firefox beta. It seems to work on Youtube in HTML5. A few oddities, which may or may not be specific to Seamonkey... - It has only 2 resolutions... 360p... and "auto"... which gives 360p<G>. This is the case even for "1080p demo" videos. Mind you, the video quality looks (to me at least) a lot better than 360p on Flash looks. - There are 2 player sizes. "Default" is the standard size that you're used to in the upper left corner of the screen. "Theater Mode" expands to the full width of the browser. The vertical size scales to the proper height for the aspect ratio. However, it's not true fullscreen because you still see the browser frame/bars/etc, even if the browser is maximized. On some other HTML5 video demos, you can right click, and get a menu which includes a "Fullscreen" item that gives true fullscreen. But this does not appear on Youtube. - Last, but not least, the cpu load is a lot lower when playing HTML5 video than Flash video. This is important to me, because I'm trying to run my 7 and 1/2 year old Dell (Intel Core Duo) into the ground. It refuses to die. I have multiple Seamonkey profiles, dedicated to specific tasks (You can do this with Firefox, too). It's ironic that the first profile on which I can turn off Flash is my "youtube" profile. I still need Flash for NHL GameCentreLive, internet radio, etc. Your version of Firefox might HTML5 video now. Try it. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
