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