Am Tue, 17 Feb 2015 21:43:22 -0500 schrieb "Walter Dnes" <waltd...@waltdnes.org>:
> 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. Hmm, that's certainly an oddity. What about this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHO389dvj6Y. I get the choice between 360p and 720p. > - 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. I do get the fullscreen option, it appears right next to the "theater" mode button. > - 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. My Desktop is similarly old (Athlon64 X2 EE), but a couple of upgrades have kept it mostly pleasant to use, although one can "compensate" an old CPU only so much. As far as I remember the only things that have died so far are HDDs and PSUs (oh, and the original GPU!). > 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. It's not that it doesn't do HTML5 video, I've been using that ever since I noticed the "gstreamer" USE flag in December 2012 (/etc in git is nice ;)). It's just that I can't deactivate FlashDisable and expect YouTube to default to HTML5 videos yet (see the top of the quoted text above). FWIW, I *did* try it and still got the undesired behaviour (Youtube trying to use Flash). Hmm, maybe you're logged in to Youtube? Or maybe I didn't wait long enough after the "please activate your Flash plug-in" message? Or maybe they treat Seamonkey differently (but why?)? I suppose I'll try again later. -- Marc Joliet -- "People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we don't" - Bjarne Stroustrup
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