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    Safari - HTML5

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Jitto, Jan 8, 2011.

  1. Jitto

    Jitto Notebook Consultant

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    Hey guys,

    Is there any way of forcing safari to use HTML5 for all flash videos, apart from switching the user-agent to ipad? When I say flash videos Im not only referring to youtube but pretty much every possible flash video there is on the net.
     
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    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    thats not something you can convert on the fly in a web browser, it has to be done by the website with the videos.
     
    doh123, Jan 8, 2011
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  3. Jitto

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    oh cool. thanks for that
     
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    If it for youtube, you can try the HTML5 trial here:

    www.youtube.com/HTML5

    This will load most videos in HTML5. However videos with ads will still play using flash. It will tell you under a video if its playing a HTML5 version or not.

    I also use 'ClicktoFlash'. This stops all Flash content from loading until you click on it. Works great and has increased my battery life a hell of a lot!
     
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    Thanks for the reply mate. I use click to flash as well. I was already using the youtube html5 trial and like you said some actually play in flash. SO i got ahold of an extension called youtube5 which actually forces pretty much every video to play on html5. Not sure if it works on those with commercial's though
     
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    i like using the user-agent to ipad for youtube. youtube5 and click to flash laggs on some videos.
     
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    I also experience a small lag but nothing significant i'd say. i tried the user agent setting. But the annoying thing is i Have to set it to the ipad option every time i view a webpage with flash content so that i can view it on html5. do you know if there is anyway to set the ipad version as default?
     
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    I think this article has more info about it. Scrap Flash, get HTML5 video in Safari on your Mac | MacFixIt - CNET Reviews
     
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    thanks for that
     
    Jitto, Jan 9, 2011
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