[aklug] YouTube HTML5

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I'm basically just documenting this so I don't forget later... but
thought someone on this list might benefit:

What I did to try YouTube HTML5:

1. Downloaded a nightly build of Firefox, which is "WebM" capable.

http://nightly.mozilla.org/

2. Turned on HTML 5 beta mode at YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/html5

3. Did a YouTube video search. (In my case, I searched for the keyword
"Linux".)

4. After getting the results, altered the results by adding "&webm=1" to
the end of the page URL and reloading.

5. Clicked on a video. First, an HTML5 icon appeared, then the video played.

I know it was not played by Flash Player, because I had uninstalled
Flash player after a sobering look at the new license for Flash Player
10. (Side note: I'm about to give gnash a try, but I am aware that gnash
can't play some YouTube videos.)

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Christopher Howard
http://linuxprogrammingforums.com
http://indicium.us
http://theologia.indicium.us

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Received on Wed Jun 16 12:02:19 2010