YouTube doesn't suck ... finally.

pinki104 · 11 Feb 2010 at 00:03

and there planning to fix it in all browsers now ?

"andy" · 11 Feb 2010 at 00:46

still doesnt get round the problem of why flash is so bad on osx. it really isnt all that terrible on windoze. could be a long time before other video sites and things like iplayers catch up to html5

whats chrome like on osx and is this new youtube working good on it ? i use firefox at the moment but spend a lot of time on youtube so will it be worth a swap ?

Nash · 11 Feb 2010 at 00:49

Does HTML5 support encryption that I assume things like the BBC's iPlayer require?

Slogan · 11 Feb 2010 at 02:00

"andy" said:
still doesnt get round the problem of why flash is so bad on osx. it really isnt all that terrible on windoze.

The same reason iTunes on Mac is better than it is on Windows. And why Adobe haven't made the CS4 Mac Suite 64-bit, it's all priority.

I'm liking the direction that things are taking - Apple have really taken flak for the lack of Flash in their mobile products but it's making people question their need for Flash.

Personally I very rarely use it and could probably do without it. Sure YouTube is using Flash but that's only a front end to what is h.264 video.

RobH · 11 Feb 2010 at 17:37

Nash said:
Does HTML5 support encryption that I assume things like the BBC's iPlayer require?

It would be the video codec supporting the encryption rather than HTML5. Also iPlayer only uses encryption (DRM) for the desktop software, the Flash player and iPhone streams are completely unencrypted. Another difficulty lies with the need for an open codec.

Spyhop · 11 Feb 2010 at 19:27

I think people overdo it a bit on how bad Flash is on OS X. Yes, it's worse than it is on Windows, but it's not a complete trainwreck.

I doubt users who aren't blog-reading-internauts, the majority, have any complaints with it.

JAMAL · 12 Feb 2010 at 13:09

wush said:
I think people overdo it a bit on how bad Flash is on OS X. Yes, it's worse than it is on Windows, but it's not a complete trainwreck.

I doubt users who aren't blog-reading-internauts, the majority, have any complaints with it.

I don't like the fact that it makes my fan go all noisey on my unibody, im used to the silence!

bigredshark · 12 Feb 2010 at 13:36

People still watch iplayer on the site...??

cough

http://linuxcentre.net/getiplayer

cough

Now I'll download what I want and watch it when I want without the bloody DRM thanks...

MikeHunt79 · 12 Feb 2010 at 14:34

bigredshark said:
People still watch iplayer on the site...??

cough

http://linuxcentre.net/getiplayer

cough

Now I'll download what I want and watch it when I want without the bloody DRM thanks...

Nice, didn't know of this. My BB slows to a crawl sometimes, making iplayer useless, thanks.

bigredshark · 12 Feb 2010 at 16:46

It'll grab the h264 nice and easily or with flvstreamer you can rip the HD flash videos into a friendlier format, which is what I prefer to do...