YouTube makes Flash door and pushes the default HTML5 video

Everyone hates Flash, right? You must install a plug-in, it consumes a lot of resources, it does not work on mobile, and finally it causes all kinds of security problems. In other words, it is good to throw in the trash. Yes, but here's the rub. During the emergence of it a few years websites, the designers wanted to liven things up a site. And this is where Flash was born, now leaving chaos on some sites. YouTube has worked hard for several years now to get rid of the old plug-in Adobe Web and whereas all Site slowly migrated to dispense with Flash, YouTube today announced that it will eventually push the default HTML5 video playback . Chrome users, IE 11, Safari 8, and "beta versions of Firefox" will no longer need Flash to go to YouTube.

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The transition from YouTube seems to have been quite simple. There are four years, the giant online video has established a white list of problems she encountered with HTML5 technology, and now writes a new article explaining how he worked with the Web community to solve each problem.

Place VP9
The MediaSource extensions have added the adaptivity as to speed on YouTube, which can change the video quality on the fly without having to stop and rebuffer video. YouTube says that this action has reduced the buffer by "50% globally and 80% in highly congested networks" .

YouTube wanted a standard video codec supported by all browsers, but the browser world is currently divided between the VP9 Google codec that appeared as a result of the acquisition of On2 Technologies by the search giant, and H.264. Naturally, YouTube preferred using VP9 , highlighting that it reduces (massively) YouTube bandpass 35% on average and that the videos are in charge "15 to 80% faster."

DRM is a key element that many content creators are asking, but it's something the HTML5 video standard can offer. This was probably the main reason why YouTube is stuck with Flash, and that Netflix is ​​found locked using Silverlight.

Finally, the WebRTC technology, often mentioned in the BlogNT allows YouTube to create recordings and live broadcast.

Here's how YouTube wind drive another nail in the coffin Flash . The platform will be there for some cases of very specific use, but I hope we can banish all of our browsers quickly.
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