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YouTube officially drops Flash in favor of HTML 5

Matthew Wilson January 28, 2015 General Tech

Adobe Flash used to be a key component to watching video on the web, those days have gone and Flash has now become even less relevant as YouTube has officially dropped the standard video format as its default and is moving  over to HTML 5.

HTML 5 has been around for a while and has slowly been incorporated in to many sites, reducing the need for Adobe Flash software. HTML 5 will now be the default video delivery method for video streams in Internet Explorer 11, Google Chrome, the latest version of Firefox and Safari 8.

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HTML is also better suited for smartphones and tablets, which generally lack Flash support. On YouTube's blog, one of the Engineering Managers for the site, Richard Leider, said that HTML 5's use of adaptive bitrate played a big part in choosing it as the new default standard for video.

YouTube will also be able to make use of the VP9 codec with HTML 5 which allows for 4K 60 fps video playback.

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6 comments

  1. Alistair Hardy
    January 28, 2015 at 3:36 pm

    good. I hate it when Fash crash’s in Firefox…. happens far too often as well.

  2. Mechased
    January 28, 2015 at 3:45 pm

    Is it the reason why youtube’s slow or it’s just on me?

  3. DeNeDe
    January 28, 2015 at 4:37 pm

    HTML5 rulez.. way better than Flash

  4. Amine Boucherit
    January 28, 2015 at 5:34 pm

    what about H.265 ?

  5. Allexio
    January 29, 2015 at 4:58 pm

    still waiting for the youtube app on my hone to allow me turn off display without turning off audio.

  6. Harvey
    January 31, 2015 at 12:15 am

    Its not a free codec which is why VP9 is used

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