Prefer HTML5 over flash player? (mainly youtube)
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soukyuu last edited by
Opera seems to prefer using adobe flash player on youtube for me. If I disable it via about://plugins, youtube loads the HTML5 player. I would like opera to behave like chromium and prefer HTML5 over flash - mostly because flash doesn't offer the 60fps option. Is there a way to do that? I can't seem to see any related setting on youtube itself.
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avl Opera last edited by
Hi soukyuu, this is not something the browser decides - it's Google/YouTube that decides who gets served what, and indeed they serve Opera Flash videos by default, while serving HTML5 videos to Chrome by default. As @gustavwiz said you should be able to change your settings at https://www.youtube.com/html5 .
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A Former User last edited by
Opera seems to prefer using adobe flash player on youtube for me. If I disable it via about://plugins, youtube loads the HTML5 player. I would like opera to behave like chromium and prefer HTML5 over flash - mostly because flash doesn't offer the 60fps option. Is there a way to do that? I can't seem to see any related setting on youtube itself.
For me (Opera 31 on Ubuntu Trusty 32 bits) it's the opposite, it only wants HTML5 and won't play Flash.
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gustavwiz last edited by
@hibou57
For me (Opera 31 on Ubuntu Trusty 32 bits) it's the opposite, it only wants HTML5 and won't play Flash.
Good then.
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A Former User last edited by
Good then.
I would like to fully agree, but it's only half of it: every time someone on a forum post a DailyMotion link (the same with Vimeo), I can just say “Oh, no…” or else open Firefox. That's also an issue with audio file players on websites (including my own forum).
Except that, I agree HTML5 video should be better. For HTML5 audio players, I will have a look at it (I don't enjoy using video for audio only).
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gustavwiz last edited by
@hibou57:
Is Flash working at all? Have you installed flash? If so, how have you installed it?
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A Former User last edited by
@hibou57:
Is Flash working at all? Have you installed flash? If so, how have you installed it?Yes, Flash is installed in the environment, as can be witnessed using Opera Presto and Firefox. I installed it using Ubuntu's package manager.
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A Former User last edited by
What package is it? There are several.
I have
flashplugin-installerversion11.2.202.466ubuntu0.14.04.1 -
gustavwiz last edited by
@hibou57:
That explains it. You should have the package pepperflashplugin-nonfree in order to get flash working in Opera.
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A Former User last edited by
That explains it. You should have the package pepperflashplugin-nonfree in order to get flash working in Opera.
Okay… thanks. Now DailyMotion works. I did not knew about PepperFlash.
Also, I checked Opera Blink still prefers HTML5 video for YouTube (good point, it did not break anything standard).
