<![CDATA[Prefer HTML5 over flash player? (mainly youtube)]]>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.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/10100/prefer-html5-over-flash-player-mainly-youtubeRSS for NodeFri, 13 Mar 2026 14:22:23 GMTMon, 01 Jun 2015 16:39:13 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Prefer HTML5 over flash player? (mainly youtube) on Fri, 19 Jun 2015 16:54:40 GMT]]>

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).

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/78280https://forums.opera.com/post/78280Fri, 19 Jun 2015 16:54:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Prefer HTML5 over flash player? (mainly youtube) on Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:41:31 GMT]]>@hibou57:

That explains it. You should have the package pepperflashplugin-nonfree in order to get flash working in Opera.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/78187https://forums.opera.com/post/78187Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:41:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Prefer HTML5 over flash player? (mainly youtube) on Thu, 18 Jun 2015 01:35:53 GMT]]>

What package is it? There are several.

I have flashplugin-installer version 11.2.202.466ubuntu0.14.04.1

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/78161https://forums.opera.com/post/78161Thu, 18 Jun 2015 01:35:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Prefer HTML5 over flash player? (mainly youtube) on Wed, 17 Jun 2015 21:09:35 GMT]]>By default Youtube will serve Opera (at least from 30) with the html5 player.

Some people may be getting the flash player because of the fix for an issue in Opera Stable.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/78149https://forums.opera.com/post/78149Wed, 17 Jun 2015 21:09:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Prefer HTML5 over flash player? (mainly youtube) on Wed, 17 Jun 2015 17:56:50 GMT]]>@hibou57:

What package is it? There are several.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/78130https://forums.opera.com/post/78130Wed, 17 Jun 2015 17:56:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Prefer HTML5 over flash player? (mainly youtube) on Wed, 17 Jun 2015 15:07:48 GMT]]>

@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.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/78120https://forums.opera.com/post/78120Wed, 17 Jun 2015 15:07:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Prefer HTML5 over flash player? (mainly youtube) on Wed, 17 Jun 2015 14:53:37 GMT]]>@hibou57:

Is Flash working at all? Have you installed flash? If so, how have you installed it?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/78118https://forums.opera.com/post/78118Wed, 17 Jun 2015 14:53:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Prefer HTML5 over flash player? (mainly youtube) on Wed, 17 Jun 2015 13:23:54 GMT]]>

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).

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/78110https://forums.opera.com/post/78110Wed, 17 Jun 2015 13:23:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Prefer HTML5 over flash player? (mainly youtube) on Wed, 17 Jun 2015 09:05:29 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/78091https://forums.opera.com/post/78091Wed, 17 Jun 2015 09:05:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Prefer HTML5 over flash player? (mainly youtube) on Wed, 17 Jun 2015 03:32:09 GMT]]>

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.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/78078https://forums.opera.com/post/78078Wed, 17 Jun 2015 03:32:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Prefer HTML5 over flash player? (mainly youtube) on Tue, 02 Jun 2015 11:56:01 GMT]]>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 .

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/76543https://forums.opera.com/post/76543Tue, 02 Jun 2015 11:56:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Prefer HTML5 over flash player? (mainly youtube) on Mon, 01 Jun 2015 17:40:36 GMT]]>https://www.youtube.com/html5

Does this not work?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/76481https://forums.opera.com/post/76481Mon, 01 Jun 2015 17:40:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Prefer HTML5 over flash player? (mainly youtube) on Mon, 01 Jun 2015 16:48:31 GMT]]>http://www.guidingtech.com/35075/force-html5-videos/

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/76471https://forums.opera.com/post/76471Mon, 01 Jun 2015 16:48:31 GMT