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Tuesday, January 27, 2015
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  1. Greg MiernickiJanuary 27, 2015 at 2:15 PM

    So long flash... this is the last nail in your coffin.

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    1. Frank TellefsenJanuary 27, 2015 at 3:25 PM

      Let's not be too hard on Flash. Flash Pro CC remains one of the best design tools ever created. Photoshop for photos, Flash for web graphics, Illustrator for fine arts and Fireworks for kids.

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    2. Tim SheehanJanuary 28, 2015 at 5:13 AM

      Fireworks isn't for kids, it's a rapid web prototyping tool built for web designers. Photoshop is also one of the most commonly used tools for web graphics (if not THE most common), not just photo editing.

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    3. -January 28, 2015 at 11:39 AM

      Now let's bury iFrames.

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    4. Leo WattenbergJanuary 28, 2015 at 12:40 PM

      Congratulations Greg Miernicki, your profile picture is being selected automatically when sharing this post on social networks!

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    5. Thara GuxJanuary 29, 2015 at 5:09 AM

      Well if you ask me, it's about time you got rid of the cra*** stuff that's FlashPlayer, after many years shouting at Youtube for Flash-related problems I d'ont anymore...
      So thank's for that.

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    6. Ezekiel MejiaMay 3, 2015 at 10:41 AM

      Flash player will die eventually, but not Flash... LOL

      Flash Pro is the number one vector animation software. XD

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    7. Country BoyMay 29, 2015 at 3:46 PM

      Agree with you.

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  2. Maher BegJanuary 27, 2015 at 2:17 PM

    I'm amazed you launched with what is a major bug in your own browser: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=234779

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    1. andrew kingJanuary 28, 2015 at 3:50 AM

      It appears to be fixed as of the last version according to issue that your link was merged into. Current stable is 40, and 39 contained the fix.

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  3. Ivo ApostolovJanuary 27, 2015 at 3:16 PM

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  4. De-M-oNJanuary 27, 2015 at 4:21 PM

    And why is VP9 not at same bitrate like the h.264 to have better video quality? Your bitrates are too low with your fast encoding settings. 1080p shouldnt look that bad. your 4k quality at 3200x1800 resolution looks like your 1080p quality should look like. But it doesnt. your 4k quality at 3200x1800 resolution look fine if material isnt too complex. 2080x1170 @ 1440p looks decent as well if not too complex video. But 1080p and 720p look way too bad to call them HD. If VP9 is more efficient you could improve there by using that codec with same bitrates instead of using lower bitrates and have again videos with artefact madness.

    But I like your 60fps implementation. More video quality had more priority though, but the raised bitrates at 60fps video at least offer slightly better quality as well. I'm looking forward for 1440p60 and 4k60 though - because that are your better looking quality levels and if you raise the bitrate +50% there too, then it will be a further improve of them. But still I'm not satisfied with 720p and 1080p quality.

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    1. De-M-oNJanuary 27, 2015 at 5:12 PM

      read what I wrote. They use heavily reduced bitrates at VP9 compared to the h.264 videos.

      Why not staying at the SAME bitrate like currently with the h.264 videos? That way you would have better video quality due to the better encoding, but the same bitrate like before.
      But no - they want to stay with the artefact madness and reduce the bitrates with a more efficient encoding, instead of giving us the advantage of better video quality.

      720p looks very bad. Even worse than 1080p. And that doesnt have to be like this. Also not with your connection.

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    2. jadecolourJanuary 28, 2015 at 8:34 AM

      VP9 better than H.264 is a myth at least, to be more blunt, it's a lie. And it just cannot compete with HEVC. BTW, H.264 technology is now more than 10 years old.

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    3. De-M-oNJanuary 28, 2015 at 9:05 AM

      it wouldnt be a wonder if google has given his own codec better encoding settings than at their h.264 encodes too^^

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    4. Mathias Panzenböck (panzi)January 28, 2015 at 10:41 AM

      Ah yes. Sorry, read it wrong.

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    5. Leo WattenbergJanuary 28, 2015 at 12:43 PM

      @jadecolour: HEVC is h.265.

      VP9 is way better than h.264.

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    6. Liberal SeagullJanuary 28, 2015 at 4:25 PM

      Codec choice is more about who has to pay whose patent licensing fees than about performance.

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    7. Dileep YadavMay 26, 2015 at 5:45 AM

      720p looks very bad. Even worse than 1080p. And that doesnt have to be like this. Also not with your connection. ssc cgl 2015
      fifa u20 world cup 2015 live streaming

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  5. Klaatu von SchlackerJanuary 27, 2015 at 6:20 PM

    Well done! the less Flash in the world (and the more open source) the better!

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  6. Vineeth KuruvathJanuary 27, 2015 at 10:01 PM

    60fps yay!

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  7. Raoul GrosserJanuary 28, 2015 at 1:16 AM

    Finally, you set the first step for less flash!

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  8. Slann TonichJanuary 28, 2015 at 1:26 AM

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  9. Slann TonichJanuary 28, 2015 at 1:30 AM

    it's a magnificent advance. html5 not only means a big improvement in security and performance, but also a great accessibility improvement for blind and visually impaired users. youtube's video controls were not very blind-user friendly with flash, because screen readers cannot navigate propperly throug a flash obgect. html5 however, has controls based on standard buttons that are perfectly navigable by a screen reader.

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    1. Ezekiel MejiaMay 3, 2015 at 10:47 AM

      HTML5 Security sucks.... it's too new so it has holes everywhere... it's going to be a while.

      Flash had a upper hand because it patched up a lot of those holes.

      Eventually, HTML5 will do better in security, but that will take some time still.

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  10. Bipin NagJanuary 28, 2015 at 2:24 AM

    Agree with you. I want it badly. Another thing in chrome is that all pages load instantaneously on startup. On firefox it does not load until you click on a tab. This is why I switched to Firefox.

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  11. EdwardJanuary 28, 2015 at 9:57 AM

    Since Flash supported 3D viewing options and the HTML5 player does not, what are Youtube's plans for future 3D viewing? Is Youtube planning to drop 3D support or will Youtube have a solution for 3D forthcoming in the future?

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  12. Leo WattenbergJanuary 28, 2015 at 12:44 PM

    Questions about the API should be asked on Stackoverflow.

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  13. RomanJanuary 28, 2015 at 1:26 PM

    cool

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  14. mjedi7January 28, 2015 at 5:10 PM

    Goodbye flash nobody will miss you!

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  15. Josue MolinaJanuary 30, 2015 at 8:11 AM

    Nice!

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  16. MagladoJanuary 31, 2015 at 1:01 AM

    awesome!!

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  17. Larry SayteeJanuary 31, 2015 at 12:36 PM

    about time!

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    1. Ezekiel MejiaMay 3, 2015 at 10:51 AM

      HTML5 makes downloading videos as if they are images!! woot woot. lol

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  18. Alan DayJanuary 31, 2015 at 2:11 PM

    All the HTML5 plugins have stopped working in Chrome, & now all i get is YouTube playing videos in Flash & none of the HD formats work!

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  19. Wyll GonronFebruary 5, 2015 at 10:33 AM

    i hated it!! i can't use my 3D glasses anymore, what a STUPID idea!!

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  20. michel.memeteauFebruary 6, 2015 at 10:46 AM

    To pay people who will to be paid?

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  21. michel.memeteauFebruary 6, 2015 at 10:48 AM

    Ie11 mobile does not support mse imo (nor vp9)

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  22. mohamed elnashrtyFebruary 21, 2015 at 5:32 AM

    I need to know if this migration to HTML5 applied on all countries ?

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  23. agan vimaxMarch 11, 2015 at 8:37 PM

    nice post i like it for informations

    >>> Neosize xl <<<

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  24. Gabriel HenriqueMarch 12, 2015 at 5:12 PM

    Assiste esse video https://youtu.be/7-GlhJiVJd8

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  25. Gabriel HenriqueMarch 12, 2015 at 5:13 PM

    Assiste esse video https://youtu.be/7-GlhJiVJd8

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  26. cv.graha herbalMarch 16, 2015 at 11:36 PM

    thank for sharing

    thank for sharing

    >> Vimax Extender <<

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  27. Harry ManchandaMarch 22, 2015 at 8:49 AM

    what about the chromeless player

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  28. Jnanadas K KunjanApril 24, 2015 at 8:39 AM

    Likes..Well done.

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  29. Jnanadas K KunjanApril 27, 2015 at 12:00 AM

    VERY USEFUL.

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  31. Khasiat JellyJuly 12, 2015 at 8:41 PM

    your article is very interesting thanks you

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  32. Asmita NepalJuly 13, 2015 at 1:19 AM

    Love to read it, Pretty decision of Google to restrict it to a beta version Firefox at that. Serve it by default for any Firefox user, and give them the option to opt out to flash if they want it. thanks you

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