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Will HTML5 become the new Flash?

  • 02-05-2012 10:37pm
    #1
    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭


    I'm sick of not being able to view a lot of movies and tv shows on my iPhone because it doesn't have flash.
    And considering the iPhone and iPad's popularity is growing rapidly, will HTML5 replace Flash altogether and become more of the standard format for online movies etc?


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  • #2
    BrianD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,221 ✭✭✭BrianD


    HTML5 is a standard that will take a while to be fully adopted.

    The problem is that flash is cheap and works on just about everything else.


  • #3
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,680 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    A lot of websites have already adopted HTML5. I don't come across nearly as much Flash content as I used to. I haven't even got Flash installed on my MBA. But Flash is so bad on the Mac that I've been avoiding it for years anyway.


  • #4
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    1ZRed wrote: »
    Will HTML5 become the new Flash?
    HTML5 will become the new a lot of things. Including Flash.

    But if you're talking about video, then standards are a while away from being set. In the interim an awful lot of media is being encoded for multiple (including Apple) devices, which is a situation that won't last. Content providers want consolidation and it won't be Flash.


  • #5
    The Mad Hatter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,718 ✭✭✭The Mad Hatter


    Sad Professor wrote: »
    A lot of websites have already adopted HTML5. I don't come across nearly as much Flash content as I used to. I haven't even got Flash installed on my MBA. But Flash is so bad on the Mac that I've been avoiding it for years anyway.

    What's annoying me is that YouTube runs fine on my iPad, but since I've uninstalled Flash I have to launch Chrome every time I want to watch a video on my Mac. I find myself wondering if forcing Flash on home computers is Google's play to push people towards Chrome.


  • #6
    Sad Professor
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    The Mad Hatter wrote: »
    What's annoying me is that YouTube runs fine on my iPad, but since I've uninstalled Flash I have to launch Chrome every time I want to watch a video on my Mac. I find myself wondering if forcing Flash on home computers is Google's play to push people towards Chrome.

    You can force HTML5 Youtube videos to load on Safari using Youtube5. ClicktoFlash will do this as well.

    You should also make sure you've joined the Youtube HTML5 trial.


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  • #7
    The Mad Hatter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,718 ✭✭✭The Mad Hatter


    Sad Professor wrote: »
    You can force HTML5 Youtube videos to load on Safari using Youtube5. ClicktoFlash will do this as well.

    You should also make sure you've joined the Youtube HTML5 trial.

    Hm, that's funny - I was sure that Google had discontinued the HTML5 trial. Much obliged.


  • #8
    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭1ZRed


    Where can I watch movies and tv shows on my iPhone? I can't seem to find any other format but flash, no HTML5 nothing, just flash.


  • #9
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,533 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    1ZRed wrote: »
    Where can I watch movies and tv shows on my iPhone? I can't seem to find any other format but flash, no HTML5 nothing, just flash.

    What websites are you going to?

    You need aps not looking at flash websites. Likes of Netflix & You Tube etc all have apps.

    I can't remember the last time Flash caused me a problem.


  • #10
    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭1ZRed


    murpho999 wrote: »
    1ZRed wrote: »
    Where can I watch movies and tv shows on my iPhone? I can't seem to find any other format but flash, no HTML5 nothing, just flash.

    What websites are you going to?

    You need aps not looking at flash websites. Likes of Netflix & You Tube etc all have apps.

    I can't remember the last time Flash caused me a problem.

    You can't watch movies or most tv shows on YouTube and the selection on Netflix is terrible.

    As far as websites go, just random flash based ones you find when you type in "watch inception online" for example.

    I'm surprised you haven't run into problems. I'm strictly speaking for iOS devices not mac.


  • #11
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,533 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    1ZRed wrote: »
    You can't watch movies or most tv shows on YouTube and the selection on Netflix is terrible.

    As far as websites go, just random flash based ones you find when you type in "watch inception online" for example.

    I'm surprised you haven't run into problems. I'm strictly speaking for iOS devices not mac.

    I just gave 'You Tube' and 'Netflix' as examples of apps that you can watch videos on.

    I don't watch streamed movies on websites, but you can also just download them, save as MP4 and watch on your device.


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  • #12
    Sad Professor
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    1ZRed wrote: »
    Where can I watch movies and tv shows on my iPhone? I can't seem to find any other format but flash, no HTML5 nothing, just flash.

    There are movies on the iTunes Store. If you want a better selection, including TV shows, buy some US iTunes vouchers and use the US store.


  • #13
    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭1ZRed


    murpho999 wrote: »
    1ZRed wrote: »
    You can't watch movies or most tv shows on YouTube and the selection on Netflix is terrible.

    As far as websites go, just random flash based ones you find when you type in "watch inception online" for example.

    I'm surprised you haven't run into problems. I'm strictly speaking for iOS devices not mac.

    I just gave 'You Tube' and 'Netflix' as examples of apps that you can watch videos on.

    I don't watch streamed movies on websites, but you can also just download them, save as MP4 and watch on your device.

    When I can I'll watch tv off an app like 4oD but I should have specified that I want to stream movies and tv shows.

    I don't want to go to all that effort of downloading an MP4, is there any other way?
    I have no intension of paying for these things like you would on iTunes!:p


  • #14
    andy1249
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,378 ✭✭✭andy1249


    When I can I'll watch tv off an app like 4oD but I should have specified that I want to stream movies and tv shows.

    I don't want to go to all that effort of downloading an MP4, is there any other way?
    I have no intension of paying for these things like you would on iTunes!

    I dont know if youve seen the headlines lately about ISP's being forced to block torrent sites and anything else containing illegal content , but the Golden age of Media Stealing is over !

    No site would last five minutes these days while "streaming" stolen content , so your left with hunting down files on bitlocker sites , which are being picked off one by one by the content providers , the owners being hounded all over the world with US extradition orders.

    Megaupload being a prime example.

    So , you want Stolen content without you having any risk or work to do for it ?
    Pull the other one mate , either open your wallet or wait for it to come on the Telly !!


  • #15
    mdwexford
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,280 ✭✭✭✭mdwexford


    andy1249 wrote: »
    I dont know if youve seen the headlines lately about ISP's being forced to block torrent sites and anything else containing illegal content , but the Golden age of Media Stealing is over !!

    lol it's so not.


  • #16
    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭1ZRed


    mdwexford wrote: »
    andy1249 wrote: »
    I dont know if youve seen the headlines lately about ISP's being forced to block torrent sites and anything else containing illegal content , but the Golden age of Media Stealing is over !!

    lol it's so not.

    Haha I know! I just typed in some random movies to stream and I got millions of different sources.
    I've spent a long time googling things so its not looking too good unfortunately:(
    Could someone give me some sites to watch please?:)


  • #17
    The Mad Hatter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,718 ✭✭✭The Mad Hatter


    "Free movie" streaming sites are a great way to install malware onto your machine. The owners of these sites aren't eager to move to HTML5 because Flash is riddled with security holes and easier to exploit and install said malware.


  • #18
    Tazium
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 904 ✭✭✭Tazium


    There will always be ways to share media. There was a shift just some short time ago to using icompatible h.264 encodings of tv show rips for example. Sure the encoder is better but the reality is that it's even easier to get popular shows straight onto the device without any conversion or third party apps. A download and sync or directly on the device itself.

    Flash will end. Adobe themselves have said it, I won't miss it really. Click to flash on Chrome (windows or apple) gets around most of the annoyances.

    Apples reasons for not supporting it are the vulnerabilities and the battery sucking properties of the software. Even this weekend there is an emergency patch for flash. It's really just becoming a pain. The sooner it's gone and properly replaced the better.


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