Users' questions / August 10, 2019

How can I watch live streams without Flash Player?

You’ll need to sign into a valid YouTube/Google account and then head to Youtube.com/html5 and click the “Join the HTML5 beta” link at the bottom. From then on, the majority of YouTube’s videos that can support no-Flash streaming will play inside a strikingly similar video player.

How can I view Flash content without Flash Player?

While Adobe has dropped support for Flash, you can still download Adobe Flash Player as a standalone player for your PC and Mac. To play SWF Flash files on your PC without a browser, you’ll need to download the Flash Player projector content debugger from Adobe.

What will Google use instead of Flash Player?

By the end of this year Chrome will begin ignoring Flash as Google takes another step towards removing the “final Plugin” by replacing Flash with HTML5. It is well known that any modern Web based media streaming technology should default to using HTML5 over Flash Players.

Will YouTube still work without Flash Player?

YouTube today announced it has finally stopped using Adobe Flash by default. The site now uses its HTML5 video player by default in Google’s Chrome, Microsoft’s IE11, Apple’s Safari 8, and in beta versions of Mozilla’s Firefox browser. At the same time, YouTube is now also defaulting to its HTML5 player on the web.

What does YouTube use instead of Flash?

HTML5 video
YouTube today announced it has finally stopped using Adobe Flash by default. The site now uses its HTML5 video player by default in Google’s Chrome, Microsoft’s IE11, Apple’s Safari 8, and in beta versions of Mozilla’s Firefox browser. At the same time, YouTube is now also defaulting to its HTML5 player on the web.

Does the mobile web need Flash Player?

The mobile web doesn’t need Flash. iPads, iPhones, and modern Android devices don’t support Flash, and web developers offer HTML5 videos to serve those devices. But desktop browsers won’t always get these by default, even if you uninstall Flash.

How can I play HTML5 videos without Flash Player?

To get those mobile-optimized web pages with HTML5 videos you can probably play without Flash, you just need to impersonate an iPad. You could also impersonate an Android tablet, but iPads are more likely to be supported. You can change your browser’s user agent in a number of ways.

Why can’t I watch videos without flash on a desktop browser?

Yet this is not offered unless you appear to be a mobile visitor. To watch video without flash on a desktop you need to make your browser appear to be a mobile device. You do this by changing the user agent string. This is what the browser identifies itself to the server with when it makes a request.

How can I watch Hulu without Flash Player?

In some cases, you may be able to just use an app. For example, if you’re on Windows 10, 8.1, or 8 and you want to watch Hulu without having Flash enabled in any of your web browsers, you could just grab the Hulu app from the Windows Store and use it instead.