So what is up with Youtube and the HTML5 Trial Thing?

DavidLeigh · Nov 3, 2012, 09:41 AM

Hi,
I'm currently having something problems with Youtube on Safari. Actually i don't use another browser, so i don't know if this is a Safari issue. Most Youtube videos basically don't play and i get a black screen. Doing some search here, it seems it's to do with the HTML5 trial which i am currently in. So what is this? Why wasn't I told at all about it? I don't believe i touched any settings n Youtube.

Irock619 · Nov 3, 2012, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by DavidLeigh

Hi,
I'm currently having something problems with Youtube on Safari. Actually i don't use another browser, so i don't know if this is a Safari issue. Most Youtube videos basically don't play and i get a black screen. Doing some search here, it seems it's to do with the HTML5 trial which i am currently in. So what is this? Why wasn't I told at all about it? I don't believe i touched any settings n Youtube.

Did this start to happen after the latest Safari update a couple days ago?

DavidLeigh · Nov 3, 2012, 10:07 AM

Actually no. It started yesterday (2nd Nov) and i can't say i noticed much before, though i probably wasn't using youtube much. And it definitely to do with Safari update 6.0.2 as i've only just installed that thinking it will fix the problem. However, i don't know if my mac installed anything automatically a few days ago.

Reimer · Nov 3, 2012, 10:26 AM

HTML5 trial on youtube is essentially an alternative to using flash for playing back videos. It's an opt-in feature though so I don't know why your safari defaulted to using it.

Not sure why you're experiencing a black screen but sometimes rendering issues like this in browsers can be solved by simply clearing the cache. Maybe you have adblock installed?

chibisukee · Nov 3, 2012, 10:54 AM

I am in the html5 trial and most of my videos play.
I am using Safari 6.0.2 with flash player enabled - some videos play via html5 and some via flash player.

You can opt out here and see if it makes it better though.

wabbit42 · Nov 3, 2012, 11:44 AM

I was having trouble with a few videos so I opted out and now all those videos ae working again, so just opt out

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Nov 3, 2012, 09:41 AM	#1
DavidLeigh macrumors member Join Date: Aug 2012	So what is up with Youtube and the HTML5 Trial Thing? Hi, I'm currently having something problems with Youtube on Safari. Actually i don't use another browser, so i don't know if this is a Safari issue. Most Youtube videos basically don't play and i get a black screen. Doing some search here, it seems it's to do with the HTML5 trial which i am currently in. So what is this? Why wasn't I told at all about it? I don't believe i touched any settings n Youtube.
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Nov 3, 2012, 10:07 AM	#3
DavidLeigh Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Aug 2012	Actually no. It started yesterday (2nd Nov) and i can't say i noticed much before, though i probably wasn't using youtube much. And it definitely to do with Safari update 6.0.2 as i've only just installed that thinking it will fix the problem. However, i don't know if my mac installed anything automatically a few days ago.
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Nov 3, 2012, 10:26 AM	#4
Reimer macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2006	HTML5 trial on youtube is essentially an alternative to using flash for playing back videos. It's an opt-in feature though so I don't know why your safari defaulted to using it. Not sure why you're experiencing a black screen but sometimes rendering issues like this in browsers can be solved by simply clearing the cache. Maybe you have adblock installed?
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Nov 3, 2012, 10:54 AM	#5
chibisukee macrumors newbie Join Date: Jun 2012	I am in the html5 trial and most of my videos play. I am using Safari 6.0.2 with flash player enabled - some videos play via html5 and some via flash player. You can opt out here and see if it makes it better though.
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Nov 3, 2012, 11:44 AM	#6
wabbit42 macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2012	I was having trouble with a few videos so I opted out and now all those videos ae working again, so just opt out .
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