El Capitan YouTube compatibility

[Droobiemus]

On Public Beta 2 on my Retina Macbook Pro, Safari YouTube videos ask for the latest Flash or Quicktime versions. Has anyone else experienced this?

Thanks in advance.

 

[fisherking]

On Public Beta 2 on my Retina Macbook Pro, Safari YouTube videos ask for the latest Flash or Quicktime versions. Has anyone else experienced this?

Thanks in advance.

i just ran the flash update, and it's all working now. but quicktime? never seen that...

 

[Mr. Retrofire]

@Droobiemus: Can you not set the player via
https://www.youtube.com/html5
?

 

[Ritsuka]

YouTube works without flash like before. Maybe you had an old flash version installed.

 

[mpfuchs]

Working here without any flash installed.

 

[You are the One]

I have removed Flash, Youtube works fine.

I have gotten the black screen with "Update to latest Flash/QT player" on some websites with embedded Youtube videos. It's irregular and happens just on a few sites.

I don't care what content I may miss, I will never install Flash again. Hopefully it will die and disappear from the net soon.

 

[Droobiemus]

i just ran the flash update, and it's all working now. but quicktime? never seen that...

Thanks, but I'd rather not have Flash on my Macs. 🙂

 

[Droobiemus]

YouTube works without flash like before. Maybe you had an old flash version installed.

No, no Flash installed according to System Preferences. I definitely uninstalled it a while ago.

 

[Droobiemus]

Hmm, I did have ClickToFlash extension installed. It seems removing that solved the problem.

 

[Gary500]

Does anyone have a problem with the 2.0x speed or the 1.5x speed? The sound is distorted compared to Yosemite or even Google Chrome.

 

[StarShot]

Working here without any flash installed.

How do you know if Flash is installed. I don't see it in my Applications.

 

[Mr. Retrofire]

@StarShot: Download "Find Any File" and search for "Flash" (of course without the quotes)!

 

[fisherking]

it will be in System Preferences (under the apple menu), there as a preference pane...

 

[StarShot]

it will be in System Preferences (under the apple menu), there as a preference pane...

Thanks. I GOT it. Judging by the posts above, I apparently don't need it to run youtube videos. A bigger question is do I need it for my OS X operation?

 

[You are the One]

Thanks. I GOT it. Judging by the posts above, I apparently don't need it to run youtube videos. A bigger question is do I need it for my OS X operation?

No you don't. Follow this most valuable link to the entire Adobe site for guidance.

 

[StarShot]

No you don't. Follow this most valuable link to the entire Adobe site for guidance.

A good link for uninstalling Flash. The bigger question is why should I consider deleting Flash. Security???

 

[You are the One]

A good link for uninstalling Flash. The bigger question is why should I consider deleting Flash. Security???

Yes, security issues. Flash is one of the main attack vectors used to get into your system.

 

[mpfuchs]

A good link for uninstalling Flash. The bigger question is why should I consider deleting Flash. Security???

Yes, security issues. Flash is one of the main attack vectors used to get into your system.

And battery drainage if you're on a MacBook.
Flash is a battery hog!