Going along with all this good-news-for-linux and open-source:
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YouTube HTML5 Video Player
This is an opt-in experiment for HTML5 support on YouTube. If you are
using a supported browser, you can choose to use the HTML5 player
instead of the Flash player for most videos. Your comments will help
us improve and perfect the mixtures we're working on. So jump in, play
around, and send your feedback directly to the brains behind the
scenes.
Supported Browsers
We support browsers that support both the video tag in HTML5 and
either the h.264 video codec or the WebM format (with VP8 codec).
These include:
Firefox (WebM enabled version available here)
Google Chrome (h.264 supported now, WebM enabled version available here)
Opera (WebM enabled version available here)
Apple Safari (h.264, version 4+)
Microsoft Internet Explorer with Google Chrome Frame installed (Get
Google Chrome Frame)
Notes
Fullscreen support is partially implemented. Pressing the fullscreen
button will expand the player to fill your browser. If your browser
supports a fullscreen option, you can then use that to truly fill the
screen
The HTML5 player has a badge in the control bar. If you don't see the
"HTML5" icon in the control bar, you've been directed to the Flash
player (due to restrictions listed below)
The HTML5 player also has a badge to indicate the video is using the
WebM format. If you don't see the "WebM" icon, the video is encoded
using h.264
If you want to find videos with WebM formats available, you can use
the Advanced Search options to look for them (or just add &webm=1 to
any search URL)
Additional Restrictions (we are working on these!)
Videos with ads are not supported (they will play in the Flash player)
On Firefox and Opera, only videos with WebM transcodes will play in HTML5
If you've opted in to other testtube experiments, you may not get the
HTML5 player (Feather is supported, though)
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Likewise, some of the leading Flash Players are now supporting HTML5
media on platforms that don't have Flash:
http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-flv-player/
Niels
http://nielsmayer.com
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