My thoughts confirmed.... about 13.10

[Patrick Asselman]

On 2014-04-11 13:33, Nils Kassube wrote:
> Peter Smout wrote:
>> I have noticed the 'plug-in container' using a fair bit of my 
>> memory,
>> but it releases it when closed (the offending plug-in for me is
>> flash-player (non free)) <note:> I have tried gnash but it is NOT
>> compatible with all websites most notably youtube.com
>
> Are you sure flash is needed for youtube at all? I don't have flash 
> (or
> gnash) installed and can view youtube videos with firefox. Or is it 
> pure
> luck and YT requires flash for some videos?
>
>
> Nils

Flash is not needed:



Features
Video technology
Playback

Viewing YouTube videos on a personal computer needs the Adobe Flash 
Player plug-in to be installed on the browser. The Adobe Flash Player 
plug-in is one of the most common pieces of software installed on 
personal computers and accounts for almost 75% of online video 
material.[49]

In January 2010, YouTube launched an experimental version of the site 
that uses the built-in multimedia capabilities of web browsers 
supporting the HTML5 standard.[50] This allows videos to be viewed 
without requiring Adobe Flash Player or any other plug-in to be 
installed.[51][52] The YouTube site has a page that allows supported 
browsers to opt into the HTML5 trial. Only browsers that support HTML5 
Video using the H.264 or WebM formats can play the videos, and not all 
videos on the site are available.[53][54]

YouTube experimented with Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP 
(MPEG-DASH), which is an adaptive bit-rate HTTP-based streaming solution 
optimizing the bitrate and quality for the available network.[55] 
Currently they are using Adobe Dynamic Streaming for Flash.[56]

ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube