Request: HTML5 Support for YouTube embeds

[MifuneFan]

I just picked up a Kindle Fire tablet, and I just noticed embedded youtube videos aren't showing up on the stock browser. This is due to Adobe officially dropping support for Flash on Android devices a few years back.

I think it would be great if the coding for the YouTube embed could be reworked so that it could support HTML5. Google has a page up where they suggest the best methods to implement their embeds. They suggest programmers use ifame, which adapts to whatever the user or device prefers

https://developers.google.com/youtube/player_parameters

Best practice: IFrame embeds are the recommended method for embedding a YouTube player because the IFrame will select the appropriate player based on the client's capabilities and available YouTube file formats.

Thanks for any consideration

[honey01]

I second that. I'm using Opera on Windows with flash disabled.
Youtube works fine.. but on this forum the embeds don't work.

Please consider it. Thanks

[MifuneFan]

I'm not sure if this was just added, but noticed a YouTube embed working on my tablet via HTML5. Thanks very much for adding this!

Edit: video appears to be fine, but there's no sound. Not sure if it's just my device

Edit2: okay sound is working, but appears to be muted by default