How do I watch Youtube videos without Flash on Safari?

Question

Is there a way to watch Youtube videos without Flash installed on Safari?

If not, are there any other solutions?

Answer 1

There should be a preference thing on YouTube to select HTML5, but they've reorganized the page so many times since I last tracked it down that I have no idea where it is now.

Instead, I have ClickToFlash installed (it's under "Most Popular" in the Safari Extensions Gallery); open its preferences (Safari Preferences... > Extensions) and you can tell it to always use HTML5 for YouTube and other sites that support HTML5 in place of Flash.

Answer 2

Yes, most YouTube videos are also available as HTML5 videos. You need to sign in to YouTube and join the HTML5 trial -- see http://www.youtube.com/html5 for details.

Answer 3

I use the FlashToHTML5 Extension, works great!

FlashToHTML5 replaces the CPU and memory hogging YouTube Flash Player with a HTML5 player. Not only will it look nicer, you will also notice that your computer will run cooler and faster. If you use a laptop, you will also notice that the battery life of a fully charged battery will increase.

Answer 4

FlashToHTML5 appears to be very buggy almost broken with YouTube and Safari 6.0.2. The recently re-written Safari plugin YouTube5 is much better but only works with YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook.

A custom designed HTML5 player to replace the usable, but very limited built-in player.

• Support for Vimeo and Facebook video.
• The ability to switch video resolutions within the player, without having to access Safari’s preferences.
• Support for downloading videos from YouTube and Facebook.
• A fully functional volume control, rather than just a mute button.
• Support for displaying the video’s title, author, and source, in a video overlay, along with a link back to the video’s page on YouTube, Vimeo, etc.