A multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages.
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What advantages and disadvantages are there to using the HTML5 beta of YouTube?
Google has a beta of YouTube that uses HTML5's video tag, but what gains do I get from using this, other than not having to install Flash just for YouTube?
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Does GMail use Flash?
I'm curious, sometimes I'm working on GMail (using Google Chrome), and Flash Player crashes. When this happens my Youtube video tab stop shows the video, and GMail doesn't stop, but it does show the ...
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3answers
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Is there a webapp that allows barcode scanning with a webcam? [closed]
Some time ago, I used a web app to catalog my book collection, and it had that really nifty little flash thing that would use your webcam to scan a barcode, extract the ISBN from that and run an ...
8
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1answer
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Stop autoplay on youtube but enable buffering
There's already a question asking about how to stop youtube videos from automatically playing, however the solution there doesn't satisfy me as it prevents the video from buffering in the background.
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2answers
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Play YouTube videos using Flash instead of HTML5
Since upgrading my kids' browser to Firefox 4, YouTube seems to have switched them over to HTML5 video, which the computer apparently can't handle because it stutters horribly, causing Child Rage ...
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6answers
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Play BBC Radio without the flash player
Take this url:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00vf4rp
It has a silly animated flash player. Which canes my CPU. I'm running with Mac OSX 10.6 on a Mac book pro 13. I am also running the ...
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5answers
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Gray exclamation mark keeps appearing on Youtube
This has been happening a lot lately, mostly on Youtube. I don't know if it's YouTube, Adobe Flash or Firefox.
This will happen even half-way through playing a video, it will randomly turn into ...
4
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3answers
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Brand-able p2p video chat / conferencing service (one-on-one)
I'm looking for something that would facilitate a private video chat between two cameras. Ideally it would be a hosted service (like viddler) that can be implemented into a site and branded.
I've ...
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4answers
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Online Stop Watch Using Pure Javascript and HTML and CSS ( No Flash!)
Is there an online stop watch that is constructed using pure Javascript, HTML and CSS, without using Flash?
There are a couple of flash-based online stopwatch websites, but since I don't prefer ...
3
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4answers
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Website that makes text into image or flash
Can anyone recommend a website where I can enter some text (email in this case) and get back an image or a small swf.
A plus if I can choose fonts and colour.
I want to use this as a small hindrance ...
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2answers
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Free tool to convert Flash to GIF?
Is there a free tool that allows me to convert a Flash entity (like a Flash ad) into an animated GIF image?
3
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1answer
906 views
How does Amazon Test Drive/Pieceable Viewer work?
I have recently discovered a web application which allows you to run iOS apps in the browser. Said application is Pieceable Viewer.
I was curious about how it works and is able to do its job so I did ...
3
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1answer
286 views
Tweaking YouTube playback
How can I adjust brightness and speed while watching a video on YouTube?
If there isn't a way to do this with YouTube's flash player, can I do this with HTML5 video (through their beta)?
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2answers
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Youtube videos buffering second time. Why?
I have a slow internet connection so I cant play video directly, I need to pause and wait for few min to buffer. I keep buffering in small player mode after buffering a while I make it full screen ...
2
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1answer
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What does this game use as it's “engine”
http://chrome.angrybirds.com
On what is this game based on? Does somebody know?
HTML5? Flash? JavaScript?
2
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1answer
655 views
How to make flv-players work with iphone/ipad? [closed]
We don't want to use youtube-embedded videos on our site. How can we make our flv-player (flash) work with iphone/ipad? Is it something with the codec used?
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1answer
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Youtube - why are some videos html5 and some flash - and how do I force html5?
When I watch this youtube video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqnB2Ew0SFM&feature=BFa&list=WL2AA75EB885F2A4B4 it's in flash.
But when I click on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD3ywXEydyk ...
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vote
1answer
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Youtube - How to disable autoplay in Cosmic Panda?
I have the experimental Cosmic Panda lay-out on YouTube. It annoys me that videos are played automatically when I have opened a playlist. How do i prevent this?
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0answers
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Youtube video suddenly growing too large for its embedding area
This happens me very frequently that I watch a video on Youtube (not full screen) and suddenly for some reason the video grows 2 or 4 times its size, but the box in which the video is displayed on the ...
0
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2answers
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“This Page requires AC_RunActiveContent.js”
I get this error message when I'm trying to access this website:
http://web.archive.org/web/20101014174627/http://certainteed.com/pdf/cside/wb008.pdf
I downloaded files from here: ...
0
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1answer
880 views
Download a VideoPress video
How do I download a video stored on VideoPress?
Example: on http://get2business.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/effektiv-og-malrettet-jobsøgning/ there are two embedded videos. Looking at the source it ...
0
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1answer
1k views
Image slideshow with a book/page flip effect
Do you know of an application that can make embeddable flash image galleries that have a page flip effect.
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2answers
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Skipping to position in youtube player is apparently limited to buffered data
I experience this annoying effect and I don't understand if the problem is of the OS (OSX), the browser (Chrome), the Flash player, or youtube itself. Everything is upgraded to the latest version, ...
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0answers
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Why do some flash games get choppy and glith out?
It drives me insane when I'm playing a games such as this one and it legs and the animation gets choppy.
0
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1answer
2k views
Is there any way to force Amazon Instant Video into High Quality?
I'm watching a movie that is very dark, and it looks awful in low quality. Is it possible to force Amazon Instant Video into high quality? I am ok with long buffering times.
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0answers
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Rich Internet application (RIA) vs web application? [closed]
I have gone through RIA at Wikipedia, but what actually makes a web application a rich Internet web application? Is it mere including of animation/movies in a typical web application?
Another point ...
