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html5 video issue

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I accidently enabled html 5 video in firefox & i can't get rid off . I just want to disable it !

please give me some solution on how to disable it ?

I accidently enabled html 5 video in firefox & i can't get rid off . I just want to disable it ! please give me some solution on how to disable it ?

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Quite possibly you are asking about YouTube videos here.

I can not say I have noticed any easily accessible public explanations of this from Mozilla {Firefox) or Google {YouTube). So if you come across something I would appreciate a link.

You tube seems to have switched users to HTML5 instead of FlashPlayer. See

I would point out that although in some circumstances FlashPlayer will be preferred, it is

  • Proprietary software, not open source
  • Often problematic on Firefox
    • Tends to be involved in a lot of crashes and hangs
    • Is a source of potential security problems. (Has recently had a series of problems and patches)
    • Adobe does not support at all, or only partially supports FlashPlayer on some of Firefox's platforms.
    • May be involved (at least in the past) with issues and conflicts with other plugins.

HTML5 is a new web standard. It makes web browsers more powerfull, and is not only involved in playing video