On a page with an embedded YouTube player, is it possible to tell which version of the player is being used (HTML5 or Flash)?
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On a page with an embedded YouTube player, is it possible to tell which version of the player is being used (HTML5 or Flash)?
It turns out you can check for the existence/absence of certain properties on the player. The most obvious one is perhaps
cueVideoByFlashvars, so you can do:var isHtml5Player = !player.cueVideoByFlashvars;
As Jeff mentions it’s not great to have to rely on this as it could change at any time.