[mythtv-users] is it possible to configure netvision youtube to identify as an ipad ?

[Joseph Fry]

> I'm pretty sure that Google's code is doing a bit more than a simple
> User-Agent check to figure out what type of video to send.  They actually
> have code to figure out if Flash is installed and, if it's not, they use
> HTML5.
>
> Therefore, a nice, easy approach is to get rid of the Trash causing the
> problem.  (If nothing else, try a script that just moves/renames the
> libflashplayer.so when you want to use MNV, and perhaps it will work, then.)
>

No doubt they have more sophisticated checks... but I'd wager they don't
use them if the user agent says it's an iPod or iPad, why bother.

I just confirmed it, by changing my user agent in Firefox and Chrome on my
windows box... no changes to Flash (it was installed).
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