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The forum thread discusses issues with playing Flash content in Windows 8 Metro apps, particularly when embedding YouTube videos that rely on Flash by default. The original poster and multiple users highlight that Flash isn't supported in these apps, and attempts to enable HTML5 playback by modifying URLs were unsuccessful. A suggested solution involves extracting the direct video stream URL and using a MediaPlayer control instead of iframe-based embedding, with a helpful link provided for implementation guidance.
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Hello everyone,


We have tried to create an app for windows 8 platform(tablet/phone). The flash content in the app is not playing. Infact no flash is supported inside the app. We are running a url inside an iframe in the app and the url's flash content is not getting displayed. We came to know that windows 8 apps dont support flash. The format of the flash videos cannot be easily changed as the youtube video urls are put into database and the video url's content is in flash by default.
we tried adding &html5=true at the end of youtube url, but it didnt work. So how do we go about solving the problem.... :)
 

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compsci said:
Hello everyone,


We have tried to create an app for windows 8 platform(tablet/phone). The flash content in the app is not playing. Infact no flash is supported inside the app. We are running a url inside an iframe in the app and the url's flash content is not getting displayed. We came to know that windows 8 apps dont support flash. The format of the flash videos cannot be easily changed as the youtube video urls are put into database and the video url's content is in flash by default.
we tried adding &html5=true at the end of youtube url, but it didnt work. So how do we go about solving the problem.... :)
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As you discovered, flash is not supported inside Metro apps.
For youtube videos, you need to extract the video stream's url...
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Hello everyone,


We have tried to create an app for windows 8 platform(tablet/phone). The flash content in the app is not playing. Infact no flash is supported inside the app. We are running a url inside an iframe in the app and the url's flash content is not getting displayed. We came to know that windows 8 apps dont support flash. The format of the flash videos cannot be easily changed as the youtube video urls are put into database and the video url's content is in flash by default.
we tried adding &html5=true at the end of youtube url, but it didnt work. So how do we go about solving the problem.... :)
 

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compsci said:
Hello everyone,


We have tried to create an app for windows 8 platform(tablet/phone). The flash content in the app is not playing. Infact no flash is supported inside the app. We are running a url inside an iframe in the app and the url's flash content is not getting displayed. We came to know that windows 8 apps dont support flash. The format of the flash videos cannot be easily changed as the youtube video urls are put into database and the video url's content is in flash by default.
we tried adding &html5=true at the end of youtube url, but it didnt work. So how do we go about solving the problem.... :)
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As you discovered, flash is not supported inside Metro apps.
For youtube videos, you need to extract the video stream's url and pass it to a MediaPlayer control.
you can find sample code here: Link Removed
 

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