> So, when one has properly opted in and where html4 videos are being
> streamed, there are some cases where specific videos could be streamed
> in flash? So, in that "mixed" environment where some videos are
> <video> and some are _flash_ do flash videos "mascarade" as html5
> video. In other words, did YT build a wrapper that somehow makes the
> flash video appear to be html5 video - at least from the javascript
> perspective?
Yes.
The iframe API *should*[0] behave in the same way regardless of if the
underlying playback is via <video> or flash.
The Developer using the api shouldn't have access to the actual <video>
anyway, so all communication is via the javascript YT.Player instance
which abstracts all that away.
Tim
[0] There are some complications - like needing to set wmode in some
situations where flash may be displayed.
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