iPhone 2.0 Firmware + Embedded YouTube Videos

iPhone 2.0 Firmware + Embedded YouTube Videos. The next version of the iPhone OS will feature the ability to embed YouTube videos directly into a webpage allowing the user to click through and view video in the dedicated YouTube application. The feature works in a fashion similar to that of the bookmarklet 'iTransmogrify' from the last post (How to View Embedded YouTube for iPhone).

The feature works similarly to the way that iTransmogrify can make embedded YouTube videos viewable in the webpage. But, while iTransmogrify uses a bit of data URL magic to get its work done, the new iPhone v2.0 firmware apparently uses a Safari plug-in to play nice with embedded YouTube videos.

The same YouTube plug-in from the previous post (iPhone 2.0 Firmware has YouTube Plugin (Next, Flash support?)).

Only YouTube content that has been encoded in the H.264 format, required for playback on the iPhone, is viewable via this method. The embedded YouTube functionality is brought about by the addition of a YouTube plug-in for MobileSafari included with iPhone OS 2.0. The plug-in could be a harbinger of other MobileSafari plug-ins from Apple or other third-parties.

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