something can be done but requires a little change server side. shouldn't take more than 10min to change but won't confirm this since it depends on ffxiah own code.
actually ffxiah is using the old youtube code to embed the videos; looks something like this:
<object width="960" height="720"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7h7ErtoGEhk?hl=it_IT&version=3"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7h7ErtoGEhk?hl=it_IT&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="960" height="720" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>
this loads the flash object that everyone should be familiar with.
the new code instead uses iframes:
<iframe width="960" height="720" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7h7ErtoGEhk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
if you try to open the links directly you should get the usual flash object:
- old code link:
http://www.youtube.com/v/7h7ErtoGEhk?hl=it_IT&version=3
- new code link:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/7h7ErtoGEhk
but youtube has a nice hidden function; html5 player:
http://www.youtube.com/html5
the html5 player lets your browser play the video without the need of the flash player. not all the videos have access to this kind of player (techy stuff) and if not available youtube will use the old one.
so what happens if you enable this function? do it and try reloading the links provided above. if you did everything correctly the 2nd link should show the same video with a new kind of player that uses no flash, more clean and lightweight that shows a simple image until the user clicks play.
you could suggest the devs to make this change
sorry for the long post and techy stuff :p