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Adobe Enables Mac Hardware-Accelerated Decoding in Updated Flash Player 10.1
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On windows it's generally graphics cards in the last 2-3 years. But in my 3 year old Hp laptop I just got rid off with an ati 2600 it wasn't supported.
Seems apple has a smaller support window
+1.
It's ridiculous that they allow hardware decoding on macbooks that only have a 9400m, but not on older MBPs with an actual dedicated video card that's faster than the 9400m.
Has anyone had trouble with installing this? I downloaded it from Adobe, installed it, quit and restarted Safari, but the About page still lists me on 10.1.53.64. Is anyone else having the same issue?
not gonna lie, slightly confused about what you mean, sorry!
you're saying that your ati 2600 wasnt supported in windows? in what way is that apple having a smaller support window?
- MacBooks shipped after January 21st, 2009
shouldn't that be the same as a macbook that sold november 2008 since it is the same exact model? i mean isnt that bs?!
shouldn't that be the same as a macbook that sold november 2008 since it is the same exact model? i mean isnt that bs?!
just install and then check its worked on the above linked about page. if it causes you problems then uninstall and reinstall the new version...should just work though...
I am a mediocre OS X programmer at best, and I've used hardware video decoding in an application via core video, so somebody is being lazy, I don't know who.
If you want to see a really big drop in CPU usage, go to:
http://www.youtube.com/html5
and enter the HTML5 beta for YouTube.
Downloading the YouTube Wide extension:
http://github.com/downloads/pedrocc/Youtube-Wide/YoutubeWide.safariextz
and
A Cleaner YouTube:
http://200okconsulting.com/200ok/cleaner-youtube/
will give great YouTube viewing with very little CPU usage.
No more white box to indicate hardware acceleration? I guess that's a lot cleaner, but how do I know it's working?
I did my own test just to see if the 8600M happened to be supported. No such luck. Youtube videos are still at about 35% CPU usage at normal size, and jump up to 70-80% at 720p.
This Macbook Pro is only 3 years old and does everything else fine, but Flash still manages to hurt her.
This Macbook Pro is only 3 years old and does everything else fine, but Flash still manages to hurt her.
No love for Chrome yet
Same issue I'm having... so I installed the latest plugin using Safari then did the following to enable it under Chrome:
Disable the built-in plugin by renaming it (see location under details @ chrome://plugins) forcing Chrome to use the system plugin. You used to be able to disable individual Flash plugins via chrome://plugins but in the latest dev channel version it groups the two and treats them as one.
Google will likely update Chrome in the dev channel pretty soon. It's good for the masses that Chrome makes sure you're not on a version that's too old by building it in but it complicates things if you want to upgrade immediately (like folks around here).
Same issue I'm having... so I installed the latest plugin using Safari then did the following to enable it under Chrome:
Disable the built-in plugin by renaming it (see location under details @ chrome://plugins) forcing Chrome to use the system plugin. You used to be able to disable individual Flash plugins via chrome://plugins but in the latest dev channel version it groups the two and treats them as one.
Google will likely update Chrome in the dev channel pretty soon. It's good for the masses that Chrome makes sure you're not on a version that's too old by building it in but it complicates things if you want to upgrade immediately (like folks around here).
There's no white box on the video anymore. But next time you're watching a hardware accelerated video, look down at the back of your left hand - they've just moved the box.
I have downloaded both and unfortunately they do not do much for my cpu usage. however on a plus they do get rid of all that annoying rubbish that surrounds youtube, and nice big viewing area! appreciate it, cheers!
the sucky thing is that the computers which need the hardware acceleration the most don't get it! My early 2008 macbook needs it so badly. It lags half the time it watches 720p and all the time when it watches 1080P in youtube. Adobe. Get your head on straight.
Now this pisses me off big time! Only three (3) graphics cards are supported, is this a joke? I have CPU power to spare but still WTF.
Imagine if an iPhone user had access to 1000s of quality flash games as provided by nickjr.com and others for all ages! Now what in the heck do we need that app store for?
Meh. I should apparently be noticing a difference since I'm on a 2009 MBP 17", but I don't see it.
Fans during fullscreen Flash video playback before updating the player:
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Fans during fullscreen Flash video playback after updating the player:
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
In Win7 the machine can do the same thing like it was a trivial task á la writing in TextEdit.
Fans during fullscreen Flash video playback before updating the player:
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Fans during fullscreen Flash video playback after updating the player:
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
In Win7 the machine can do the same thing like it was a trivial task á la writing in TextEdit.
50% reduction in CPU usage on my 2010 i7 MBP after update. Not a Flash fan, but big improvement on my i7 MBP. 