If that's indeed the case, that's one heck of an improvement. Hopefully the fans now won't go into overdrive whenever we watch some Flash content.
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Adobe Enables Mac Hardware-Accelerated Decoding in Updated Flash Player 10.1
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If that's indeed the case, that's one heck of an improvement. Hopefully the fans now won't go into overdrive whenever we watch some Flash content.
There's another option - install Windows 7 and be happpy - with more money left in your pocket.
wwoo hhooo
Now Adobe wants to F with my processor AND video card!
NO THANK YOU!!!
Flash on OSX sucks, it is a CPU hog and buggy for no reason other then Adobe is either totally inept at programing in/on OSX or they simply don't care.
If they need to off-load to the GPU for simple(non HD) video decoding/animation and still have the CPU at ~%40 something is seriously wrong!
This is why I do not want flash anywhere near the iPhone!
Now Adobe wants to F with my processor AND video card!
NO THANK YOU!!!
Flash on OSX sucks, it is a CPU hog and buggy for no reason other then Adobe is either totally inept at programing in/on OSX or they simply don't care.
If they need to off-load to the GPU for simple(non HD) video decoding/animation and still have the CPU at ~%40 something is seriously wrong!
This is why I do not want flash anywhere near the iPhone!
You might not care about it crashing, but is it really a stretch to imagine others do care and that's why they bash on Adobe?
Flash has been absolutely terrible to run on every platform other than Windows forever. Flash is at least as bad on Linux as it is on a Mac for example, with all the same CPU problems and crashes. So I wish Android owners all the luck in the world.
Adobe has done nothing to address any of these known performance and stability problems. In some instances, their developers have gone so far as to goad users of minority platforms.
But we have our own solution to the problem now: HTML5. And soon Adobe will itself be responsible for a minority platform nobody cares about.
Or instead of just blindly following Uncle Steve, you could voice your displeasure and if enough customers do so, something could get done about it.
Let me reiterate: if this release isn't supporting hardware acceleration on your computer, it's because Apple hasn't supported your video card (yet?). They HAVE to make the low-level APIs available. PERIOD. Adobe can't make it work without Apple's help.
If you want your hardware support for flash acceleration, e-mail Jobs and/or Serlet. They're the only ones who can do anything about it.
If you want your hardware support for flash acceleration, e-mail Jobs and/or Serlet. They're the only ones who can do anything about it.
Don't you care about security? Every time I watch Flash crash with signs of memory corruption, I shiver
I'm assuming my 2005 MacPro is not one of the computers Apple plans to make these low level APIs for.
Flash is the only thing that makes this machine actually show its age and I feel stupid upgrading my machine on the sole basis that it can't run YouTube in HD.
Curse you Adobe!!!
On the plus side, those new iMacs look soooo sexy.
Flash is the only thing that makes this machine actually show its age and I feel stupid upgrading my machine on the sole basis that it can't run YouTube in HD.
Curse you Adobe!!!
On the plus side, those new iMacs look soooo sexy.
Say what you will about Flash, but I don't think it's the culprit in your case.
I have a 2.0Ghz C2D Alu MacBook with 2GB of RAM, and 1080p YouTube videos leave me with 63-70% idle.
For comparison, the same video in HTML5 gives me 68%-75% idle.
I always did wonder why Adobe never went with another approach... I mean there are other libraries out there, albeit more complex, and more restricted in access, but it's not like this new framework is exactly the bees knees either, especially given its limited hardware support.
Someday we'll have a flash player with OpenGL/CL support, with 3D model motion tweens, shaders, textures, and masks running on Actionscript X.0, complete with the same object library premiered in Flash MX. I kid of course, as it would be a sad day when Flash became a container for 3D content, but it would be interesting to see nevertheless.
Someday we'll have a flash player with OpenGL/CL support, with 3D model motion tweens, shaders, textures, and masks running on Actionscript X.0, complete with the same object library premiered in Flash MX
. I kid of course, as it would be a sad day when Flash became a container for 3D content, but it would be interesting to see nevertheless.
Since updating the iOS, no longer see the "missing plug-in" icons in Safari.
A bad programmer can make a browser hang or crash using any scripting language. PC's and their browsers can just tolerate more abuse, or aren't as strict. Think Flash ads are annoying, when developers start pushing HTML5 ads there won't be an off/on option for those... so be careful what you wish for, cutting off your nose to spite your face.
I'm convinced the ones foaming at the mouth about how they hate Flash, are the ones that don't have the skills to use it.
A bad programmer can make a browser hang or crash using any scripting language. PC's and their browsers can just tolerate more abuse, or aren't as strict. Think Flash ads are annoying, when developers start pushing HTML5 ads there won't be an off/on option for those... so be careful what you wish for, cutting off your nose to spite your face.
I'm convinced the ones foaming at the mouth about how they hate Flash, are the ones that don't have the skills to use it.
Well, please enlighten me? Also explain why Quicktime can playback a similar video at the same resolution, quality and frame rate at a 6 fold reduction in CPU(and not using the GPU for acceleration) when compared to flash.
Hmm, I installed it and don't really care for it. I see some improvement but not enough for me to stop using HTML5. HTML5 videos on youtube just seem smoother and they don't crash too much like flash does. Also, when you right click with a flash video it stops the video. HTML5 video doesn't stop when you right click.
I wish for the day when I can watch a HD youtube video without hearing my MBP fans spin up to max speed......I can dream......
I wish for the day when I can watch a HD youtube video without hearing my MBP fans spin up to max speed......I can dream......
because crappy coding is crappy coding, and Apple might be late but generally acceptable
I'm assuming my 2005 MacPro is not one of the computers Apple plans to make these low level APIs for.
Flash is the only thing that makes this machine actually show its age and I feel stupid upgrading my machine on the sole basis that it can't run YouTube in HD.
As much as 10.1 is an improvement, www.youtube.com/html5 is still a GREAT thing. Try it (click on Enter HTML5 Beta), and you won't have to worry about your YouTube HD any more.
No, I still blame Adobe for using that limited API instead of the official Core Video framework and for using an odd H264 profile which is not compatible with hardware decoders found on mobile devices to encode their video.
sorry but the 4,1 is unfortunately not supported. There is no reason why it won't be able to run hardware accelerated content other than the fact that Adobe's Mac team is made of sh** programmers. But that's another story.
oh yeah. all you waiting for the day to oogle your favorite youtube celebrity via HTML 5 in HD will have to wait longer. Youtube and others have already said that flash is better for this kind of content distribution:
from http://apiblog.youtube.com/2010/06/flash-and-html5-tag.html
sorry ladies. perhaps you can create your own standard that incorporates all of the required technologies OR bug jobs to enable hardware accelleration on older models.
lol check out this guy. barking up the wrong tree seems to be the thing to do these days. Counter-intuitive FTMFW!
from http://apiblog.youtube.com/2010/06/flash-and-html5-tag.html
sorry ladies. perhaps you can create your own standard that incorporates all of the required technologies OR bug jobs to enable hardware accelleration on older models.
lol check out this guy. barking up the wrong tree seems to be the thing to do these days. Counter-intuitive FTMFW!