Apple Opens Door to Hardware-Accelerated Decoding of H.264 Video in Flash

[Eidorian]

So Flash was previously imaginary or stuck in a time paradox?

No clue but the turn around with VDPAU was fast.

 

[cmaier]

Have you considered using a Logitech Trackman and/or an ergonomic keyboard?

http://www.logitech.com/en-gb/mice_pointers/trackballs/devices/4751

My sister and I got a Trackman and the Microsoft Comfort Keyboard for my granddad who has arthritis in his finger joints, it has helped him significantly.

I've used every keyboard known to man. Chording keyboards, keyboards that hang over the edge of your seat so your hands are down by your sides, etc. (AMD bought me several in an attempt to keep me productive). I've found using a wacom tablet instead of a mouse helps significantly, but I didn't have any luck with special keyboards.

 

[Eidorian]

I've used every keyboard known to man. Chording keyboards, keyboards that hang over the edge of your seat so your hands are down by your sides, etc. (AMD bought me several in an attempt to keep me productive). I've found using a wacom tablet instead of a mouse helps significantly, but I didn't have any luck with special keyboards.

I'm not there yet but I need to watch myself.

 

[PeterQVenkman]

Windows' Flash has only had hardware acceleration since 10.1. What caused Flash to suck on Mac OS for all the versions before that?

Non-matte screens.

 

[MorphingDragon]

I've used every keyboard known to man. Chording keyboards, keyboards that hang over the edge of your seat so your hands are down by your sides, etc. (AMD bought me several in an attempt to keep me productive). I've found using a wacom tablet instead of a mouse helps significantly, but I didn't have any luck with special keyboards.

Have you had a look at that keybowl one I posted slightly later?

(I only know about it because an engineering professor uses one)

 

[PeterQVenkman]

I've used every keyboard known to man. Chording keyboards, keyboards that hang over the edge of your seat so your hands are down by your sides, etc. (AMD bought me several in an attempt to keep me productive). I've found using a wacom tablet instead of a mouse helps significantly, but I didn't have any luck with special keyboards.

Using a wacom, and good exercise, are the only things that keep my RSI in check.

 

[cmaier]

Have you had a look at that keybowl one I posted slightly later?

(I only know about it because an engineering professor uses one)

I haven't used that one, but I used one where each finger goes in a slot, and you slide your fingers in various directions. I eventually got to 15 words per minute before giving up (I had to use foot pedals for punctuation, and since I frequently was writing C++ or Perl, or editing verilog, .def, .lef, or other data files, keyboards designed for English aren't the best).

 

[gianly1985]

Thank god.

Plex with GPU-acceleration incoming.

Now the MacMini is a nearly perfect HTPC.

 

[Max(IT)]

**** just got real.

Edit (tried by myself, it works quite well)

 

[Ironduke]

If apple wont create a player that uses hardware decoding of mpg/264/wmv then they should release xcode files & libraries allowing dev's access to nvidias pure video.

 

[PsyD4Me]

That sounds like a step into the right direction

 

[Scorpio12345]

Anybody know of any other video player apps using the H264 acceleration? I know PLEX and Boxee are, but it'd be nice if a lightweight player such as MPlayer, Movist or VLC would have the capability, so that the app alone would take up only a tiny CPU footprint.

Quicktime Player would be that perfect accelerated app, but it only accelerates MP4s with AAC audio specifically which sucks....

 

[Eidorian]

Anybody know of any other video player apps using the H264 acceleration? I know PLEX and Boxee are, but it'd be nice if a lightweight player such as MPlayer, Movist or VLC would have the capability, so that the app alone would take up only a tiny CPU footprint.

Quicktime Player would be that perfect accelerated app, but it only accelerates MP4s with AAC audio specifically which sucks....

Did Plex update their software that quickly?

 

[Scorpio12345]

Did Plex update their software that quickly?

I've been using accelerated PLEX for a good month and a half if not more now I think! The actual app hasn't been updated, but if you look on Elan's blog, there's a post about adding an updated component into the Plex package contents to get accelerated video.

So far my tests have shown the results to be absolutely amaaazing! 1080ps only take up like 9-10% CPU which is ridiculous!! Thing is, PLEX alone takes up like 20 lol, that's why i was asking if there was a lightweight app updated with the new framework... So far it looks like the VLC team are looking to add it in by version 1.2, but that's the only info for now.