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zub3qin

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Apr 10, 2007
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I have a new MBA 13 ultimate 4GB ram, 2.1 C2D, 256SSD


It seems that every youtube video I play (no matter what resolution 320p all the way to 1080p stutters to a very low frame rate when you are viewing in full screen mode.

I have the latest version of flash.
I have tried both flash and HTML5 mode in youtube.

Finally, I clicked on enable hardware acceleration in flash settings, and it seemed to fix it. But then when I started viewing in HTML5 it was fixed also (and that should have nothing to do with flash settings- why would that work?)

1) Was this a glitch?
2) Is HTML5 any less CPU intensive/battery saving than the newest flash?
3) Should Hardware Acceleration be on?

Thanks!
 
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