OS X :: Hardware Acceleration Added To Flash Player 10.1 For Mac?
Aug 11, 2010
Adobe has released a new version of its Flash Player for Mac that officially supports hardware acceleration for H.264 video content.
The update 10.1.82.76 was announced Tuesday by Adobe product manager Thibault Imbert on his blog. The feature, code-named "Gala," had been announced several months prior, but was unavailable with the official release of Flash Player 10.1 for Mac in June. In a break from usual protocol, Adobe enabled the new feature in a security release.
Hardware acceleration in Flash Player 10.1 for Mac is available only for Mac OS X Snow Leopard and the following graphics cards: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, GeForce 320M or GeForce GT 330M.
According to Adobe, a CPU utilization reduction of up to two-thirds is possible when GPU hardware acceleration is active.
Flash Player for Mac has recently been the subject of controversy. In April, Apple CEO Steve Jobs published an open letter criticizing Adobe's Flash offerings. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen subsequently dismissed Jobs' letter as a "smokescreen."
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Aug 16, 2010
Has anyone tried the new version of adobe flash with the hardware acceleration? Does it seem to present a lot of improvements? Also if I install it, how do I uninstall the current version? How do I remove this version when a new version comes out? Will Software Update automatically remove this version if a newer version comes out through apple's update?
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Apr 29, 2010
Adobe this week issued a preview release of an update to its Flash Player, code-named "Gala," which allows for H.264 video hardware decoding in Mac OS X 10.6.3, placing less emphasis on a computer's CPU. The capability for Flash to use GPU hardware acceleration just became available with the Mac OS X 10.6.3 update for Apple's Snow Leopard operating system. A new technical note revealed a new framework that allows developers low-level access to H.264 decoding capabilities in Macs with compatible GPUs, including the GeForce 9400M, GeForce 320M and GeForce GT 330M. Previously, hardware acceleration for Flash was only available through Windows PCs and X86-based notebooks. Gala marks the first time Mac users will be able to benefit from hardware decoding of Flash.
"The combination of NVIDIA GPUs (GeForce 9400M, GeForce 320M or GeForce GT 330M) with the Gala version of Flash Player enables supported Macs running the current version of OS X to deliver smooth, flicker-free HD video with substantially decreased power consumption," Adobe wrote on its website, where the software can be downloaded. "Users will be able to enjoy a much smoother viewing experience when accessing rich, H.264 video content built with the Flash Platform from popular sites like [URL] or YouTube." The preview release of Gala is a sign of things to come, but does not yet provide consistent results. In a quick test, Engadget found that CPU use Apple's latest Core i7 MacBook Pros dropped a third to a half, but the Core i5 machine actually increased the CPU load by as much as 20 percent.
The Gala preview is intended for developers to test the new functionality and test compatibility. The feature is expected to find its way into the Flash Player after the release of version 10.1, expected to arrive in the first half of 2010. To test it, download the 7.4MB installer from Adobe. The preview release notifies users when hardware decoding is in use by displaying a small white square in the upper left corner of a video. Adobe has sought input from developers on the preview release as it prepares a final product for the general public. Gala is evidence of a rare positive between Apple and Adobe, two companies that have been engaged in a bitter rivalry of late. Most recently in their ongoing feud, Adobe abandoned development of Flash-to-iPhone porting software. After Apple's iPhone OS 4 developer agreement specifically prohibited the use of an intermediary tool, such as the one Adobe plans to release.
After Adobe employees criticized the iPhone for being a closed system, Apple fired back in a rare public comment, stating that Adobe "has it backwards," as Flash is "closed and proprietary." Apple has backed the open source standard HTML5 video streaming format while blocking the use of Flash on its portable devices, including the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. At a company meeting in January, the Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was rumored to have called Adobe "lazy," and said most Mac crashes are due to Flash. "The world is moving to HTML5," Jobs was quoted as saying. Jobs also allegedly called Flash a "CPU hog" in a meeting with officials from The Wall Street Journal. The Apple co-founder was said to have called the Web format "full of security holes" and "old technology." For more on why Apple is unlikely to ever allow Flash onto its iPhone OS-powered mobile devices, see AppleInsider's three-part Flash Wars series.[View this article at URL]
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May 3, 2010
Now this is odd. It doesn't work with gpu acceleration on HD videos (no white square on left corner) in Safari and Firefox, and as expected, the Nvidia 330M doen't even kick in. However, it does work in Opera 10.5 on the Macbook pro, and in all browsers in my '09 20" iMac (9400M)! I already repaired permissions, uninstalled and reinstalled flash, and I can't get hardware acceleration in flash on the macbook pro! It reports version 10,1,81,3 in both Macbook and iMac. What gives? This is a proper video to try it: [URL]. If anyone with a 330M iMac has Flash 10.1 preview (gala) installed, please try it - select 720p and see if it gets a small white square on the left upper corner.
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Aug 20, 2014
I successfully installed Adobe flash player. Latest version. How do I set this as my default player application?
The websites I use just keep saying to install the flash player.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Jan 18, 2010
A friend of mine is having trouble playing flash videos on his 1.33 GHz PowerBook G4 (256MB of RAM). He has version 7 of flash player and is unable to upgrade to a newer version.
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Feb 8, 2010
I have upgraded from a OX 2.8 to 3.9. I now have to use two browsers to use the internet. Safari to have access to my yahoo mail account, and fire fox 2.020 to load information on my business website.
I have not been able to use shockwave flash or flash player on the up load. When I was using OSX 2.8 I could add pictures to my business website and etc., I had no problem viewing the slide show I had on my website, other than the system was a little slow. I have an ibook G3 128 +512 ram, total. 900 mhz, 12. inches and white case. The systems requirements indicate that I need to upgrade to tiger OSX 4.0
I know there are some issues using Fire Fox with OSX 3.9. When ever I tried to access my yahoo mail from Fire fox, the system would crash.
Other than getting a new laptop, any suggestions? I tried to down load Shock wave from the old apps web site called Camino. I get an error message that the plug in cannot be loaded sussfully I have tried load flash Player 7.09, but get a message that it can not load. Could this be because of not enough space on the drive. Maybe I am not loading it correctly. Shouldn't I be able to click it to install it in the right place without having to try the different files.
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Feb 1, 2012
How do i get flash player on my macbook pro?
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Feb 13, 2010
Flash player has been severely crashing lately on my MBP 13".Every time i watch a video on youtube the video will get laggy and causes firefox to crash. When i watch it on chrome beta only the flash plugin will crash.
This started happening when i upgraded my hard drive to a 500 GB WD Scorpio Blue. I used copy cloner to clone my drive.Its very depressing to not be able to watch youtube video on a 1200+ dollar machine.Is there any solution or maybe some optimization i can do to the drive and stop the problem?
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Feb 26, 2010
i have an old eMac os 10.3.9 that i have finally got working. To access many websites I need adobe flash player.
i have been t the adobe website and downloaded the flash player 9 for os 10.3 but how do you get it to install ? I just have a bunch of plugins and files?
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Mar 26, 2012
I'm having a terrible problem with my adobe flash player always crashing. It just started doing it, when I go to youtube, or anytime I try to watch a video. I have the latest version of adobe, and I checked my settings, everything sees to be okay. I'm using a pro mac osx, 64bit Intel.
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.4)
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May 11, 2012
I cannot utilize my Flash Player anymore - you all know what a pain that is. I now keep getting notices that I have an "unsupported operating system." I have a Mac OS X 10.4.11 Power PC G5. Adobe, as you all know, no longer supports the system. I have tried everything to get my Flash Player back-up and running, with no progress. Including this and it didn't work for me: url....Once downloaded if it doesn't unzip automatically the double click on that file.Look for the fp10.1.102.64_and_9.0.289.0archive folder, open it, look for the Flash Player 10.1.102.64 folder & open and look for 101r10264 folder & open it, double click on the flash player 101r102_64_ubmac.dmg file, choose the Install Adobe Flash Player file to install.
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G5, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
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May 26, 2012
I have tried, without success. Is it even possible?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
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Jun 9, 2012
Does or will my new IMAC with Lion 10.7.4 support Flash Player. many time i am searching the internet using Safari and I get the message to down load or upgrad flash player. Would it be on my ne Imac already?
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iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4), Top of the line performance
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Aug 23, 2009
After weeks of trying to download Flash player to Safari, I removed the program using AppZapper and downloaded a new Safari which behaved beautifully. What puzzles me is that when I opened this new Safari, it contained all my favorites and Bookmark bar bookmarks. Is there a ghost in the system or did AppZapper miss something?
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Nov 13, 2010
I have had my macbook pro 10.6.5 for over 2 years and have never had this problem. But this morning I tried to use my webcam with flash player online and it wouldn't work. I have spent about 2 hours reinstalling browsers, flash player and repairing permissions in disk utility but still no video.
The iSight does work in Photobooth and iMovie but for some reason when I select it in the Adobe Flash Player Settings nothing happens. The green light doesn't even go on.
Does anyone have any ideas of what I can try next?
I am studying abroad in France this semester so do not have my OS installation disks with me. I do have a time machine backup though
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Dec 9, 2010
how can i use it for what purpose?
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Dec 31, 2010
I just got a MacBook Pro, OS 10.6.5 and I transferred all my information from my Air, OS 10.5...something. When I went to watch a video online, it said that FlashPlayer wasn't installed, so I installed the latest version on the adobe website, but it still says that there's a missing plug-in. Flash player was working fine on my air, and all my software is up to date.
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Jan 13, 2011
How do view item that require flash player,
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May 7, 2009
I've been trying to find this out! Does anyone know?
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Feb 15, 2012
i have a macbook pro. the problem recently has been the flash player.i have installed it several times, but whenever i click a link on a website it says you need to update your flash player and keeps taking me to adobe website.
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MacBookPro
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Feb 19, 2012
How can I uninstall adobe flash player?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
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Mar 2, 2012
I seem to be able to download Flash Player but can't install it. Several times I am told I need the plug in to view a site.
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Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7)
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Mar 24, 2012
adobe downloaded, and installed, but is not recognised by safari on web pages that ask for it
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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Mar 31, 2012
my daughter cant play games because it says i need to download the latest version of flash player, yet when i try it wont let me????
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Mar 31, 2012
Safari 5.1 on Lion. Keeps saying blocking flash. Wants me to download. Already tried uninstalling, reinstalling, restarting, clearing the cache. Driving me nuts? Don't remember seeing this before the safari update?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7)
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Apr 11, 2012
I have OS X 10.5.8 and can't install FP. There must ba an alternative out there.
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Apr 24, 2012
Prosessor 2,53 GHz Intel Core i5 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 (11D50) This machine is not willing to install Flash player. Have tried to follow instructions on Adobe forums, tried to remove flash, tried to install flash, but no luck.I only get the message flash player will not install...
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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May 8, 2012
I can't install the most recent flash-player on my mac. Its a 7 year old powerbook. What can i do?
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PowerBook, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
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May 16, 2012
I have installed the latest OS update and Safari update, as of 13th May 2012. Flash player will not install.I select the yellow download control from the Adobe site, a grey screen is displayed and nothing happens. There is no record of the application downloading. Under System Prefeences there is not Flash Player icon.
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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