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11/17/09
OpenCL on Snow Leopard will offload processing to the GPU, and if they implemented their decoder using OpenCL they'd get GPU acceleration, not only for H.264 but for for any codec they want to, and without relying on proprietary APIs, as OpenCL is a standard now maintained by the Khronos Group.
Let's rephrase that: "Adobe does not have the manpower or capacity to code to the required APIs".
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That's why we need to stop using flash (or any other proprietary bs), and brace for an open web. But then, it will be another decade before MS implements all the HTML5 goodness in IE... #flash
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Sure, in the long run I'm all for open standards, but in the short term, I'd like flash. If these (controversial) tactics help to make that happen, then I'm sorry OS X users have to suffer. Switch to linux or windows :) #flash
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The PureVideo2 implementation from Adobe is NOT as fast as CoreAVC's. Testing it on an older PC, a P4 at 3 Ghz (so we can see the speed difference more clearly), CoreAVC manages to playback 1080/30p video with just 15% CPU utilization, but Flash needs about 70%-90%.
For 720p video, it seems to be caching some stuff in the beginning and so it uses about 70%-80% in the beginning, but after it's done with that, it goes down to about 20%.
Vimeo.com on the other hand, has problems with Flash 10.1. Flash crashes when exiting from full screen (reproducible here), videos don't start to play when you press "play" (you will have to re-press play), if you press in the timeline to go to a different time in the video it won't play immediately (even if it's cashed), and in *some* h.264 Vimeo re-encodings (like for one of my videos, but not all), playing the video accelerated is *slower* than in just software (reproducible behavior for the specific video)! These problems didn't exist with Flash 10.0.32.
GeForce 8600 GTS here, XP SP3 32bit, 3 GB RAM, with 186.18 nVidia drivers. If any interested Adobe engineer is reading this, I can provide more details.
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@Nathan Obbards: Well, it's all rumors at this point, but perhaps they refer to The Flash content. I don't imagine that turning out well coming from Adobe though. #flash
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Flash was once used as a convenience, but the state of HTML has long since caught up.
You don't have to stream video in a custom made flash video player. Many would prefer that you didn't. At least then, I'd have some hope of having hardware accelerated videos on my Linux box. #flash
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So because the iPhone is running a modified version of OS X, and our software blows donkey balls (google it, there are pics), we will not fix it in any way but will instead blame Apple. Besides, we are running out of banannas to feed our Mac OS software engineers.
//All kidding aside, this problem swings both ways, and the blame cannot be placed solely upon Apple. #iphoneflashsupport
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People can try to jailbreak their phone, or make a Hackintosh, or go 200mph on the street in a school zone. On the flip side, Apple also has every right to protect their profits, keep their shareholders happy, and try to keep people from doing otherwise; police as well cant prevent everyone from always speeding, but will do everything in their power to stop or prevent it otherwise.
Not aimed specifically towards your comment, but the arguement, "I bought it, it's mine, and I should be able to do whatever I want" doesn't necessarily apply for similar reasons. You can do whatever you want, but that doesn't mean anyone has to support or offer warranty or service to you for doing so, but I digress.
From what I've heard, while the Apple app store process (submitting apps I assume you mean) isn't perfect, in relation to the other new ones popping up it isn't the worst. This is all new territory, Apple just had a bit of a head start with the iTunes store, and also have the largest and the first highly successful and profitable one. It will only improve with time. #iphoneflashsupport
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Snarky would be, "Boy we would LOVE to give you guys a flash player, we have one ready to go and it's awesome. But Mean ol' Apple says no".
Then again, how is Flash 10 coming along for Android, Blackberry, WinMo, Palm, and any other phone that it's allowed on? Oh yeah, it doesn't exist. So I guess they can't say that they have one ready to go, because they don't. (See, that's how you do snarky.) #iphoneflashsupport
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A standalone flash-enabled browser in the App Store might be the best way to get Flash on the iPhone directly, but seeing as how Apple is, that may not happen anytime soon, unfortunately.
The only viable route I can see for Adobe is to go the Jailbreak route and release Flash Player as a Cydia package. Not only will the iPhone finally have flash, but it will entice more people to defy Apple's restrictions, en-masse. A revolution, if you will.
Вся власть советам! #iphoneflashsupport
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I have no use for call forwarding, so that's probably why I had never seen it. #iphoneflashsupport
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Wellp #iphoneflashsupport
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Perhaps adobe got sick of answering emails and calls from iphone users about their product so they did the easiest thing.
Honestly i didnt know they made 501s with pockets big enough to fit entire blogs into. #iphoneflashsupport
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Adobe's Flash Player is too poorly coded to be logical for the Apple iPhone/iPod Touch. Until WE decide to put some effort into creating a better framework Flash Player will continue to be a piece of shit. #iphoneflashsupport
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Flash! Pew Pew! #iphoneflashsupport
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@circa86: I just posted something similar. Guess I should have looked around first. #iphoneflashsupport
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