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11/17/09
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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".
11/17/09
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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
11/17/09
11/17/09
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.
11/17/09
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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
11/17/09
11/12/09
Don't be upset, Danny. Papa Jobs knows what's best and he only wants a good iPhone experience for you. Some day when you're older, you'll understand. Until then, just be patient, ok? #vimeoiphoneandroid
10/06/09
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10/05/09
Flash will be moving beyond being just web-based content. Flash, Flex and AIR are all poised to be huge in application development. After that happens, then Silverlight will probably become a more prominent competitor in web content and I wouldn't be surprised if, by then, MS has developed the MS phone of some sort..which will deliver native Silverlight (flash) content.
10/06/09
That's awesome. We really just wanna be able to watch videos without going through Flash (or Silverlight). I think that little stranglehold aside, we're cool.
10/05/09
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The bottom line is that the one phone that advertised the "whole internet" is going to be the only one without the actual whole internet.
Irony! :)
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06/23/09
I believe i read this to be the reason it won't allow another companies app on their OS... but still?
06/23/09
Apple has been trying to make its own applications so it isn't so affected by Adobe. But Adobe is vindictive. For a while, Premiere was Windows only. Around that time, Apple was trying to poach Premiere users and had a "trade in your Premiere discs for Final Cut" program.
How would you like to have a company that you have no control over be able to exercise a "nuclear" option over you?
06/23/09
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06/23/09
Everyone knows its gonna come to the iPhone eventually and with better tricks up its sleeve. Not that I even care or have an iPhone but that's just how apple operates.
06/23/09
Here's a nickel - go out and buy yourself a better laugh-test. Yours seems to be on the fritz.