On 06/11/2010 03:16 PM, Clodoaldo Neto wrote: > 2010/6/11 Andrew Haley <aph@xxxxxxxxxx>: >> On 06/11/2010 01:01 PM, Clodoaldo Neto wrote: >>> 2010/6/11 Andrew Haley <aph@xxxxxxxxxx>: >>>> On 06/11/2010 11:40 AM, Clodoaldo Neto wrote: >>>>> For me Flash 10.1 CPU utilization is very intense. Some videos have >>>>> many dropped frames. Right now this is almost unwatchable with more >>>>> than 95% CPU utilization: >>>>> >>>>> http://worldcup.vevo.com/ >>>> >>>> This is H.264 video, which is notoriously CPU intensive to decode. >>>> The new generation of computer/GPU hardware is being designed to do >>>> this with dedicated peripherals, but the flashplayer you have won't >>>> use that. Also, the built-in decoder in flashplayer might not be as >>>> fast as it could be. >>> >>> My point, which I neglected to post, is that with the previous Flash >>> version, 10.0, the CPU utilization was 20% at the most demanding >>> videos >> >> That certainly is not my experience. H.264 will stretch almost any >> processor, and in HD is beyond the capabilities of even the newest >> single core. 20% CPU utilization is pretty reasonable for MPEG >> decoding, though. I don't know what you might have tried in the past. >> >>> and with 10.1 it is unusable for some videos. My desktop CPU is an >>> AMD 2.2 GHz. Not very impressive, but also not that ancient. >> >> Well, the question is whether you can do better with an older >> flashplayer and *that particular video*, which seems to be SD >> widescreen. > > Yes. I was watching that video just before the upgrade to 10.1 and it > was completely smooth. And then right after that I went to watch it > again and it was dropping lots of frames. Sigh. You know, if you'd said that at the start we could have avoided this whole exchange. :-( > The other videos I watch regularly are the CNN videos. Although they > are still smooth, now the CPU utilization is much higher, more than > 80%. > > Are you using Fedora? What version of the Flash plugin? What is your > CPU utilization playing that video? What is the CPU? Yes, 10.0.x, 90+% on all CPUs, but quality varies. I have no idea how you ever managed to decode that video at such low CPU utilization. Maybe you get a different version from the server depending on which version of flashplayer you have. Andrew. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
