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kroman1
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February 21, 2010
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Why is Flash Player so slow?

  • February 21, 2010
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I can't play HD videos from Youtube or Vimeo smoothly with Flash Player. (Flash 10.0.45.2, Windows XP SP3, latest ATI drivers)

The framerate is low and sometimes the sound and the video hangs. The problem is the same on Firefox 3.6 and Internet Explorer 8.

When I download the videos (with DownloadHelper) and open them with Media Player Classic and the FFDshow codec, it works perfectly. Unfortunately  FFDshow can't be used for streaming, I always have to download the video first.

It seems that FFDshow is much faster than Flash Player.

Here's a vido who hangs on Flash Player but not with FFDshow : http://vimeo.com/8614771

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    burakkoz
    Participant
    June 25, 2013

    my web site in flashplayer so slow.  please help me why?  my site: yabanci film izle

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    abrane_12
    Participant
    July 1, 2010

    There might be problem in your Pc not this flash player you can clean up your pc.

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    UMD Waverider
    Participant
    September 29, 2010

    Speed problems with Flash usually have nothing to do with the computer, but rather with Flash itself.  Unfortunately, Flash has become ubiquitous on the internet, especially when it comes to video.  Flash certainly has its uses, but video is not one of them.  I can normally run 3 HD videos on my computer simultaneously with no problems.  Play even one video (not even HD) on my computer with Flash, and it uses 100% of my CPU and is still very choppy.

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    Anonymous
    June 29, 2010

    Your right, flash is simply an inefficient (poorly coded) application. Flash utilizes far too much CPU. Honestly, you shouldn't need anything more than a last generation Celeron to get HD playback, but because flash is such a resource hog, you'll need at least a Core 2 or Phenom II processor for satisfactory playback.

    In my opinion, Unacceptable requirements just for internet video.

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