Is Flash supposed to use this much cpu in browsers?

[FearoftheNight]

I just look at activity monitor and it seems that flash itself was using over 50% cpu for playing youtube? Is this normal? What gives?

 

[ViRGE]

Yes, that's normal. Flash is an absolute pig on anything besides Windows.

 

[TheStu]

Originally posted by: ViRGE
Yes, that's normal. Flash is an absolute pig on anything besides Windows.

Seconded.

But hey, lets put it on smartphone. Stupid Apple for not putting Flash on the iPhone, look how good it is for us on our computers!

 

[mmntech]

I've said it before. Adobe can make Flash run great on any system... as long as it's 32-bit Windows.

 

[Kmax82]

What irks me is all the innovations they've put into Flash 10.1 for the mobile phones. Those are great, and they should be in the desktop versions. Ugh.. Adobe...

 

[FearoftheNight]

So flash isn't so bad for 32 bit windows? Does that mean it will be a cpu hog for win 7 x64 as well? Is this going to change anytime soon?

 

[Nothinman]

So flash isn't so bad for 32 bit windows? Does that mean it will be a cpu hog for win 7 x64 as well? Is this going to change anytime soon?

AFAIK they haven't released a 64-bit plugin for Windows yet, just Linux.

 

[mmntech]

Originally posted by: Nothinman

So flash isn't so bad for 32 bit windows? Does that mean it will be a cpu hog for win 7 x64 as well? Is this going to change anytime soon?

AFAIK they haven't released a 64-bit plugin for Windows yet, just Linux.

There's a 64-bit version for Linux now? I know there isn't a 64-bit version for Windows or OS X. Safari 64-bit has a work around for it though allowing 32-bit Flash to run on it.

 

[Nothinman]

Originally posted by: mmntech

Originally posted by: Nothinman

So flash isn't so bad for 32 bit windows? Does that mean it will be a cpu hog for win 7 x64 as well? Is this going to change anytime soon?

AFAIK they haven't released a 64-bit plugin for Windows yet, just Linux.

There's a 64-bit version for Linux now? I know there isn't a 64-bit version for Windows or OS X. Safari 64-bit has a work around for it though allowing 32-bit Flash to run on it.

It's probably still labeled alpha or beta but it's been out for a while, long enough that I can't remember now.

 

[secretanchitman]

yeah...usually in the 30-40% range for cpu usage for me, and with HD turned on, it shoots up even more. i always try to download/stream everything in quicktime, if possible.

 

[TheStu]

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
yeah...usually in the 30-40% range for cpu usage for me, and with HD turned on, it shoots up even more. i always try to download/stream everything in quicktime, if possible.

I am going to be trying out ClickToFlash this evening on both 64bit Safari in Snow Leopard and Safari on Leopard. Allegedly, one of the things you can do with it is to have to force quicktime playback of videos off YouTube. Huzzah for HTML5.

 

[TheStu]

ClickToFlash works really well on Leopard. I am using it on a G4 PowerBook, so Flash is almost completely not a possibility, but the fact that I can have it force h264 playback means I can actually watch stuff from YouTube.

 

[MovingTarget]

Oh man, I thought it was just my system. I usually avoid YouTube and flash-based sites like the plague because they are so slow...

Then again, my iBook G4 is probably due for an OS reload...its been about two years...

 

[xanis]

Originally posted by: TheStu
ClickToFlash works really well on Leopard. I am using it on a G4 PowerBook, so Flash is almost completely not a possibility, but the fact that I can have it force h264 playback means I can actually watch stuff from YouTube.

I had never even heard to ClickToFlash until I came into this thread. All I can say it... holy Sweet Jesus, where has this program been all my life?