Adobe has updated Flash Player for Mac 10.1 to now offer hardware-accelerated decoding of videos. Hardware-accelerated decoding offers better playback, less strain on system resources, and longer battery life for portables.
We just pushed a few minutes ago a new version of the Flash Player 10.1.82.76 containing a nice feature that was in beta until now called “Gala”. Yes, H.264 GPU decoding in Mac OSX is now officially enabled in the Flash Player.
You should notice now a nice difference when playing H.264 content on your Mac in terms of CPU usage. We rarely enable new features in security releases but we really wanted to enable such a cool feature.
Flash Player 10.1 was released back in June, but didn’t offer hardware-accelerated decoding for Mac OS X until today. Adobe outlines which Macs are capable of taking advantage of hardware-accelerated decoding:
– MacBooks shipped after January 21st, 2009
– Mac Minis shipped after March 3rd, 2009
– MacBook Pros shipped after October 14th, 2008
– iMacs which shipped after the first quarter of 2009
Flash Player is available here, at Adobe’s site.
The best part about this update? My MacBook Pro no longer smells like it’s frying beef when it’s sitting on my lap and I’m watching Hulu videos.
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