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[/img]Adobe's ubiquitous Flash Player has a new beta version out today
that promises to complete the move to hardware acceleration of video
played back using the web software. You'll no doubt be aware that the
current, non-beta Flash already does some offloading of video tasks to
the GPU, but the new Stage Video API permits the entire workload to be
shifted over, resulting in "just over 0 percent" CPU utilization when
playing back 1080p clips. Should you doubt the veracity of Adobe's
bold new claims, the company's set up some demo vids for you to test
this out for yourself after downloading the beta -- hit the source
link to find out more. Windows, Mac and Linux machines are supported
right out of the gate, while Microsoft gets an extra bone thrown its
way with Internet Explorer 9 hardware acceleration also being
implemented in this latest iteration of Flash. Full PR after the break.
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