

Mac OS X and Windows versions are also available. Linux versions are available for download in gzipped tar and rpm formats. The Flash Player 9, Update 3 beta is available from the Adobe Labs website, here. The above unretouched image was captured from Adobe's demo video using a 2 GHz Core Duo system with integrated graphics. Stated hardware requirements are a Pentium-class processor clocked at 2 GHz or better, 32 MB of RAM.įor an "optimal experience" and full-screen video, Adobe recommends a 3 GHz PC or better, or a 2 GHz Macintosh. Playing HD video will require a relatively new PC, Adobe concedes.
Adobe flash player 9 update 1080p#
According to the Adobe Labs wiki, the software will now support high-definition 480p, 720p, and 1080p content, encoded with either On2 or H.264. Now, says Adobe, H.264 has been added to a new beta version of its Flash Player. In a statement on its website, Adobe Labs said, "H.264 delivers excellent video quality across the entire bandwidth spectrum, from 3G (mobile phones) to HD (broadcast) and everything in between." The broadest distribution of H.264 has been via Apple's QuickTime, included in that company's iTunes, iPods, and Windows/Macintosh QuickTime Player, Adobe notes.

(An IEEE overview of the standard can be downloaded in PDF format here.)

H.264, also known as MPEG-4 Part 10 (ISO/IEC 14496-10), is already widely used on the Internet, and is also the mandatory format for the HD-DVD and Blu-ray video disc formats. "Flash Player 9, Update 3 beta," available for download from Adobe's Labs website, supports Linux, OS X, and Windows. In what promises to boost video quality in desktop, mobile, and embedded devices, Adobe announced that it has added H.264 support to its popular Flash Player software.
