kind of raising the dead here...

I don't know if you all have found out why your cpus are running at 100% but i been doing research on it and found this article and believe it or not a vacumm cleaner solved my problem i have a brand new hp pavillion entertainment just old enough to have a little dust in it but here is the scientific answer for it Streaming video playback issue from www.abc.net.au/iview im not a computer guru but this guy seams to know what hes talkin about and it worked i am running at 42 to 52% on justin.tv hq now which i was running 75 to 100% before the vacumm cleaner and my fan is not running as much now too like i said my cpu is not even out of warranty yet and i keep it shiny on the outside and it was enough dust to cause the hardware excelerater to turn off due to to much heat

Any ideas how this relates to Silverlight?

Any CPU usage performance comparison available between Flash and Silverlight?

Thanks,

Roboblob

http://blog.roboblob.com

Something tells me (perhaps it's your signature) that you're not completely unbiased when it comes to Flash, Emil. The fact is, there are millions of people with high-end hardware, running either Windows, Mac OS X or Linux, that are experiencing this exact issue.

Now granted, some sites are very poorly coded. And to lay the blame with shoddy code is absolutely correct. But you're wrong to blame the websites themselves - this is, more often than not, Adobe's problem, and not that of the web developers. The likes of Google are doing everything they can to improve performance on the web. But there's only so much optimising one can do in the abstract layers of AS.

In my case, I'm running a fresh install of Windows 7 with very little installed (read: all updates, Chrome and Flash). I have two Intel Dual Core 2.16GHz processors (so that's two processors, four cores) and 4GB RAM. Now with only two tabs open (one for this forum thread, and another streaming video) CPU usage has gone from 0% to 80%. And it doesn't matter if I'm viewing a site coded by decent developers who know what they're doing (in this case BBC iPlayer or YouTube) or some rubbish off of MSNBC. Nor does it matter which browser I'm using, the experience is comparable with Chrome, Firefox and IE8.

And before someone suggests that I give a 10.1 release candidate a try, don't bother. Performance is exactly the same as in the latest stable version, i.e. absolutely dire.

If VLC and even Microsoft can produce decoders and players that don't completely cripple modern hardware, then so can Adobe.

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Who has undeniably proved that the video player used on youtube and BBCiPlayer has been developed right? Who might tell you for sure if they've not used 60 fps with onEnterFrame() function with about 100 checkings defined in it? Or have not used the services of some unknown agency far back in India only because it has offered the lowest development price? Just like the sneakers you get from big brands and which ultimately have been manufactured in China?  It is the most common practice: the bigger the business - the cheaper it searches to pay.... Nobody could tell you ... And if someone can, be sure he won't ....

I've seen how Flash evolves and how these issues emerged righ on time with the rising of the development hype - the CPU freakish usage and poor coding issues align with it exactly. Yes you can have bigger than 320x240 px videos in flash and not have it crashing your computer, and, you might have a small tiny video or even animation which crashes it - you just have to "know" how to do it.

Emil Georgiev - Flash & Web Design

I am also still having this problem. CPU usage maxing out on youtube videos and other flash content.

WILL ADOBE EVER FIX THIS PROBLEM?

Well if u having problems with yr cpu useage to 100%  u will not found a solution above in this thread/posts. I hope u are lucly and see the last post.(mine)

and don't waste yr time reading as I did.

I can say this about this CPU problem i have too. It may be a graphics card problem or O/S.

Before 3 days i had windows xp-sp1 and a video card =( ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB DDR

and all things was fine. videos - games in browser...   steady CPU 0-10%

I upgrade to windows xp-sp2 and video card =( ATI Radeon HD2600 Pro 512MB DDR2 AGP

and the problem begin... cpu is on fire 80-100%

I update my drivers in latest and did some other things read in forums but nothing helped. 3 days now I am fighing to find a solution.

(sry for bad english)

its time browsers pack their own flash players. crashes everywhere except on ipads.

ok adobe has finally fixed it.

Shockwave Flash 11.1 r102

works well with 1080p HD videos playing well below 10% of cpu.

only on windows

hope they soon fix the linux versions as well.

It's now official as to how adobe fooled customers ( ofcourse freely ) for 2-3 years for this - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_10#Adobe_Flash_integrat ion .

The netbook is almost extinct now by this approach.Laptops are reportedly causing global warming. 
Market is owned by almost adobe's youtube (with monetization, ads and what nots) and hundreds of other tubes and temporarily facebook.
The flash player's (which is also a 'Freeware') Integration with IE at this point gives them the edge to be as heavyweight for other OSes while being smooth with already heavy windows 7 and 8. 

Adobe has become so powerful ( in terms of dependency as videos /visual media remains the most popular and effective )  that it can not only drain batteries, overheat CPUs but also decide hardware market  and make sure they are changed every couple of years.