At Mon, 04 Apr 2011 09:39:04 -0400 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > One other factor might be video hardware acceleration. Of those who > have Shockwave working, are you also running VHA?? On my laptop I have a 'VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M6 LY' (according to lspci) and I use the stock CentOS driver: Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "radeon" EndSection On my 64-bit desktop I have a 'VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C77 [GeForce 8200] (rev a2)' and also use the stock CentOS driver: Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "vesa" EndSection And yes, the 64-bit flash 'preview' plugin and yes, it plays flash videos just fine there. [*I* have no use for nVidia's drive -- I don't do 3D modeling or video games, etc.] > > On 04/03/2011 06:41 PM ken wrote: > > For a long time now I've wanted to be able to watch videos. I've done > > the "try this!" and "try that!" method and it hasn't worked well. So > > I'm wondering if anyone running CentOS 5.5 has Shockwave on Firefox working. > > > > Currently it works for me with short videos-- up to two or three minutes > > long. However, when Shockwave is enabled, CPU usage jumps to 99%, > > sometimes even 100%! If I disable it CPU usage goes down to 1 - 5%. > > (For those who speak load avg, I've seen highs of 6 and 8... as opposed > > to the no Shockwave-now of 0.14 to 0.45.) > > > > So with the CPU already buried just by having Shockwave is enabled, if a > > video lasts longer than four minutes, gaps in the video's continuity > > begin to appear, and by ten minutes in the video is locked up altogether. > > > > What's everyone else's experience with this? Does anyone have a setup > > where they can view a 1.5-hour video normally... and maybe even work in > > their editor alongside it at the same time? If so, would you be open to > > explaining what hardware and software etc. you've got so that this works > > so well? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 / heller at deepsoft.com Deepwoods Software -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ () ascii ribbon campaign -- against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org -- against proprietary attachments