You may experience poor video performance using Adobe Flash Player if you have low network bandwidth or lower than recommended hardware requirements. Symptoms may include:
Free as much network bandwidth as possible. For example, turn off applications that might be using bandwidth such as instant messengers, peer-to-peer sharing applications, and so on.
Make sure your machine meets the minimum hardware configurations recommended for an optimal playback experience:
| Resolution | Windows | Macintosh | Linux |
| 852x480 (480p) 24 fps |
Intel Pentium 4 2.33GHz processor (or equivalent) 128MB of RAM 64MB of VRAM |
PowerPC G5 1.8GHz or faster processor Intel Core Duo 1.33GHz or faster processor 256MB of RAM 64MB of VRAM |
Intel Pentium 4 2.33GHz processor (or equivalent) 128MB of RAM 64MB of VRAM |
| 1,280x720 (720p) 2430 fps |
Intel Pentium 4 3GHz processor (or equivalent) 128MB of RAM 64MB of VRAM |
Intel Core Duo 1.83GHz or faster processor 256MB of RAM 64MB of VRAM |
Intel Pentium 4 3GHz processor (or equivalent) 128MB of RAM 64MB of VRAM |
| 1,920x1,080 (1080p) 24 fps |
Intel Core Duo 1.8GHz processor (or equivalent) 128MB of RAM 64MB of VRAM |
Intel Core Duo 2.66GHz processor (or equivalent) 512MB of RAM 128MB of VRAM |
Intel Core Duo 1.8GHz processor (or equivalent) 128MB of RAM 64MB of VRAM |
In addition, if you have display problems with Flash Player, such as poor picture quality or slow display times, it may help to deselect Enable Hardware Acceleration in the Display panel. This may eliminate hardware or driver compatibility problems with Flash Player. Flash Player then uses software to scale and display the content.
To disable hardware acceleration:
For more information regarding Flash Player's display settings and hardware-accelerated scaling, see the Flash Player Help documentation.
Although this TechNote is intended for end-users viewing Flash video, developers should help to optimize video playback by following best practices for encoding Flash video. The following Dev article, Encoding Flash Video, is a valuable reference for developers and content providers.
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