Youtube in 1080P or how to redline your processor with Flash
Mon, 11/16/2009 - 6:08am — Seth Weintraub
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As promised last week, Youtube has begun rolling out its 1080P content, according to their blog post on the matter. The first video? Pennie the Jack Russell recorded on a Toshiba Camileo S10 HD. We've embedded it for you below but you'll need to go full screen if you want to experience full CPU blowout.
On the most recent 13-inch MacBook Pro with 4GB of RAM, we've got Flash redlining the CPU, a few beach balls and we're missing some frames. Also it looks like you may be able to trick Youtube into displaying your content in full HD by putting a trailing "&fmt=37" into the URL. Pulling the original source MP4 from Youtube will probably yield better results.
There appear to be some non-believers out there. Below are some screenshots of the Flash video in 720P. 1080P is twice as bad.
played using safari on 2.5 mbp w/ 4gb ram full screen pre unibody 512 onboard graphics.... no problem and cpu was only at or around 75% capacity.... worked fine.
Flash will alwys be a jokeas long as this comaprison can be made:
On a MacPro1,1 Dual Core Dual Proc setup with 6GB of Ram running 10.6.2
1080p in Flash: 95-110%
1080p in Quicktime: 2-4%
I may have gotten the raw file wrong I loaded up the auto-1080p link in the page first (&fmt=37) to be sure, but please correct me if I'm wrong. The non-1080p-ish flash link ran about 65-80% CPU either way.
Quicktime always runs my flash files with far less resource use, I just wish Adobe could try to get there with their flash plugin. Flash was great for crashing client computers as far back as 2000 when simple banner ads set to 125 fps could halt visitor's systems. I would love to have flash on the iPhone but when it consumes so much resources I can't imagine having to reboot my iphone every time I visited youtube by accident.
I am running a new MacBook Pro 15-inch with 2.66ghz processor and 4g of ram. My processor CPU usage stayed around 55% while the video was playing. That's just a little less than what Call of Duty 4 uses...Wow.
I get much better performance if I let the entire video load before starting to play. It uses just as many resources but it plays fine on a unibody Macbook
Well I just tried this on my 3 year old Windows XP HP 1.6 core duo laptop and it rang just fine. I will be upset if my santa-rosa 2 year old Macbook can not handle it. I don't want to be beat by a PC...
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i played it on my macbook
i played it on my macbook black with no problem?
Played fine until I put it
Played fine until I put it into 1080p. Then I got beachballs on new MacBook pro 13 inch
No beachballs but lots of
No beachballs but lots of dropped frmaes on 21.5 inch iMac
Playing it here at Apple
Playing it here at Apple Store [Redacted] on 27 inch iMac. Not very smooth but no beachballs.
BTW- CAPTCHA SUX!
In 1080p mode, Stutter city
In 1080p mode, Stutter city on my week-old 15" MBP.
But I'm not sure if that's only Flash, or how YouTube encoded it.
no beachballs on 21.5in imac
no beachballs on 21.5in imac but was running about 77% of my processor.
played using safari on 2.5
played using safari on 2.5 mbp w/ 4gb ram full screen pre unibody 512 onboard graphics.... no problem and cpu was only at or around 75% capacity.... worked fine.
Man, who on earth thought
Man, who on earth thought 1080p Flash was a good idea? It's a horrendous resource-hog as it is!
118% in usage
in my iMac 24" 2.16 with 4GB RAM and GT 7600.
not that bad.
h264 was not a option? I
h264 was not a option?
I thought all new you tube content was going to be encoded in h264?
Am I missing something?
Only for iPhone
IIRC, the H.264 encoding of YouTube content was only for the version of YouTube accessible to the iPhone & iPod Touch.
Indeed, but install
Indeed, but install click2flash as Safari plugin and you can play youtube as H264
Tested and indeed loading in Quicktime is far better.
Flash will alwys be a jokeas long as this comaprison can be made:
On a MacPro1,1 Dual Core Dual Proc setup with 6GB of Ram running 10.6.2
1080p in Flash: 95-110%
1080p in Quicktime: 2-4%
I may have gotten the raw file wrong I loaded up the auto-1080p link in the page first (&fmt=37) to be sure, but please correct me if I'm wrong. The non-1080p-ish flash link ran about 65-80% CPU either way.
Quicktime always runs my flash files with far less resource use, I just wish Adobe could try to get there with their flash plugin. Flash was great for crashing client computers as far back as 2000 when simple banner ads set to 125 fps could halt visitor's systems. I would love to have flash on the iPhone but when it consumes so much resources I can't imagine having to reboot my iphone every time I visited youtube by accident.
Correct. Not sure why you're
Correct. Not sure why you're being voted down here.
It's also used for the AppleTV version.
Here are the original stories from when it was announced:
http://newteevee.com/2007/06/03/youtube-goes-h264-thanks-to-apple/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19330438
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-exec-details-160gb-...
It's being voted down because
It's being voted down because it's true and the truth hurts....
Wow, uses some serious power
I am running a new MacBook Pro 15-inch with 2.66ghz processor and 4g of ram. My processor CPU usage stayed around 55% while the video was playing. That's just a little less than what Call of Duty 4 uses...Wow.
Works fine
no missing frames, no beach balls, macbookpro 13" 4gb RAM 2.26ghz processor. Runs perfectly fine.
try putting it in HD
try putting it in HD
I get much better performance
I get much better performance if I let the entire video load before starting to play. It uses just as many resources but it plays fine on a unibody Macbook
Your machines crap!
I ran it fine on a Macbook alu unibody, 4Gb ram. Other readers ran it well too.
So it must be your machine that is lacking. :)
And the point is?
Flash is so beyond worthless that its hurts just reading something like this.
Well I just tried this on my
Well I just tried this on my 3 year old Windows XP HP 1.6 core duo laptop and it rang just fine. I will be upset if my santa-rosa 2 year old Macbook can not handle it. I don't want to be beat by a PC...
it's flash for mac...
flash works almost fine on windows computers...on macs not so much. am i the only one who says adobe sucks? I hate flash sites...
runs like butter on the new
runs like butter on the new 27" iMac 2.66GHz quad core i5...
iPhone
Probably not displayed in HD on an iPhone but it sure looks better then most YouTube movies! No frame drops either.
Pulling the original source
Pulling the original source MP4 from Youtube will probably yield better results.
How?
Probably because the Macs
Probably because the Macs struggle with Flash but handle mp4 better.
Plays absolutely fine on my
Plays absolutely fine on my 2.66 Ghz MBP with 4 Gb RAM.
Let the video load fully - applies to all youtube HD videos. Also, switch to fullscreen mode.
Or get your macbook fixed.
MP4 from YouTube
You can pull the original source MP4 from Youtube with the Safari plugin 'Click to Flash'
http://www.thecheapgeek.org/2009/07/30/click-to-flash-safari-plug-in/
firefox???
any word on a mac firefox plugin???