Brief Hands-On Report--Adobe Flash Player 9 Beta Code-named Moviestar
"...includes H.264 standard video support – the same standard deployed in Blu-Ray and HD-DVD high definition video players – and High Efficiency AAC (HE-AAC) audio support, as well as hardware accelerated, multi-core enhanced full screen video playback. These advancements will extend Adobe’s leadership position in Web video by enabling the delivery of HD television quality and premium audio content through the ubiquitous Adobe Flash Player and pave the way to expand rich media Flash experiences on the desktop and H.264 ready consumer devices."
Of course, QuickTime has had H.264 support for some time.
Adobe Flash Player 9 beta is available for download from this Adobe Web page. You can see what version you have installed by visiting this Adobe Flash Web page.
Note that Adobe recommends that you uninstall any previous version of Flash Player before installing the new beta version. Download the uninstaller from this Adobe Web page.
We had Flash Player 9.0.47.0 installed on our Macs so we uninstalled it on our Mac mini Core Duo and 15" Mac Book Pro Core 2 Duo (LED) as recommended by Adobe. Then, we installed the beta (9.0.60.184) without any problems. And finally, we visited a number of Adobe Flash showcase sites to ensure it works well and it does.
We also installed the beta on our iMac Core Duo but without uninstalling the previous version first. It worked fine, too, but we still suggest that you follow Adobe's recommendation to use the uninstaller first. [Bill Fox & Dana Baggett]
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