Flash plugin in browser performance

I'm a noob Flash developer and I've just noticed that when I
run my .swf from within a browser (using the latest Flash9 plugin),
the .swf runs ~30% slower when compared to just double-clicking on
the .swf (in this case, uses my installed Flash7 .exe, MX 2004). If
I put up the Windows cpu performance monitor, the cpu is basically
at zero after the .swf loads. Plenty of cpu to spare.
Double clicking the .swf, the .swf runs very smooth, as
expected. There are obvious frame hits when run in a browser.
The .swf is a trivial game with less than 100 lines of code.
Just something I typed in from a book.
Any comments would be appreciated.
Thanks.

This is a well-known issue with the Flash/Shockwave browser plugins and is not unique to OSX or Safari (occurs on Firefox and on Windows as well). It will cause problems even when there is no Flash on the page. It's most likely an implementation problem with Adobe. Uninstalling Flash+Shockwave player fixes the issue.
Firefox thread documenting behavior:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/forum/1/415618?forumId=1&comments_threshold=0&comments_pa rentId=415618&comments_offset=80&comments_per_page=20&thread_style=commentStyle_plain

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Hi,
Earlier today I created a topic on this on the Mozilla support forums.
Content repeated below:
post 1)
Hi,
The following issue is driving me nuts;
Since upgrading to 3.6 sites using Flash hang firefox indefinately.
The behaviour appears to occur random; some days no problem, some days I get hangs on every flash page.
The download progress bar just stops in the middle somewhere and Firefox becomes unresponsive and has to be killed through task manager.
The behaviour is caused by NPSWF32.dll (the Flash 10 dll).
In about:plugins I can see the following:
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File: NPSWF32.dll
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Shockwave Flash 10.0 r42
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application/futuresplash FutureSplash movie spl
In Proces Explorer (sysinternals) I can see several NPSWF32.dll threads when FF hangs.
Usually with 2 separate Start adresses.
Right now, for instance, FF is hanging (after I started it in safe-mode without add-ons).
In Process Explorer I see 5 NPSWF32.dll threads:
3 with start address 0x14cd2 (NPSWF32.dll!nativeShockwaveFlash_TCallLabel+0x14cd2)
2 with start address 0x637b (NPSWF32.dll!nativeShockwaveFlash_TCallLabel+0x637b)
All threads have state Wait:UserRequest
Killing these threads in order of last created will cause Firefox to start responding again.
In this case killing the 2 0x637b threads caused Firefox to start responding again.
Unfortunately I usually have to repeat this process for every page which is using Flash.
Any clues to finding a permanent fix would be much appreciated (and yes, I have tried reinstalling Flash, multiple times).
Thanks in advance.
Ralph
Part of post 2)
Google Chrome displays the same behaviour (but after some seconds a pop-up offers to close the non-responsive tab).
Part of post 3)
On this page:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/C ... 1abd&hl=en
someone suggested it may be related to sound drivers
I tried uninstalling / reïnstalling the plugin several times, without errors, but still the plugin hangs on Flash pages.
Only way to get the browser to respond again is by killing NPSWF32.dll threads.
Any clues on fixing this would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi, I would like to have you post all of your add ons in IE, both currently loaded and have been loaded and version#'s if listed and the same with the FF plugins, extenstions and add ons.
You don't want to try to install FP vs 9, it will fail and you may have more problems as a result than you now have.
McAfee is definitely a problem. We'll address that later. McAfee and Norton are the most intrusive Anti-Virus programs on the market. They can't even be uninstalled by a regular method. They each have their own Uninstallers. Just think "big
brother". They practically take over your computer and dictate what you can and can't do. So, yes, a major issue.
However, you have several things going on but I would start with the add ons first and proceed from there. If you want
me to help you sort this out, you must agree not to "move the goal posts". By that I mean adding, removing, changing,
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I have a very simple question:
I am running Linux, and I use the latest Firefox browser.
From this site (Adobe) I downloaded the flash plugin
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The default browser is "Services". The phone also has "Web", which is another (newer) browser.
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Please help -- How can I install flash player plugin (version 8) in browser without downloading setup or redirecting to macromedia site if flash plugin is not available in browser

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I promise to refrain from venting my disgust :-) but when FF 9 blew up the entire web. I had all kinds of issues so I did things like Bill Gates taught us to do. I re-installed windows 7, brand new, formatted HD and all. The very first thing I did was open IE to download FF29 from the mozilla site and it installed. I went to pages I know have fits with flash on purpose, www.nydailynews.com, for instance and got the message that no flash was installed, do I want to install it? Well, yes, I have brand new FF on a brand new computer, so to ahead. Did the usual, installed Flash, shut down, and even rebooted the computer, and golly gee, the web pages tell me I have no flash installed. Its in IE, and of course chrome, and it appears in the installed program control panel, but I can't use flash with FF 29.
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Before you make any moreoverhauls on the UI, could you fix the problems with flash. I find it a little condescending to tell a 25 year user of computers to make sure " you have the latest versions" when in fact I have a brand new install of windows and the very latest from Adobe and Mozilla and they do no wok together, even when I down grade to FF 28, which as I told you, automatically upgrades to FF 29 each time I boot up.
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I have always seen open source as the way to the future, since the first PC arrived, but its looking like a bad idea.
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I am sorry, but I am frustrated at the lack of progress towards a solution and really do not wish to be told to see if I am using the latest versions. I have taken every step possible and gone all the way to a brand new machine and FF does not work with flash reliably.
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<sub>edit: removed your mail address from public display, since the only thing it will attract are spam bots. you will be notified per mail once somebody replies to the thread. (philipp)</sub>

adobe test page says it is installed. but I said, some pages I visit say I don't have it installed.
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I know it looks like I have two different problems as the plugin does not load, but for instance, when I got it worrking in FF28, it loaded but constantly crashed an locked up the browser with the shockwave message, even tho I never install shockwave any time
Frustration is the word for the day, or the week :-)
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[[Flash 11.3 doesn't load video in Firefox]]
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http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1018071?tstart=0
http://blogs.adobe.com/asset/2012/06/inside-flash-player-protected-mode-for-firefox.html
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* http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1018071?tstart=0
* http://blogs.adobe.com/asset/2012/06/inside-flash-player-protected-mode-for-firefox.html
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* http://mozilla.github.io/shumway/
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http://yadi.sk/d/crOfTWBVEDZLc
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* http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1018071?tstart=0
* http://blogs.adobe.com/asset/2012/06/inside-flash-player-protected-mode-for-firefox.html
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http://forums.adobe.com/thread/494811
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Deinstalled Adobe Flash completely (using Windows). Used the normal Firefox update, which it recommends (your flash player was deactivated, please install...). No success, it simply goes into a loop, always telling me my flash player is too old.
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I am spitting angry now - this kind of trouble is the reason I only use ESR versions from Mozilla. I do not want your chaos troupe to play around with _my_ installation. But obviously you found ways to do so.
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Clearly _your_ management does _not_ work: If I use the solutions which FF itself recommends, it sends me in an endless loop: Install newest Flash, sorry, Flash is outdated, install newest Flash...
Is this the 'new security'? Bah. If you did this for the 'normal user' (which you obviously do not respect anymore), you failed. And you failed completely for me: If software insists to do things 'automatically', it should at least do them reliably, _or_ it should ask. But working in the background, changing important things, reporting nothing, and then failing is exactly the reason why I disable all 'automatic' activities and want to be _asked_ before some idiotic piece of c.... deconfigures itself - and stops working...
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At this time Flash player is installed, shows in the systems software list as 'Adobe Flash Player 11 Plugin', Version 11.5.502.146. The rest are my normal plugins. Serveral changes to about:config were done by me in an effort to make FF usable again, without nagging 'info' bars...

Additional information - according to the wiki you pointed me to, it was correct to uninstall flash using Windows control panel. I am very sure that I already had the latest version installed from the beginning, because Flash player pointed me to an update on Windows start (as usual) several days ago.
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