Adobe Flash Player 10.1 now officially available for download
By Nilay Patel 
posted June 10th 2010 2:37PM
posted June 10th 2010 2:37PM
Update: Sorry folks -- contrary to reports, it doesn't look like the Gala hardware acceleration code was secretly included in the OS X build, as we just tried it on a new MacBook Pro and the graphics didn't switch over to the discrete chip. What's more, the Gala project page is still alive and kicking with a release date expected "following the release of Flash Player 10.1." We'll just have to be patient, we suppose.
[Thanks, Neal and Sam]
@xguntherc
im looking for Flash 10.1 for my HTC EVO but i cant find it
@xelastik2002 You also don't have froyo 2.1 which is a requirement.
Wow this works great. The 720P videos from YouTube play better on my ultra portable with Flash 10.1 than with HTML5. Take that Apple.
STILL 10.0.x FOR OTHER BROWSERS!!!!
For Opera or Mozilla it is still redirecting to 10.0.45.2 link.
adobe you suck . your said it would come on the palm pre like 4 months ago . what the hell happend
Holy sweet crap this is fast.
@xyrec
That's exactly what I said! LOL! I am very impressed with the speed improvement in both browsers (Firefox 3.63 & IE8). It is lightning fast now...
can i install it on mt HTV EVO
@xelastik2002 No
From the 10.1 features guide...
"Implementation of graphics hardware acceleration will be dependent on the graphics silicon vendor of the device. This feature is not available for Android devices."
and
"H.264 video hardware acceleration is not supported on the Nexus One at this time."
Damn.
The good news? Flash 10.1 seems to work just fine on IE. The bad news? Even with a "successful install" in Firefox 3.6, when you go to a page that uses flash like CNN it says you need to install Flash. And it's looking for Flash 10.0.45 which isn't on the Adobe site anymore.
Mazel Tov!
About time. Adobe is so slow, they've been testing flash 10 64-bit on Linux forever, they promised 10,1 will support 64-bit OSs, but it seems that we have to wait another decade for that to happen.
I use Chrome 95% of the time. Adobe site only lists IE, Firefox, Opera, and Safari...is there any issue installing 10.1 with Chrome?
@mcolburn
No. Actually that fixed my Firefox problem. I went to
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
in Chrome and chose to save the file then installed it and it fixed it in Firefox which couldn't see it before. It works well in Chrome.
WHere is the 64 bit flash for windows????
Got it. Thanks for the heads up.
I recall anything equal to or more powerful than an x1800 on the ATI side could decode 1080p h.264 content (and a x1600 could do 720p), I wonder why Adobe left out so many capable GPU's? Also, which GPU's does HTML5 video support?
@Nitesh
This whole business of accelerating video from a browser plugin is a bit complicated it seems. Obviously Adobe had to do some work implementing it in the player, but then the OS has to provide access access to an API to the player as well. And then the manufacturer of the gfx card has to provide access in their drivers. For native playback that is something they already have done for the cards, but the access Flash requires is different.
I think the issue is not so much the performance of some models, but that for example Nvidia and ATI are not that keen on revising every driver for every card, and just do it for fairly recent cards.
Seriously? No Windows x64 support. I have been loosely following 10.1 and tried an early alpha build when I had Vista 32bit and it reduced CPU usage noticeably and youtube videos played a lot smoother. Waited until the official release having now got Win 7 x64 and it makes no bloody difference.
We have been waiting so long for 10.1 it should be perfect by now!
Adobe sucks. Bring on HTML5 video.
@ambesound
But you notice a lot of difference running a 64-bit browser?
I see where you coming from, but a tip can be to install a 32-bit browser instead since that will run fine.
I have the same dilemma with DAW's on Windows 7 x64 since most plugins are not available in 64 bit versions, but there it's more of an issue since there the memory limitation is actually sometimes noticeable. IMO it's a non-issue with a browser if it's 32 bit though since it should not use several GB anyway.
@Almo: Alternatives to Flash? Sure. Microsoft has Silverlight, but that hasn't exactly been a game changer for Redmond, even though it's pushed a lot. Expect Flash to remain the dominant player.
So how does this compare to beta 10.1? Sold my N1 for Evo so I don't have a clue about the performance of this official update.
Just finish watching espn,fox and msnbc. Love my N1 and it doesn't bleed with out a pad.
Congrats Adobe.. Looking forward to your HTML5 dev tools in future.
Also, wanna say big ups to the ClickToFlash team, the web has never been faster or smoother! Love it.
IMPORTANT: If you have Firefox, and attempt to do a direct download from the Adobe support page (as opposed to first installing their extra download manager), then Adobe will only serve up the ActiveX download (install_flash_player_ax.exe), and Firefox will continue to have the old version. To fix, remove the "_ax" from the link that Adobe serves up, and that will download the Firefox version.
@BrianEngadget
Lets make it easy for people shall we?
STANDALONE: Firefox
http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player.exe
STANDALONE: IE
http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_ax.exe
@Chaosdivine
Oh and if you have any Beta versions installed first - uninstall them from your add/remove programs or just programs in Win 7. They tell you to do this on the Adobe troubleshooting pages.
Well ! Guess what !
I just went to a website (with Firefox) and I was prompted to install a newer version of Flash Player.
Adobe installed Player 10 plus THAT STUPID shit of McAfee Security Scan without asking me if I wanted or not !
THAT IS NOT GOOD !
@Alaind
You probably clicked the download button too quickly. I have noticed that checkbox for the McAfee Security Scan takes a few moments to appear. I have to wonder if that is by design.
Test the power of the new Flash Player 10.1 at the test bench developed by Creaza.
http://www.creaza.com/movieeditor
Creaza MovieEditor is a full-featured timeline-based video editor, similar to traditional desktop-based video editing tools. There’s just one big difference: MovieEditor is web-based and uses Flash Player 10.1.
It is available for all end users.
//Arild Storm
I sure wish Adobe would figure out how to make the arrow keys on my keyboard work in Flash applications (they certainly work everywhere else.)
@cruncis
Flash had support for keyboard input for ages.
But just like with any other platform it's up to the developer of an application if and how to implement it.
I love Flash.. he runs so fast...
OK, I just don't see how this is supports my win 7 x64???
booo Adobe..
I used the uninstaller first.
Then installed the 10.1
about flash player reveals 10.1.53.64 (can someone conform please, is this the latest 10.1 I downloaded?) -I only ask because I've had trouble in the past uninstalling flash (seemed to 'get stuck' somehow due to multiple web browsers on my pc).
My machine:
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ASRock330 1.6GHz Atom, Ion GFX 2GB RAM, Win7Ult, Opera
MY playback results:
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* YouTube 1080p video (clash of titans full hd official trailer) - faultless (as far as I could see). Plays in window perfect, plays fullscreen perfect. Even lets me scroll the (opera) window to some degree without too much chug.
* BBC iPlayer: bad- SD video dropping frames, I estimate a 15fps playback. HQ SD stream slightly worse. HD terribly jerky and unwatchable.
Watching World Cup South Africa vs Mexico via Ustream on my Droid flawlessly through 3g.
What about running non-browser based native apps? We would need AIR for that, correct? Does the AIR runtime install along with the Flash plugin for the browser or is it a separate install for the user. I really believe in the future of Flash and can't see it going away so it will be awesome when Froyo rubs some Flash in Steve Jobs' face and then hits F9 for good measure. - Arunabh Das
Anyone care to give feedback about the release? ... seems as though most ppl are more into talking politics (apple, adobe... snore).
crashes >.>