Latest version of Adobe Flash Player which happens to be version 9 supports H.264 video support. HD6DVD high definition video players, Blu-ray all these make use of the same standard
It makes use of ActionScript 3.0, which is a very powerful object-oriented programming language of the Adobe® Flash® Player runtime environment. Using ActionScript 3.0, developers can Develop rich Internet applications (RIAs) based on ECMAScript.
It also has a New virtual machine, which was built from ground zero to support the next generation Action scripts.
Other features include Increased performance and Enhanced security. The Optimized compiler and the new virtual machine will ensure the ActionScript 3.0’s execution to be atleast 10 times faster than earlier. As a result of which the application startup time decreases (Adobe claims to have seen 50% reduction in the start up time and memory usage). There is alos improvement in the text readability department, smoother scrolling of large text blocks with optimized text rendering routines.
For end users it’s all about safe browsing. Adobe has enforced a lot of securtiy components for data, applications, content and URLs to safeguard sensitive data.
According to Adobe this new player also supports High Efficiency AAC (HE-AAC) audio support, as well as hardware accelerated, multi-core enhanced full screen video playback. H.264 playback enabled Adobe Flash Player will be supported by the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) and applications developed with Adobe AIR software, including Adobe Media Player.
If you a publishers who often puts up video content on the web, now you can deliver high quality video content on the web and let your viewers enjoy it.
Apart from Windows, Adobe Flash Player 9 for Solaris now available. Adobe delivers Flash Player 9 for Solaris Sparc and Solaris x86 platforms. And also Flash Player 9 is available for Linux, extending its reach to the broadest audience to date.
Here is the Adobe Press Release.