Adobe Flash simple fix for choppiness!

[DodgeV83]

I posted this on the 64bit forums, but it should apply to all Ubuntu (maybe even all Linux) users.

It seemed no matter what I did, flash was incredibly choppy on my dual-core recent Dell laptop. I had simply given up lately and decided it was just something I'd have to deal with as long as I was with Linux. This was a contributing factor to me dropping Linux for Windows a while back, but I figured I could do without flash videos...

Well today I had enough and looked again for a solution. I noticed the video was noticeably better when the laptop is plugged in, even though choppiness was still abundant enough to make me simply not want to watch any flash videos full-screen.

After trying all the beta NVidia drivers and everything else on the forums, I never thought to check my CPU.

My research brought me here:

http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-con...ntu/2009/04/10

I simply added the Gnome CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor to my panel and set it to as high as it goes, 2.4GHZ.

FLASH IS PERFECT NOW!

I hope this helps someone out!

Edit: Found another factor. Even after this "fix", it gets completely choppy again (unwatchable for me) after going into suspend mode and coming back. Going into Hibernate mode does not have this effect. No more suspend mode for me!

[slimdizzy]

I get a "Page Not Found" error trying to access that site. Mirror or other link?

[Bucky Ball]

I get a "Page Not Found" error trying to access that site. Mirror or other link?

+1

Yep, page not found.

[NoaHall]

Right click panel -> Add to panel -> CPU Frequency monitor
Left click on the CPU, change frequency up or down.

Also see in my sig for better, proper 64 bit flash.

[DodgeV83]

hmm, the copy/paste of my previous post messed up the link!

http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-con...ntu/2009/04/10

[DodgeV83]

Found another factor. Even after this "fix", it gets completely choppy again (unwatchable for me) after going into suspend mode and coming back. Going into Hibernate mode does not have this effect. No more suspend mode for me!

[Khakilang]

Try that but say "Frequency Scaling Unsupported 1.59GHz (100%)". Its say it don't have the drivers to support. But its good to experiment. Thank for sharing.

[maximalistic]

wow so easy! have my cpus been running at 1ghz instead of 3ghz all this time!?

[Rumpty]

wow so easy! have my cpus been running at 1ghz instead of 3ghz all this time!?

No, they should have been speeding up "ondemand". That is the default setting, but apparently that setting is not agressive enough to keep Firefox fully up to the mark. I have read of (and tried) a change to made the CPU speed-up cut in earlier.

[cottfcfan]

I`m using a Dell 531 inspiron, and had the same problem.
What worked for me, was entering setup at boot and disabling the AMD "cool & quiet" function.
Watching Flash Video after that, CPU dropped by about 40% and video was perfect.