If Apple allowed browser plugins to move video-decompression out of the CPU too, then that would be great.
What prevents the plugins from using hardware? They're binaries that can run anything they want, aren't they?
What prevents the plugins from using hardware? They're binaries that can run anything they want, aren't they?
Check out the new stuff coming in flash player 10.1, which will have some hardware acceleration, BUT not on OS X because it requires updated video drivers. Since Apple controls the video drivers on OS X, we just have to wait for them to update them (and since they don't seem to like Flash much, it could be a while).