# Adobe Delivers Flash Player 9 with H.264 Video Support

> Markdown version of https://brajeshwar.com/2007/adobe-delivers-flash-player-9-with-h264-video-support/ — 2007-12-04

Adobe today <a href="http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200712/120407adobemoviestar.html">announced</a> the immediate availability of Flash Player 9 Update 3(version number 9.0.115.0), previously code named Moviestar. Adobe <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/flashplayer/">Flash Player</a> 9 now includes H.264 standard video support, the same standard deployed in Blu-Ray and HD-DVD high definition video players, and High Efficiency AAC (HE-AAC) audio capabilities. The latest update also features hardware accelerated, multi-core enhanced, full-screen video playback for high-resolution viewing across major operating systems and browsers.

Tinic Uro has a condensed list of <a href="http://www.kaourantin.net/2007/12/adobe-flash-player-9-update-3-released.html">bugs which have been fixed</a> since the last release version - 9.0.64.0.

Here is a quick list of the new/enhanced features;

- New audio/video options with H.264/HE-AAC codec support
- Improved Performance through multi-core support for rendering, hardware scaling in full-screen, multi-threaded video decoding, a new algorithm for image scaling, and the Flash Player cache for local caching of common platform components to reduce SWF sizes and app loading times
- Support for full-screen mode for Linux
- MSAA Accessibility support for the plugin
- Mac OS X Leopard support
- And <a href="http://www.kaourantin.net/2007/12/adobe-flash-player-9-update-3-released.html">bug fixes</a>

You can download the Flash Player Datasheet (PDF) from Adobe. Visit and Download the new <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/flashplayer/">Flash Player</a>.