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John_Cline wrote on 12/19/2009, 11:44 PM
No, it certainly doesn't seem to slow anything down. Why do you ask?
Jay Gladwell wrote on 12/20/2009, 3:31 AM

Windows (XP Pro) keeps wanting to install it when I go to certain sites. Things are running very smoothly for me now on this new (year-old now) system. I just didn't want to install anything that might have any adverse effect.


John_Cline wrote on 12/20/2009, 3:48 AM
It's essentially Microsoft's version of Flash. I haven't noticed any negative effect on any of the machines on which it is installed.
Jay Gladwell wrote on 12/20/2009, 4:11 AM

Thank you, John!

Laurence wrote on 12/20/2009, 6:33 PM
The past olympic games were all broadcast on the Internet with Silverlight. I thought the picture quality was superb.
busterkeaton wrote on 12/21/2009, 3:03 AM
I believe Netflix uses Silverlight for its ON-Demand viewing. I haven't noticed any problems.

One thing I like about Netflix's On-Demand is that when you fast forward it shows images from the scenes you are fast forwarding through, so it's very easy to find where you want to go. Very helpful, if you don't watch the whole movie in one sitting.
amendegw wrote on 12/21/2009, 9:45 AM
This thread has piqued my curiousity. When playing a video clip, does Silverlight use more or less CPU than Flash?

So, I made a test... 2 webpages, one using Silverlight, the other using Flash, both using the same mp4 clip as the source.

Silverlight: http://www.jazzythedog.com/testing/Silverlight.aspx
Flash: http://www.jazzythedog.com/testing/JWPlayer.aspx

On my old, slow laptop, the CPU usage is nearly identical for both - averaging 75%.

...Jerry

System Model:     Alienware M18 R1
System:           Windows 11 Pro
Processor:        13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13980HX, 2200 Mhz, 24 Core(s), 32 Logical Processor(s)

Installed Memory: 64.0 GB
Display Adapter:  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU (16GB), Nvidia Studio Driver 566.14 Nov 2024
Overclock Off

Display:          1920x1200 240 hertz
Storage (8TB Total):
    OS Drive:       NVMe KIOXIA 4096GB
        Data Drive:     NVMe Samsung SSD 990 PRO 4TB
        Data Drive:     Glyph Blackbox Pro 14TB

Vegas Pro 22 Build 239

Cameras:
Canon R5 Mark II
Canon R3
Sony A9

Jeff9329 wrote on 12/21/2009, 12:34 PM
I would hold off a while and install Silverlight 4. The beta of 4 was out in November so a final can't be that far away.

If you aren't visiting sites that require Silverlight to view the content, don't bother yet. However, Im sure MS will sneak it in in a browser update in the future to force greater adoption.