Disable Chrome's PepperFlash to reduce lag

MegaApuTurkUltra

I've been having some problems with Scratch and flash in general for a long time.
Most annoyingly, the backspace key was not recognized. But also, there was a huge amount of lag in projects with 150+ sprites, like my EggScope Simulator: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/25477846/

I just discovered how to reduce lag and get rid of glitches: disable pepflashplayer.dll
pepflashplayer.dll is Chrome's version of Flash Player. It's supposed to be “newer,” but annoyingly, it has glitches like I mentioned above.

Here's how to disable it:
Go to http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/
Select your operating system, and then below it select “Flash player for other browsers”

Important update! Flash no longer has the “other browsers” thing so choose "Flash player [sample text] for Firefox" - I know it's counter-intuitive but it's the only NPAPI flash left
Install flash then restart Chrome (or reboot your computer, which I had to do)

Then go to

chrome://plugins

and hit “Details” on the right
You should have two files under “Adobe Flash Player”

If you only have one, make sure you installed flash for non internet explorer browsers correctly and try rebooting your computer
Under

[....]\pepflashplayer.dll

hit the “disable” link.

Now restart Chrome

Processing-intensive projects like mine should now run a lot faster!

Edit: There are a couple of problems with disabling PepperFlash:
Switching between the editor and player can leave visual artifacts on screen
It blocks out messages (like the one about reading cloud variable guidelines (which really isn't that much of a problem; I consider it a plus. That thing is kind of annoying after the first 100 times it shows up))

BTW sorry if this is a duplicate of some other post. I did use the Scratch search but I didn't find anything like this on the forums…

Last edited by MegaApuTurkUltra (March 26, 2015 21:04:35)

Thepuzzlegame

Clever! I may try this later though I am currently using firefox (it seems to run Scratch projects better)

davidkt

Yeah, I used to use Opera but I use Firefox now.

Sonickyle

Is there any way to get Flash for Chrome on Linux?

DigiTechs

Sonickyle wrote:
Is there any way to get Flash for Chrome on Linux?

If you're on Debian, it's pretty easy.

Simply enable contrib software in your sources.list and then run this:

sudo apt-get install flashplayer-nonfree

If that doesn't work, you'll have to download it from the package list on the Debian package website (This), and then run this:

sudo dpkg --install /path/to/flashplayer/package

QuillzToxic

PepeFlash breaks amvs..

MegaApuTurkUltra

QuillzToxic wrote:
PepeFlash breaks amvs..

Yep, slower costume switching was one reason I decided disabling it was a good idea. I hope this helps everyone with amvs!

110Percent

MegaApuTurkUltra wrote:
QuillzToxic wrote:
PepeFlash breaks amvs..
Yep, slower costume switching was one reason I decided disabling it was a good idea. I hope this helps everyone with amvs!

…wait.
So Ubuntu Linux isn't the one slowing down the costume-switching?
I've looked around, and the Ubuntu version of Chrome I'm using doesn't use PepperFlash, but it uses Shockwave Flash. Does this cause lag? …and if so, is there a way I can change it?

Tropic

I can't disable PepperFlash anymore because I lost my Adobe Flash Player and now I can't re-install it

Clarence-Sumo

In the webpage, where I need to select Flash Player for other browsers, it only show FP 16 for Opera and Chromium - PPAPI, FP 16 for Internet Explorer - ActiveX, and FP 16 for Firefox - NPAPI. I'm using chrome on windows 7

MegaApuTurkUltra

Clarence-Sumo wrote:
In the webpage, where I need to select Flash Player for other browsers, it only show FP 16 for Opera and Chromium - PPAPI, FP 16 for Internet Explorer - ActiveX, and FP 16 for Firefox - NPAPI. I'm using chrome on windows 7

Use the one for firefox. It works for chrome too, if you disable pepperflash. Just make sure to reboot after you install the flash, otherwise it won't show up in the plugin list.

comp09

PLEASE don't encourage people to use NPAPI! NPAPI Flash is not sandboxed, which is insecure.

Also, NPAPI has been removed in Chrome for Linux. It will be removed in the future for other platforms as well.

MegaApuTurkUltra

comp09 wrote:
PLEASE don't encourage people to use NPAPI! NPAPI Flash is not sandboxed, which is insecure.

Also, NPAPI has been removed in Chrome for Linux. It will be removed in the future for other platforms as well.

What do you mean by “not sandboxed”?
You're joking if you're trying to say it has no security at all. Then why does Firefox use it?

RIP in pepperoni NPAPI. I will switch to Firefox (or maybe Opera - it looks cool) once chrome removes support.

andrewjcole

MegaApuTurkUltra wrote:
comp09 wrote:
PLEASE don't encourage people to use NPAPI! NPAPI Flash is not sandboxed, which is insecure.

Also, NPAPI has been removed in Chrome for Linux. It will be removed in the future for other platforms as well.
What do you mean by “not sandboxed”?
You're joking if you're trying to say it has no security at all. Then why does Firefox use it?

RIP in pepperoni NPAPI. I will switch to Firefox (or maybe Opera - it looks cool) once chrome removes support.

Opera used to be better.

It kind of started going downhill. Now it's pretty much Firefox with missing features.

comp09

andrewjcole wrote:
MegaApuTurkUltra wrote:
comp09 wrote:
PLEASE don't encourage people to use NPAPI! NPAPI Flash is not sandboxed, which is insecure.

Also, NPAPI has been removed in Chrome for Linux. It will be removed in the future for other platforms as well.
What do you mean by “not sandboxed”?
You're joking if you're trying to say it has no security at all. Then why does Firefox use it?

RIP in pepperoni NPAPI. I will switch to Firefox (or maybe Opera - it looks cool) once chrome removes support.
Opera used to be better. It kind of started going downhill. Now it's pretty much Firefox with missing features.

Opera actually uses Blink, but uses less resources. It even supports Chrome extensions.

If you are looking for a “power user's” browser, take a look at Vivaldi.

andrewjcole

It doesn't have Opera for other browsers anymore. It just has IE, Firefox and Chromium/Opera. I'm guessing I choose Chromium/Opera?

comp09 wrote:
Opera actually uses Blink, but uses less resources. It even supports Chrome extensions.

If you are looking for a “power user's” browser, take a look at Vivaldi.

I mean feature-wise. It used to be superior to Chrome and FF in my mind, but now I find it has less features.

Last edited by andrewjcole (March 26, 2015 20:52:43)

MegaApuTurkUltra

andrewjcole wrote:
It doesn't have Opera for other browsers anymore. It just has IE, Firefox and Chromium/Opera. I'm guessing I choose Chromium/Opera?

comp09 wrote:
Opera actually uses Blink, but uses less resources. It even supports Chrome extensions.

If you are looking for a “power user's” browser, take a look at Vivaldi.

I mean feature-wise. It used to be superior to Chrome and FF in my mind, but now I find it has less features.

Choose firefox

It will still load in Chrome / Chromium / Opera

Vetpetmon

This should be sticky'd because this works. :3

I'm playing Scratcheria with very little lag.

JVander0_0

MegaApuTurkUltra wrote:
QuillzToxic wrote:
PepeFlash breaks amvs..
Yep, slower costume switching was one reason I decided disabling it was a good idea. I hope this helps everyone with amvs!

Oh, That explains my the costume switching on my logo was so slow at school; They never update anything except once in a purple moon, aka never

Vetpetmon

Guys, WHAT IS SHOCKWAVE FLASH????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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