Hi!
Also in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 if the Hyper-V is installed and hpyervisor is running, hardware acceleration is not working. Neither in flash player or in any media player (wmp, wmc, vlc, mpc-hc, etc) dxva.
I have HD4850 http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2856#ov I tried it with 12.6 legacy for Windows 8 and 11.9
The internet is full with this problem:
http://www.forumswindows8.com/music-pictures-video/stopped-showing-flash-videos-after-i-installed-hyper-v-component-6873.htm
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/W8ITProPreRel/thread/faf23fe0-9952-4ea6-bf6f-ceedc1e863de
http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1098785-windows-8-issues/
http://forums.mydigitallife.info/archive/index.php/t-39482.html
http://mymce.wordpress.com/2012/12/17/fixing-hyper-v-issue-with-windows-8-media-center/
This problem is not present on Nvidia cards. Please fix this issue with a driver update or any other way.