Programming and Scripting :: Interview with Lua's daddy

Problem I'm having is that increasingly flash7 just doesn't work eg streaming media on BBC news websites. Flash9 is being taken up with gusto. Now Flash10 is out in beta for linux I believe. I'm running across more and more sites that want Flash9.

So I'm looking forward to a stable dslcore on which I hope newer flash will work without crashes etc.

Like it or loathe it, we're stuck with it.

Gnash is promising.

There is still a choice. Just don't get it at all. We need to stay strong, and prefer those that do not require this disgusting technology.

You mean: boycott sites using Flash I assume.

Personally I think it has too deep a hold on the web at the moment to get enough people on board to make a dent.

Probably just have to hope that Adobe's grip slips or loosens and some competing technology wins the day, or Adobe open flash up and gets it working on all architectures a lot better than it does. For eg there is currently no hw accel on Poulsbo (Atom) for H.264 encoded flash media. That means all those Atom netbooks can't play hw accelerated H264 flash at a decent quality. Does Adobe care? Hard to say.

Adobe's OpenScreen project is a step in the right direction:

- Removing restrictions on use of the SWF and FLV/F4V specifications
- Publishing the device porting layer APIs for Adobe Flash Player
- Publishing the Adobe Flash® Cast™ protocol and the AMF protocol for robust data services.
- Removing licensing fees – making next major releases of Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR for devices free.

http://www.embeddedflash.com/?p=76

Hm, does that mean Mplayer will finally be able to read .swf?

I guess, at least legally.

From what I can tell (ie google), mplayer already is supposed to play .swf container files provided these only contain video and not vector/script animation.

btw there is a tool called cws2swf included in the ffmpeg sources that can decompress compressed flash files.

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