[Anything we can do in the next few days to produce patches for these OLPC issues will help gnash retain its spot as the OLPC's default flash player. I don't expect they'd replace us in this release, it's too late for that; but if Adobe made them a nice offer, they might well consider it for the next release. Flash complaints are their #1 support question. --gnu]
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:13:42 -0700 From: S Page <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ... >> - can't run actual swf files in browser, can only run embedded flash > I was able to reproduce this in Browse, for example, on: > http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/g3/00sunny.swf ... I filed http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/8497 As a workaround you can run standalone gnash from Terminal: gnash http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/g3/00sunny.swf starts and runs, but it's very sluggish and there's no sound. In fact I haven't heard sound from any Flash movie in Browse with the gnash plug-in or command-line gnash (may be http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/4798 ?) -- =S user:skierpage http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel ------- Message 2 Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:30:23 -0400 From: "Bobby Powers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: More OLPC gnash commentary -------- [Anything we can do in the next few days to produce patches for these OLPC issues will help gnash retain its spot as the OLPC's default flash player. I don't expect they'd replace us in this release, it's too late for that; but if Adobe made them a nice offer, they might well consider it for the next release. Flash complaints are their #1 support question. --gnu] Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:13:42 -0700 From: S Page <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ... >> - can't run actual swf files in browser, can only run embedded flash > I was able to reproduce this in Browse, for example, on: > http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/g3/00sunny.swf ... I filed http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/8497 As a workaround you can run standalone gnash from Terminal: gnash http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/g3/00sunny.swf starts and runs, but it's very sluggish and there's no sound. In fact I haven't heard sound from any Flash movie in Browse with the gnash plug-in or command-line gnash (may be http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/4798 ?) -- =S user:skierpage http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel ------- Message 2 Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:30:23 -0400 From: "Bobby Powers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Walter Bender" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Flash tests Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], OLPC Development <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Walter Bender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For consideration in your testing: there are some ways to tune the > performance of Flash, such as the video playback hack described here: > > http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=845.0 > > I don't know if there are similar hacks for improving general > performance of Flash (or Gnash) on lesser-powered machines, although I > am sure Rob has plenty of hints he can share for Gnash. > > -walter > > 2008/9/16 Greg Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Hi All, >> >> We need to characterize the performance and support of Flash in release 8.2. >> >> Technical people in Uruguay did a tests a while ago on the Flash games at >> this web site: http://www.minijuegos.com/ >> >> They used the Gnash shipped with 656 (0.8.1-1) and a Flash plugin >> (9.0.124-0). that version of gnash is very old, you get different results running 8.2 or a recent joyride: >> They tested Castle Wars: http://www.minijuegos.com/juegos/jugar.php?id=5552 loads, but doesn't work right (loops through some intro screens, animation is slow). (same behavior on my laptop running F9 + gnash) >> Freekick Fusion http://www.minijuegos.com/juegos/html/index.php?id=4570 website doesn't load correctly in Browse, complains 'the URL is not valid and cannot be loaded'. (on F9 it loads, plays an annoying soundclip saying I've won a nintendo Wii, and gets all the way to the instruction screen, but doesn't let me hit start) >> Hulk Central Smahdown http://www.minijuegos.com/juegos/jugar.php?id=6769 gets to main menu, doesn't do anything after that. (same on F9, except when the main screen comes up it plays a soundclip saying 'HULK SMASH') >> >> I believe those were chosen as examples of Flash capabilities. They weren't >> necessarily things the ministry of education wanted to use in class :-) >> >> In all three Gnash failed completely and Flash ran slowly. again, this is not representative of 8.2 (although they still aren't playable in Gnash)... >> If anyone has time to try those again with the 8.2 candidate build I would >> be very interested in the results. >> >> Any other comments, URLs or examples about our Flash support are >> appreciated. I will file some gnash bugs related to this later, as well as try them out on Gnash's trunk (its not building for me at the moment). Bobby _______________________________________________ Gnash-dev mailing list Gnash-dev@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnash-dev
