Also: gnash doesn't run in IE, right? So no need to worry about a solution
there? It will always just be registered in the plugins array?
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Geoff Stearns <tensafefr...@google.com>wrote:
> Ok, I'll look for "AVM2" in the string as well, and if that is present,
> then we'll allow as3.
>
> The h.264 check is a check for player version only: 9.0 r115, so just
> increase your player version to that if you want to allow it.
>
> There is an internal check in the player also, but it only looks for Flash
> Lite (os string of "FL" I believe) so I don't think it will block gnash
> players.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 1:50 PM, strk <s...@keybit.net> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 01:29:40PM -0700, Geoff Stearns wrote:
>>
>> > I don't want to just search for "Gnash" and forever banish you to the
>> depths
>> > of as2 :)
>>
>> Good point.
>>
>> > We currently check for version 9 + a specific version of the sony player
>> > build, so I could continue to enforce the version 9 check.
>> >
>> > So the logic would be:
>> >
>> > if (playerMajorVersion == 9 && playerDescription.indexOf("Gnash") > -1)
>> {
>> > // restrict to as2
>> > }
>>
>> Problem is last release of Gnash (0.8.7) already advertises major 10.
>>
>> What about adding an explicit .canPlayAVM2() function ?
>> We could add an AVM2 string in plugin description
>> whenever we'll support that, and having 'Gnash' but no 'AVM2' would
>> mean no AVM2 support.
>>
>> BTW, I've seen one of the functions was also returning whether
>> h.264 is supported by player. I think gnash does support h.264 as
>> long as the ffmpeg or gstreamer media handler support it (could
>> be another candidate label to add to the plugin description).
>>
>> --strk;
>>
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 1:14 PM, strk <s...@keybit.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > > On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 01:03:16PM -0700, Geoff Stearns wrote:
>> > > > I believe the canPlayV9Swf() was created for a specific sony device
>> that
>> > > is
>> > > > similar to your needs: it advertised itself as a v9 player, but it
>> can't
>> > > > play as3 swfs.
>> > > >
>> > > > Do you guys use the same plugin description as the "real" flash
>> player?
>> > > If
>> > > > there's something we can look for in JS then we should be able to
>> add you
>> > > to
>> > > > the list of things that need the as2 player.
>> > >
>> > > The default plugin description has both a "compatibility" string
>> > > intended to work with flash detection packages out there _and_
>> > > gnash specific version. It looks like this:
>> > >
>> > > <<
>> > > Shockwave Flash 9.0 r0.
>> > > Gnash trunk, the GNU SWF Player. Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
>> 2010
>> > > Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>> > > Gnash comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. You may
>> > > redistribute copies of Gnash under the terms of the GNU General Public
>> > > License. For more information about Gnash, see
>> > > http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash.
>> > > Compatible Shockwave Flash 9.0 r0.
>> > > >>
>> > >
>> > > As you can see the _first_ and _last_ lines have the
>> > > compatibility stuff.
>> > > The second line starts with 'Gnash' followed by a release
>> > > version ('trunk' in this case but normally something like 0.8.7).
>> > > Then comes copyright notice and link.
>> > >
>> > > It would be great if you could detect that, should be as simple
>> > > as looking for 'Gnash' in the whole description.
>> > >
>> > > > Do you have plans to support as3 at some point? We have been moving
>> > > heavily
>> > > > into as3 and hope to only keep a bare minimum feature set for as2 at
>> some
>> > > > time in the near future. (just as fyi).
>> > >
>> > > It's an hard work to get there really. Hopefully "at some point"
>> > > someone will show up with funds or time to complete it :/
>> > >
>> > > --strk;
>> > >
>> > > () Free GIS & Flash consultant/developer
>> > > /\ http://strk.keybit.net/services.html
>> > >
>>
>> --
>>
>> () Free GIS & Flash consultant/developer
>> /\ http://strk.keybit.net/services.html
>>
>
>
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