Awesome I have been looking forward to the new version for sometime!!! I was just wondering how long it would be until it makes it into the Ubuntu PPA for the Gnash team?
Mike On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 12:00 -0500, gnash-requ...@gnu.org wrote: > Send Gnash mailing list submissions to > gnash@gnu.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnash > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > gnash-requ...@gnu.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > gnash-ow...@gnu.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Gnash digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Gnash 0.8.5 released (Rob Savoye) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:45:47 -0700 > From: Rob Savoye <r...@welcomehome.org> > Subject: [Gnash] Gnash 0.8.5 released > To: gnash@gnu.org > Message-ID: <49aeda6b.7000...@welcomehome.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Gnash 0.8.5 Released! > > The fourth beta release of Gnash has just been made at version > 0.8.5. Gnash is a GPLv3'd SWF movie player and browser plugin for > Firefox, Mozilla, and Konqueror. Gnash supports many SWF v7 features > and ActionScript 2 classes. with growing support for SWF v8 and > v9. Gnash also runs on many GNU/Linux distributions, embedded > GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, non x86 processors, and 64 bit > architectures. There are also standalone players for GNOME or KDE > based desktops. > > Improvements since the 0.8.4 release are: > > * Cygnal media server alpha release! > * New MIT-SHM and XVideo support for better performance. > * Due to better XML parsing compatibility and a minor fix to > NetConnection, many more video sites work than in the last > release. > * Support for saving all streamed (FLV, H264, MP3 etc) and loaded > (JPEG, SWF, PNG, GIF) media to disk. > * Basic GUI warning messages when media decoding fails (usually > missing codecs). > * Support for new codecs keeps YouTube support up to date. > * Added support for FLV parsing and decoding of H.264 video and AAC > audio. > * Scaled video smoothing implemented in AS and in default renderer > (AGG). YouTube video looks better when Gnash is running with > high quality or better. > * Support for _quality implemented with user-specified > override. (Presently only affects video smoothing in the default > renderer). > * Made NPAPI plugin quiet, except on plugin-specific errors (to > reduce .xsession-errors pollution). > * New GUI for KDE4 / Qt4 with SWF properties and Gnash preferences > dialog boxes. > * Added support for parsing and decoding Speex audio in FLV files > using libspeex. > * Fix decoding of RAW and UNCOMPRESSED audio with gstreamer media > handler > * Remoting support generally improved. > * Support for Mixed SWF Versions added. > * Fixed bugs found since since the 0.8.4 release. > > See the NEWS file for more improvements. > > You can grab the Gnash sources from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gnash/0.8.5, > or from Gnash Bzr from the branch release_0_8_5 . Binary packages for > Debian or RPM based systems will be available from your GNU/Linux > distribution, and from whatever BSD variant you are using. Experimental > binary packages built by the Gnash team are also available at > http://www.getgnash.org, along with source snapshots. Please > report packaging bugs upstream to your distribution. If you think you > have found a bug in Gnash, then you should file as complete a report > as possible at https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=gnash. Patches are > always preferred to bug reports, as this is a community project. You > can submit patches at https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?group=gnash, or > email them to gnash-...@gnu.org. > > Please include the operating system name and version, compiler > version, and the output of `gnash --version`, in your bug > reports. good detailed bug reports are always appreciated. > > Questions about Gnash or offers of help can go to the developers email > list at gnash-...@gnu.org. > > 366f703c2eb1747e4109602b75439ff4 gnash-0.8.5.tar.bz2 > 47d638ef0e20577aaf849436e14da5bd gnash-0.8.5.tar.bz2.sig > b54a72a52d2477e65d9029be572789ff gnash-0.8.5.tar.gz > 5be2c6ca07d1e8d5dcb1b82df3a52107 gnash-0.8.5.tar.gz.sig > > - rob - > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Gnash mailing list > Gnash@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnash > > > End of Gnash Digest, Vol 37, Issue 2 > ************************************
