[Trac #1103] web/flash unusable, even with old stuff

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#1103: web/flash unusable, even with old stuff
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 Reporter:  AlbertCahalan  |        Owner:  rsavoye
     Type:  defect         |       Status:  new    
 Priority:  blocker        |    Milestone:  Trial-1
Component:  web browser    |   Resolution:         
 Keywords:  flash          |  
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Comment (by rsavoye):

 Replying to [comment:2 rsavoye]:
 > I don't think swfdec is an option at this time, it's primarily oriented
 towards YouTube video, and not towards web navigation with Flash, and
 other more generic usages of Flash as a browser plugin. The Adobe player,
 is of course, very far from "free software". Implementing streaming video
 is our primary focus as well right now, (ala YouTube) and will be working
 in the next Gnash release.
 >
 > Switching plugins is trivial, all you have to do is copy the proper .SO
 to the right directory. I can write a shell script, simple program, or
 whatever is decided to switch Flash plugins, but Gnash is the only Flash
 player with it's own funding an development team, and will be getting
 better with time.
 >
 >   We use Gstreamer for sound in Gnash, but I also noticed using the
 Gnash package in the 303 build, sound doesn't seem to be working. I play
 many more modern Flash movies, and haven't had any problems other than
 performance. Some movies just load very slowly, but I think unusable isn't
 accurate.

   Using SDL_Mixer and libMAD, has sound working fine with Gnash. We do
 have streaming video working, YouTube included. The hangup currently is
 fixing all the obscure behaviors of the ActionScript code they use. We
 feel we're very close to having this fully working, and the streaming
 support will be in the next Gnash release, which will be out before the
 main OLPC shipment in July.

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