#11589 HIGH 1.75-so: Test: new gnash rpms

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#11589: Test: new gnash rpms
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           Reporter:  martin.langhoff  |       Owner:  greenfeld    
               Type:  task             |      Status:  new          
           Priority:  high             |   Milestone:  1.75-software
          Component:  gnash-plugin     |     Version:  not specified
         Resolution:                   |    Keywords:               
        Next_action:  never set        |    Verified:  0            
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Comment(by greenfeld):

 Tested with 0.8.10 ARM RPMs in the Fedora repository at www.getgnash.org
 (& 0.8.9 from Fedora's own repositories on x86).  For some reason the x86
 builds for 0.8.10 seem to be missing from
 http://getgnash.org/yum/fedora/14/updates/

 In general gnash works how gnash has historically worked on the XO
 platform relative to Adobe Flash's performance, which does not mean that
 it is a good Adobe Flash replacement.  Performance feels slightly worse on
 XO-1.75 than an XO-1.5 using gnash even on simpler sites like
 www.elbuhoboo.com.

 On ARM Firefox occasionally seems prone to repetitively refreshing all or
 part of a Flash activity's visible region whenever Firefox loses focus and
 regains it.  This seems to be somewhat ad/site specific.

 Youtube playback requires codecs not included in Fedora's included codec
 set.  I could not locate any older-style flash videos which could play
 sound back on XO-1.5 or 1.75 using Gnash with Fedora's codecs either,
 although pops could be heard in headphones when sounds were supposed to
 start/end.

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