Flash player: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
This page has a more up-to-date location: Adobe Flash
No edit summary |
|||
| (23 intermediate revisions by 17 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{obsolete|link=[[Adobe Flash]]}} |
|||
{{stub}} |
|||
{{cleanup}} |
|||
== Introduction == |
|||
Flash is a popular format for interactive online content, including animation, video, and games. The [[Browse]] activity on the XO can display Flash content embedded in web pages, provided that an appropriate Flash plugin is installed. |
Flash is a popular format for interactive online content, including animation, video, and games. The [[Browse]] activity on the XO can display Flash content embedded in web pages, provided that an appropriate Flash plugin is installed. |
||
== Official Adobe Flash == |
|||
Adobe makes |
Adobe makes a Flash plugin, but OLPC cannot ship it on the XOs because it is legally restricted and doesn't meet the OLPC's standards for [[OLPC_on_open_source_software|open software]]. Instead, the XO ships with [[Gnash]], an open source Flash plugin that can play some (but not all) Flash media. As shipped on the XO, it cannot play YouTube videos, because YouTube has not worked to make this happen. |
||
As an individual, you can download and install |
As an individual, you can download and install the plugin. For details, see [[Adobe Flash]]. |
||
== Gnash == |
|||
See [[Gnash]]. |
|||
== Codecs == |
|||
Flash uses video codecs to decode and show video. Some have patent issues, so it isn't legal for us to ship them. YouTube, for instance, apparently uses h.263. |
|||
= The rest of this page is rather old... = |
|||
Will the OLPC have a [http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/ Flash Player], RealPlayer or [http://www.openquicktime.org/ OpenQuicktime]? |
|||
* The OLPC will offer [[SVG]] support. |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | |||
== See also == |
== See also == |
||
* [[Projects/Flash_Gamedev|Game Development with Flash on the XO-1]] |
|||
* RealPlayer |
|||
* [http://www.openquicktime.org/ OpenQuicktime]? |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | |||
* [[Ask OLPC a Question about Software#Include Flash Player?]] |
* [[Ask OLPC a Question about Software#Include Flash Player?]] |
||
* [[Ask OLPC a Question#RealPlayer in OPLC and applications download]] |
* [[Ask OLPC a Question#RealPlayer in OPLC and applications download]] |
||
* [[Web Browser#Flash in the default web browser]] |
* [[Web Browser#Flash in the default web browser]] |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:Browser plugins]] |
||
[[Category:Software]] |
|||
Latest revision as of 03:45, 30 September 2013
This page has a more up-to-date location: Adobe Flash
Introduction
Flash is a popular format for interactive online content, including animation, video, and games. The Browse activity on the XO can display Flash content embedded in web pages, provided that an appropriate Flash plugin is installed.
Official Adobe Flash
Adobe makes a Flash plugin, but OLPC cannot ship it on the XOs because it is legally restricted and doesn't meet the OLPC's standards for open software. Instead, the XO ships with Gnash, an open source Flash plugin that can play some (but not all) Flash media. As shipped on the XO, it cannot play YouTube videos, because YouTube has not worked to make this happen.
As an individual, you can download and install the plugin. For details, see Adobe Flash.
See also
- Game Development with Flash on the XO-1
- RealPlayer
- OpenQuicktime?
- gstreamer (which may include OpenQuicktime), see: Software components#Libraries and Plugins
- helix (which can play Flash, among other formats),
- Ask OLPC a Question about Software#Include Flash Player?
- Ask OLPC a Question#RealPlayer in OPLC and applications download
- Web Browser#Flash in the default web browser