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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.

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

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+==  Introduction ==
-The OLPC ships with '''[[Gnash]]''', an open source implementation of Flash.  It currently doesn't have all the features of Adobe's more common, but legally restricted, unshippable, and [[OLPC_on_open_source_software|non-open]] implementation.
+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 ==
-As an individual, you can install Adobe's flash from an rpm in [[RestrictedFormats]].
+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 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, aparently 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.
-* The OLPC will include gstreamer (which may include OpenQuicktime), see: [[Software components#Libraries and Plugins]]
-* The OLPC will include [https://player.helixcommunity.org/ helix] (which can play Flash, among other formats), see: [[Software components#Applications (and ports) under development for B2]]
 == See also ==
+* [[Projects/Flash_Gamedev|Game Development with Flash on the XO-1]]
+*  RealPlayer
+* [http://www.openquicktime.org/ OpenQuicktime]?
+* gstreamer (which may include OpenQuicktime), see: [[Software components#Libraries and Plugins]]
+* [http://player.helixcommunity.org/ 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]]
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+[[Category:Browser plugins]]
-[[Category:Software]]

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