Flash Alternatives
Is there a list of all alternatives to Flash that only use freedom adhering components? I know about Gnash, and I've been using ViewTube via Greasemonkey and it works very well. Are there some newer ones being worked on now?
This isn't a real alternative to flash. It is like the linterna magica (http://linterna-magica.nongnu.org/ also a GreaseMonkey plugin). They only try to find out the video and then show it on an integrated version of you usual player replacing the html tag (with the flash content) by the appropriate one so you can see the video.
Those aren't real alternatives since flash wasn't created only for Video and Audio but also for gaming, animations, website content etc... And those "plugins" can't do that kind of job.
To solve this we have 2 pieces of software :
1 - Gnash (http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/) that is aim to support Flash from the first content to SWFv9
2 - Lightspark (http://lightspark.github.com/) that is aim to support Flash version 10 and up.
Both are still under development and need a lot of improvements before being an "official" and "ideal" alternative to Flash. Even if those projects aren't nothing more than a "short replacement" since the idea is to fully replace Flash with HTML5.
I am a member!
>viewtube
Why the hell haven't I heard of this before?
I could never get linterna magica to work, and the video streaming sites that gnash supports is basically limited to youtube.
Now I can watch youtube, dailymotion etc in HD without flash!
Most impressed, will definitely add this to the wiki.
В 07:10 +0100 на 31.10.2012 (ср), name at domain написа:
> I could never get linterna magica to work,
Report a bug. By that you are directly help yourself, the project and
all the other users. I am unable to spot everything on time. Be as
verbose as possible in the report as this will help me investigate and
fix the issue faster. Thanks.
I am a member!
Sure, no problem.
It seems that the video loads, and sometimes plays, but it's inconsistent. Sound never worked too.
В 07:48 +0100 на 31.10.2012 (ср), name at domain написа:
> Sure, no problem.
>
> It seems that the video loads, and sometimes plays, but it's inconsistent.
> Sound never worked too.
Thanks, but I've meant in the bug tracker. [1] Specify the browser and
its version, the website and any problematic links that you are willing
to share. Specify the version of Linterna Mágica. Enabling debug mode
and providing the messages would be greatly appreciated. It would be
nice too to follow the report development and provide any additional
information requested.
Thanks again!
[1] https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?func=additem&group=linterna-magica