Re: How do I view a .SWF file?

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 11/19/08 10:43, Aioanei Rares wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 5:53 PM, <jidanni@jidanni.org> wrote:
>
> > How do I view a .SWF file?
> > $ iceweasel http://fcmx.net/vec/get.swf?i=003702
> > $ wget http://fcmx.net/vec/get.swf?i=003702 -O l.swf
> > $ file l.swf
> > l.swf: Macromedia Flash data (compressed), version 7
> > $ iceweasel l.swf
> > $ dpkg -l|egrep flash\|swf\|icewe
> > ii  flashplayer-mozilla 1:10.0.12.36-0.2 Macromedia Flash Player
> > ii  iceweasel 3.0.3-3 lightweight web browser based on Mozilla
> > ii  libswfdec-0.8-0 0.8.2-1 SWF (Macromedia Flash) decoder library
> > ii  swfdec-mozilla 0.8.2-1 Mozilla plugin for SWF files (Macromedia Flash)
> > iceweasel just asks me if I want to save the file.
> What happends if you open iceweasel, copy/paste the abobe URL in the address
> bar and press Enter?

It plays, if you have Flash installed, which OP apparently doesn't.

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
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