Bug#347550: RFP: gnash -- Gnash is a GNU Flash movie player. Till now it has been possible to play flash movies with proprietary software. While there are a few free flash players, none supports anything higher than SWF v4 at best. Gnash is based on GameSWF, and

[Kevin Smith <masterjediyoda@gmail.com>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

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* Package name    : gnash
  Version         : 0.7
  Upstream Author : Rob Savoye <rob@senecass.com>
* URL             : http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash
* License         : GPL
  Description     : Gnash is a GNU Flash movie
player. Till now it has been possible to play flash movies with
proprietary software. While there are a few free flash players, none
supports anything higher than SWF v4 at best. Gnash is based on
GameSWF, and supports many SWF v7 features.

Features

Runs standalone

Gnash can run standalone to play flash movies.

Firefox plugin

Gnash can also run as a plugin from within Firefox.

SWF v7 compliant

Gnash can play many current flash movies.

XML Message server

Gnash also supports an XML based message system as is documented in the Flash Format specification.

High Quality Output

Gnash uses OpenGL for rendering the graphics.

Free Software

Gnash is 100% free software. For more information on the GPL, go to the Free Software Foundation web site.

download found at http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/releases/gnash-20051226.tar.bz2