Re: [Gnash-dev] "SWF 9" movies generally don't play in gnash-0.8.6

[strk]

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 07:31:25AM -0700, John Gilmore wrote:
> I thought our big problem was in playing "SWF 10" movies.  When I run
> across a site other than youtube, generally they say they want "SWF 9"
> (in the "File > Properties" popup) but I don't recall a single one
> actually running.  Most don't even put up decorations like the play/pause
> button.
> 
> I thought we had SWF 9 nailed, about as well as SWF 8.  Not?  What common
> thing are we failing to do properly?

Interpreting ABC bytecode (AVM2) which was introduced in SWF9.
Not all SWF9+ files do contain ABC code.
Those that do, gnash fails to play.

> PS:  If the value reported in File > Properties is not relevant, then let's 
> fix
> gnash so it reports something there that IS relevant for debugging why sites
> don't work in gnash.

File > Properties output is big. Don't remember out of the box if for each and
every component of the display list we also print version, but thing is if
an SWF5 loads an SWF9 with ABC code in it you'll have that part unsupported.

Best way to get notified when things don't work would likely be implementing
a console pop-up containing ERROR lines...

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