Re: [Gnash-dev] script to activate port

[Rob Savoye]

Markus Gothe wrote:
> I think this is feasible, speed should not be an issue with a decent
> computer according to my benchmarks: It utilies 2% of my 1.8GHz Athlon
> CPU, but *sigh* 20-30% of the 512MB RAM whilst playing elvis.swf.

  Yep, performance is all a work in progress...

> At the moment I'd not be concerned about speed (however there are
> reports about gnash eating 100% of the CPU), the big problem is (from my
> point of view) unstability issues.

  When 100% of your CPU gets eaten, it's a bug, and not really the
normal performance. Lately Gnash has had some stability issues, but
that's because it's under heavy development, and actually still a young
project.

> Jan Kremlacek wrote:

>> I hope that the Gnash can do it for me - I mean, that I could write a
>> handle (in Gnash) for a custom function(in flash script), which will be
>> interpreted by the Gnash and send a command to LPT.  Important is also
>> speed - I should be able to make synchronized within a frame  (Fh>=60Hz).

  I'd suggest using the XML support. You can have your Flash movie
respond to an XML message when using XMLSocket, or send an XML message
to a program that controls your device.

  You can also use NetConnection to open a raw socket connection without
XML.

        - rob -