----- Original Message ----
From: Rob Savoye <address@hidden>
To: Azalea Wahab <address@hidden>
Cc: address@hidden
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 8:29:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Gnash-dev] Configuration for smartphone/ handphone
Azalea
Wahab
wrote:
>
I'm
doing
a
study
on
Gnash.
I
have
installed
Gnash
0.8.1
on
my
Fedora
>
8
successively.
The
0.8.2
release
came
out
recently.
>
1.What
would
be
the
best
configuration
to
install
Gnash
on
a
>
smartphone
or
handphone
irrespective
of
the
processor?
I'm
doing
a
>
genaral
study
of
comparing
the
requirement
and
resource
usage
between
>
a
desktop
standalone
player
and
smart
phone/
handphone
standalone
>
player.
Generically,
I've
found
that
the
there
is
no
graphics
acceleration,
so
you
need
to
use
the
AGG
renderer.
Most
phones
run
a
variety
of
GUIs,
Gnash
supports
some
better
than
others,
but
the
phone
GUI
list
includes
Hildon,
Hiker,
Qtopia,
and
GTK.
Most
of
these
are
using
Gstreamer,
but
I
often
use
ffmpeg
which
works
too.
>
2.
Will
i
be
able
to
simulate
the
above
configuration
and
have
it
>
running
on
a
desktop
for
the
moment
because
i
do
not
have
the
linux
>
handphone
yet.
If
so,
is
it
a
straight
forward
process
or
anything
>
that
i
need
to
adjust?
Cross
development
and
simulation
are
rarely
a
straight
forward
process...
The
Trolltech
Greenphone,
OpenMoko,
and
Access
Linux
Platform
have
simulations
of
the
phone
available.
This
usually
includes
a
hacked
up
version
for
native
testing,
and
a
qemu
based
versions
for
ARM
based
testing
on
a
"real"
device.
Some
of
these
use
a
LiveCD,
and
some
are
hosted
as
a
fake
"target"
on
the
native
system.
>
3.
How
do
i
configure
Gnash
as
a
plugin
to
firefox
on
both
desktop
>
and
handphone?
You
can't
the
environments
are
different.
Most
phones
are
using
ARM
processors,
while
most
desktops
are
using
Intel.
Phones
often
have
special
requirements,
like
GUI
toolkits
that
are
manufacture
specific.
For
the
desktop,
most
people
use
the
GTK
or
KDE
GUI
for
Gnash.
Phone
based
browsers,
don't
usually
use
NSAPI
or
KPARTS,
so
getting
an
actual
plugin
working
may
require
writing
code.
-
rob
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