Re: [Gnash-dev] [Gnash] AVM2 Support

[Gabriele Giacone]

[moving to gnash-dev@ ml]

On 06/14/2012 03:31 AM, Aniyan Rajan wrote:
> 
>     Use lightspark.
> 
>     http://wiki.gnashdev.org/FAQ#What_should_gnash_play.3F
> 
> I know about lightspark and I tried also. But it seems to be buggy, no
> proper user interface and doesn't play videos properly. So I'm trying to
> find something in gnash itself.
> 
> I found the following.
> bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=555044
> <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=555044>
> 
> If I use --enable-avm2, will it play ?

It won't. Gnash project abandoned AVM2 implementation time ago.
Lightspark does that.
Status of implementations is:
AVM1 - Gnash       80-90% [hard being more precise]
AVM2 - Lightspark    ~22% http://deb.li/lsstats

To play all flash stuff around, you need both, they are complementary.

Lightspark is younger but actively developed, whereas Gnash is in
maintenance mode, no new features except IPv6 support introduced few
weeks ago and OpenGLES2 renderer implementation in progress as GSoC project.

If you can't support these projects by writing code, file bugs about
broken sites and help fixing them.

-- 
Gabriele