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- INTRODUCTION
- ------------
-
- Jun. 12th 2000
-
- This the Version 0.4.10 of the Flash Library for Linux.
-
- Flash Plugin is under GPL, see COPYING file.
-
- Provides:
- - Lib contains the FlashLib sources.
- - Plugin contains plugin sources.
- - Player contains the standalone player sources.
- - Kflash a Flash KDE screen saver.
-
- New features:
- - Bug fixes.
- - 24 and 32 modes supported.
- - Flash Library as screen saver (for xcreensaver and KDE).
-
- To get some information on this library check out the following link :
- http://www.swift-tools.com/Flash
-
- Authors: Olivier Debon <odebon@club-internet.fr>
- Fabrice Bellard <fabrice.bellard@netgem.com>
-
- FEATURES
- --------
-
- Limitations :
- - The plugin and the player use XShm extensions, so remote display is not possible.
- - No Flash 4 features (but no crash on Flash 4 files).
-
- Not functional :
- - No Morphing.
- - No vertical anti-aliasing.
-
- SOUND SUPPORT
- -------------
-
- Limitations :
- - No streamed sound supported (interleaved data).
- - No sound envelop. So no fading or balancing effect.
-
- But the main feature is here and sound can be enjoyed.
-
- I recommend OSS drivers, but it is not required at all
- (http://www.opensound.com)
-
- If you have troubles with sound put the -DNOSOUND option
- for compilation. Also do this for non-Linux Unix.
-
- THE PLAYER
- ----------
-
- The standalone player can simply control movie by
- pressing Q to quit, P to pause, C to continue and
- R to replay.
- There is also the possibility to zoom in or out
- and scroll using Keypad +/- and cursor keys, but
- it is buggy on frozen images.
-
- THE SCREEN SAVERS
- -----------------
-
- The standalone player can be run though xscreensaver. Modify
- your .xscreensaver file to add swfplayer:
- programs: swfplayer -root /home/olivier/Flash/Test/test.swf
- (See xscreensaver doc for more details on Xscreensaver).
-
- For KDE, just install the kflash.kss file from the Kflash
- directory in /usr/bin (or where your KDE installation expects
- kss file to be).
- In your KDE start menu, select Settings->Desktop->Screensaver
- Choose 'Flash Movies' and click on SetUp button. You'll have
- to select a Flash file (take the test.swf file provided with
- this distribution). The fullscreen option will scale the movie
- to the entire screen (it can be very CPU intensive). The
- enable sound option will allow to play sounds, but as a screen
- saver mode this is not a good idea :)
-
- BUG REPORT
- ----------
-
- If Netscape crashes when it started to play a Flash file, please
- report the complete url where you have found the file.
- Do not send the actual file !
-
- If you have rendering problem also report the url.
-
- If the plugin does not seem to show anything or does not do what it
- is supposed to do, please consider that the plugin does not support
- all Flash 2/4 features. Anyway it tries to play it but may fail then.
-
- COMPILATION
- -----------
-
- If you use Linux just type 'make'.
-
- Warning : the plugin compilation should not fail, but you may
- have problem with Netscape at startup. See INSTALLATION section
- for workarounds.
-
- For other Unices like FreeBSD or Solaris you may have to change
- some flags. See Plugin/Makefile for hints.
-
- INSTALLATION
- ------------
-
- Once you have successfully compiled the plugin, put the file
- npflash.so (located in the Plugin directory) into your
- ~/.netscape/plugins directory or into the system-wide
- /opt/netscape/plugins directory (depends on where you have installed
- Netscape).
-
- If Netscape already runs type 'javascript:navigator.plugins.refresh'
- in the Location field.
-
- PROBLEMS
- --------
-
- If you have problem to successfully install the plugin, please
- read the following hints. Otherwise, report the problem with full
- description of your configuration :
- - Distribution.
- - Compiler.
- - Libs (the output of ldconfig -p is useful).
- - The netscape version and the output of 'ldd netscape'.
-
- If some symbols like _rtti or _throw are unresolved, it seems
- that you have egcs. Just uncomment the proper line in the main
- Makefile.
- You may then still have some unresolved symbols like __sigsetjmp.
- This time, add -DC6R5 in the Plugin/Makefile at the PLUGIN_DEFINES
- line.
-
- CHECKING
- --------
-
- To verify that the plugin is installed properly, type "about:plugins"
- in Netscape's "Location:" or "Netsite:" field. The plugin should show
- up there, something like
-
- ___________________________________________________________________________
-
- Shockwave Flash
-
- File name: /opt/netscape/plugins/npflash.so
-
- Flash file player Version 0.4.10
-
- Shockwave is a trademark of Macromedia®
-
- Author: Olivier Debon
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- | Mime Type | Description | Suffixes | Enabled |
- |--------------------------------+-------------------+-------------+--------------|
- | application/futuresplash | Flash Plugin | spl | Yes |
- | application/x-shockwave-flash | | swf | Yes |
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- ___________________________________________________________________________
-
-
- If it shows up, but the "Enabled" column says "No", you need to
- configure the Flash plugin as a helper application. Go to
- Edit/Preferences/Navigator/Applications, and add it as follows:
-
- Description: Flash Plugin
- MIME Type: application/x-shockwave-flash
- Suffixes: swf
- Handled By: Plug In (select "Shockwave Flash")
-
- ------
-