Hi,<br><br>I tested swfdec on the beagle board (<a href="http://www.beagleboard.org">www.beagleboard.org</a>) which is based<br>on a TI OMAP 3530 ARM Cortex A8 processor.<br><br>The OS that I used was Angstrom Linux (<a href="http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/">www.angstrom-distribution.org/</a>) and<br>
the swfdec version is 0.9.2 (I believe it uses a gtk back-end and that it is an<br>unstable release).<br><br>So far, it seems that I cannot run swfdec without X. That is, there is no<br>version of swfdec that doesn't depend on X. I'm I right?<br>
<br>I would like to hopefully avoid the overhead of X when I run the swfdec<br>player on the board.<br><br>My second question is, if you look at this file:<br><a href="http://www.vibratogrilljazz.com/flash/main.swf">http://www.vibratogrilljazz.com/flash/main.swf</a><br>
<br>It plays correctly on my laptop which runs Fedora 11. However, on the ARM<br>board, it when I click on the "Menu" button, nothing happens. What could<br>be different on the x86 laptop that makes it play well on the laptop and<br>
not on the ARM based board? I'd like to correct this issue since its relevant <br>to me.<br><br>Also, which version is recommended for production? The 0.9.2 release or<br>the 0.8.4 one? IMHO Swfdec could be better than Flash Lite in some ways<br>
because I could run some Flash apps which I couldn't run using the Flash Lite<br>3.0 player. Security issues are not a major concern at the moment, the<br>main thing I need is a flash player that plays the swfs correctly.<br>
<br>Finally, I'd like to look around and see what I could do to help out with<br>development. First, I'd like to have a good enough understanding of how<br>things have been implemented and issues that need to be solved to make<br>
swfdec as good as Adobe Flash Player 10. Any pointers will be highly<br>appreciated.<br><br>I'm also interested in knowing why it has taken so long for Flash Player<br>10 to be ported to the ARM Architecture? Is it technical complexity? And<br>
if that's the case, what makes it complex?<br><br>Kind Regards,<br>Andreas<br><br><br><br>