A free software that allows users to play animated movies created in Macromedia Shockwave Flash on their device.
Looking for a reliable player for your animated "movies" in the Macromedia Shockwave Flash (.swf) format? Look no further than Gnash! This versatile player can be run as a graphical application, as a Web browser plugin, or as a library used by other programs.
Gnash supports playing media from a disk or streaming over a network connection, and is compatible with popular video sharing sites like YouTube on a wide variety of devices, from embedded ones to modern desktops.
One of the standout features of Gnash is its focus on security. It provides the user with tight control of all network or disk based I/O, ensuring a safe and secure experience.
Additionally, Gnash supports extending ActionScript by creating your own classes. You can write wrappers for any development library and import them into the player much like Perl or Python does.
Gnash is known to compile for most any POSIX and ANSI C++ conforming system if you have all the dependent libraries installed. While it has been designed to run on UNIX/Linux variants, it has also been successfully run on Darwin (Mac OS X), Windows, Irix, Solaris, BeOs, OS/2, and Haiku. Furthermore, it has also run on various 64-bit systems.
If you will be downloading Gnash with a package manager, the dependencies may be solved by the package manager. However, if downloading manually, you must first verify that each of these dependencies are installed on the target system.
Gnash uses ffmpeg for codecs, so any file supported by Mplayer should work with Gnash. It also supports the loading of patent-free codecs like Ogg Vorbis or Theora from disk based files. Work is being done to support these codecs when embedded in a SWF file.
Overall, Gnash is a dependable and versatile player with a focus on security and flexibility, making it a great choice for anyone in need of a reliable SWF player.
Gnash supports playing media from a disk or streaming over a network connection, and is compatible with popular video sharing sites like YouTube on a wide variety of devices, from embedded ones to modern desktops.
One of the standout features of Gnash is its focus on security. It provides the user with tight control of all network or disk based I/O, ensuring a safe and secure experience.
Additionally, Gnash supports extending ActionScript by creating your own classes. You can write wrappers for any development library and import them into the player much like Perl or Python does.
Gnash is known to compile for most any POSIX and ANSI C++ conforming system if you have all the dependent libraries installed. While it has been designed to run on UNIX/Linux variants, it has also been successfully run on Darwin (Mac OS X), Windows, Irix, Solaris, BeOs, OS/2, and Haiku. Furthermore, it has also run on various 64-bit systems.
If you will be downloading Gnash with a package manager, the dependencies may be solved by the package manager. However, if downloading manually, you must first verify that each of these dependencies are installed on the target system.
Gnash uses ffmpeg for codecs, so any file supported by Mplayer should work with Gnash. It also supports the loading of patent-free codecs like Ogg Vorbis or Theora from disk based files. Work is being done to support these codecs when embedded in a SWF file.
Overall, Gnash is a dependable and versatile player with a focus on security and flexibility, making it a great choice for anyone in need of a reliable SWF player.
What's New
Version 0.8.6: N/A