Swfdec
Swfdec (pronounced "swiff deck") is a decoder/renderer for Macromedia Flash animations.
News
2008-12-21
Swfdec 0.8.4 is the new stable release that supports the newer videos on various video sites, such as Youtube.
2008-11-11
With Swfdec 0.9.2, a new unstable version got its first release.
2008-10-23
Swfdec 0.8.2 is the new stable release.
2008-09-08
A new stable release of Swfdec is out: Swfdec 0.8.0.
2008-07-30
Here are slides for the talk given at LugRadio Live and GUADEC.
2008-07-30
Release time: Swfdec 0.7.4 (unstable) and Swfdec 0.6.8 (stable) are out.
2008-06-25
The first release of the unstable series is out: Swfdec 0.7.2.
older news
See OldNews for even older entries.
About
Swfdec
Swfdec is the library for decoding and rendering Flash animations. It is still in heavy development. The intended audience are developers or people using it for pretested Flash animations (think embedded here). If you use it on unknown content, expect it to have issues and don't be surprised if it crashes. If you encounter such a crash however, make sure to file a bug immediately.
Swfdec-Mozilla
Swfdec-Mozilla contains a plugin for Mozilla browsers that uses the Swfdec library for playing SWF files.
Swfdec-Gnome
Swfdec-Gnome provides tools to integrate Flash into the GNOME desktop. It contains a standalone Flash player and a thumbnailer. You can find the latest releases on the Gnome servers.
Screenshots
The ?ScreenShots have their own page, for obvious reasons. :)
Download
Swfdec
The current release is 0.8.4. You can download it at http://swfdec.freedesktop.org/download/swfdec/0.8/swfdec-0.8.4.tar.gz. Older releases are available at http://swfdec.freedesktop.org/download/swfdec/.
Swfdec-Mozilla
The current release is 0.8.2. You can download it at http://swfdec.freedesktop.org/download/swfdec-mozilla/0.8/swfdec-mozilla-0.8.2.tar.gz. Older releases are available at http://swfdec.freedesktop.org/download/swfdec-mozilla/.
unstable releases
Unstable releases that will lead to Swfdec 0.10 in March 2009 can be found at http://swfdec.freedesktop.org/download/swfdec/0.9/ and http://swfdec.freedesktop.org/download/swfdec-mozilla/0.9/
Installation
For instructions regarding how to install from these files please see the Installation page.
Developers
Some infos follow. For more info, see the Developers page.
IRC
If you got any questions, head to Freenode, channel #swfdec - see the DevelopersList for our nicknames.
Mailing List
The mailing list is swfdec@lists.freedesktop.org. You can subscribe to the list or view its archives.
There is also a mailing list that receives new commits made to Swfdec. Subscribe, view archives.
Bugzilla
Bugzilla can be found at https://bugs.freedesktop.org. Use the swfdec component.
API Documentation
The Swfdec is also available online. Examples are also available.
Development source code
The development source code is kept in git. The repositories are
- git://anongit.freedesktop.org/swfdec/swfdec for swfdec
- git://anongit.freedesktop.org/swfdec/swfdec-mozilla for swfdec-mozilla
- git://anongit.freedesktop.org/swfdec/swfdec-gnome for swfdec-gnome
FAQ
Some questions are asked to the Swfdec developers more often. The answers are collected in the FAQ.
Contact
If you want to send encouraging email, have a look at the DevelopersList
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