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mick3_de	2010-08-10 , 10:08
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There is a first version of Flash 10 for the iPhone at http://digitaldj.net/ (http://github.com/comex/frash) using Adobes Flash Player shared library libflashplayer.so from Android 2.2. Froyo.

So I guess libflashplayer.so should run on the N900 too besides legal issues.

Could someone have a look at frash and maybe write a similar wrapper for the N900 and a web browser plugin for it?

Thanks,
Michael

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taril	2010-08-10 , 10:13
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This version is only for android and for its lame browser, not for linux OS.

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mick3_de	2010-08-10 , 10:15
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Originally Posted by taril

This version is only for android and for its lame browser, not for linux OS.

So why does it work for the iPhone?

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	MohammadAG	2010-08-10 , 10:57
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It's using a wrapper, doing that on an N900 may work, but the speeds won't be impressive.

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Renkon	2010-08-10 , 11:02
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Running the binary fails silently in browser. Tested that right after it went online for android.
But in the long term view we could hope for lightspark to catch up
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/lightspark

PS: They'd need an assembly code hacker for that, as some code is x86 assembly to speed things up. If someone is willing to do and has enough knowledge, many people would be thankful. Even if it's only working for video playback.
Pulseaudio - check, FFMpeg - check, OpenGL - check. Not that unrealistic to port.

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law138	2010-08-10 , 11:04
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I wish i knew how i would but im dum

. How good is it on the iphone/ipad browser?

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Renkon	2010-08-10 , 11:12
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See for yourself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQirNGZgMVE

I had audio off, but somehow this guy seems like "Wooohey, I can view Flash Ads now!!!" :P

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attila77	2010-08-10 , 11:29
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Not overly. No video playback and less-than-stellar performance, basically all the reasons you'd want a real 10.1 for on the N900

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mick3_de	2010-08-10 , 12:44
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Originally Posted by MohammadAG

It's using a wrapper, doing that on an N900 may work, but the speeds won't be impressive.

On the N900 it must be even simpler as as libflashplayer.so is a Linux ARM ELF binary. For the speed I guess libflashplayer.so contains Adobe's Actionscript AVM2 (maybe even a JIT) which should run at the same speed on the N900. A well written wrapper would not slow it down noticably. For the drawing stuff I'm not shure what Android Flash does actually use for graphics output rendering. Guess it should be possible to map it into the existing N900 graphics system including some hardware acceleration.

Cheers, M.