Gnash is a media player for playing SWF files. Gnash is available both as a standalone player for desktop computers and embedded devices, as well as a plugin for several browsers. It is part of the GNU Project and is a free and open-source alternative to Adobe Flash Player.
Questions tagged [gnash]
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Compiling Gnash from source fails due to giflib update - alternatives?
Based on the bug report filed here, Gnash will not compile with the latest giflib. I assume that means that if I use an older giflib, it'll compile just fine. I'm not sure how to do this, though - my package manager (I'm on Manjaro, and have access…

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How do I run the ./configure script on git package?
I am trying to install gnash on debian. I did (as root):
git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/gnash.git
cd gnash/
./configure
And got:
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory

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any idea how gnash is doing?
For those who don't know GNASH is an open source flash movie player. It can also run as a browser plugin. However I don't know its cross-browser support. I think it only supports firefox and the konqurer web browsers so far. Just want to know if…

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Flash developers: what versions of Flash do you test your stuff with?
I'm curious as to what versions of Flash stuff is tested with. How do you manage it across different browsers?
I'm wanting to test things with both swfdec and gnash and hoping maybe there's some way I didn't know about...

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Embedding Gnash into PyGame?
Is there a way to display flash applications using Gnash renderer (I'm not averse to Adobe's renderer but would prefer not to use it) in a PyGame application?

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call shell command inside of a flash file
I want to create a basic GUI for a touchscreen panel running linux grml with fluxbox so I'm very restricted. The Gnash player is also available. Is there a way to call shell/bash commands inside a Flash file (swf)?
I want to create a GUI to control…

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Altnerative to Gnash
I am currently using Gnash for its video conversion features - specifically being able to pass it FlashVars (SWF).
However it is old and slow. Is there a newer faster alternative that supports FlashVars?

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Render swf to png or other format?
I need to render the final state of a SWF passing flash vars parameters.
Let's say I use the var text="Some text", and the swf shows the text over a static background. I need to render this to a png file, I've tried with gnash but with no luck so…

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