Lightspark
Lightspark is a free and open-source SWF player released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3.[1]
Developer(s) | Alessandro Pignotti |
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Stable release | 0.8.7[1]
/ May 28, 2023 |
Repository | |
Written in | C++ |
Operating system | Linux, FreeBSD, Windows |
Type | Multimedia |
License | LGPLv3 |
Website | lightspark |
Features
Lightspark supports most of ActionScript 3.0 and has an NPAPI plug-in.[2] It will fall back on Gnash, a free SWF player on ActionScript 1.0 and 2.0 (AVM1) code.
Lightspark supports OpenGL-based rendering and LLVM-based ActionScript execution and uses OpenGL shaders (GLSL). The player is compatible with H.264 Flash videos on YouTube.
Portability
The Lightspark player is completely portable.[3] It has been successfully built on Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) on PowerPC, x86, ARM and AMD64 architectures.[4] Lightspark has a Win32 branch for Microsoft Visual Studio[5] and introduced a Mozilla-compatible plug-in for Windows in version 0.5.3. Since then, the project hasn't seen any official Windows release, but newer versions are continuously built and made available through Jenkins.[6]
See also
References
- "Release 0.8.7 · lightspark/Lightspark". GitHub.
- "Lightspark flash player continues to advance". Linux.be. 2010-07-09. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
- "Lightspark Windows port". launchpad.net. 2011-01-04. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
- ""lightspark" 0.4.6-0ubuntu1 source package in The Natty Narwhal". Launchpad.net. 2011-03-15. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
- "Email Archive: lightspark-devel". Sourceforge.net. 2010-08-02. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
- "Project Lightspark-win32". 2012-10-28.
Further reading
- Willis, Nathan. "Gnash, Lightspark, and Shumway". LWN.net. Retrieved 13 June 2014.