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| 1425586 | 2016-09-19 05:36:00 | Thanks Rod. Yes we may well have two different situations which is why I would like to check on a Internet .swf file that others following this thread can open. If I can open an Internet .swf file then we have pretty much established that the problem is as described in your post. However, I draw some comfort from the fact that people who have forgotten more than I'll ever know about Linux have struggled with the same scenario. :D |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1425587 | 2016-09-19 09:28:00 | It's a pretty tough nut to crack this . swf problem . I thought they would be like . flv (Flash Video) files which I can play just fine here but apparently they are not so similar . I've never come across . swf before at all . . . all new to me I'm afraid! :confused: Anyway, I just found a package in the repository called swftools which might be promising for working with . swf files . Will check it out later tonight . BTW, I found a couple of . swf files online to play around with, contained in a couple of zip files . . . . the-sz . com/products/flash/FlashDemo . zip" target="_blank">www . the-sz . com . the-sz . com/products/flash/FlashSample . zip" target="_blank">www . the-sz . com |
Rod J (451) | ||
| 1425588 | 2016-09-19 12:42:00 | Well, I've played around quite a bit with extracting bits and pieces from those two .swf files in the .zip files using swfextract and swfdump from the swftools package and I'm afraid I'm none the wiser. None of the extracted files will play on any media player I have. :( | Rod J (451) | ||
| 1425589 | 2016-09-19 14:08:00 | Perseverance finally pays off! :clap After some more playing around I finally succeeded in getting those two .swf files to play in Firefox. After extracting the two files (Demo.swf and Sample.swf) I used swfcombine from the swftools package to decompress the .swf files to an uncompressed format and in Firefox opened the new files and they both played! These are the terminal commands I used to decompress the .swf files to produce the two new uncompressed files: swfcombine -d Sample.swf -o Sample_new.swf swfcombine -d Demo.swf -o Demo_new.swf Then, in Firefox, just use Alt-F to bring up the File menu and open the new .swf files and they play nicely! :banana |
Rod J (451) | ||
| 1425590 | 2016-09-19 14:24:00 | OK, I just tried the original, compressed .swf files from the two zip files above and they also played fine in Firefox. So, decompressing wasn't necessary. But, compressed or decompressed I still can't get them to play in any media player I have. Firefox seems to be the way to go. I guess it must be that the Flash plugin is only available within Firefox? | Rod J (451) | ||
| 1425591 | 2016-09-19 22:31:00 | By Jove you’re up late again Rod. :D I’ll work through your posts during the day and report back. In the meantime it has occurred to me that FLV and SWF files are by no means the same thing. They are a bit like a Panther and a Leopard, both members of the Cat Family but totally different animals. There is a good explanation HERE (classroom.synonym.com). With this in mind it may be possible to get FLV files to operate in Linux but not SWF. Turning out quite a challenge this one. I’ve made swf videos for years, mostly with photos taken on holiday, because you can fade pictures in and out with transitions and sound and they’re very economical on space. Anyway got a few other things to do back later. |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1425592 | 2016-09-20 23:17:00 | Hey B.M. This thread seems so long and windy it's a bit hard for me to suggest things on my mobile phone. Years ago I got shockwave working in Linux. It was more an accomplishment than a reason to get shockwave. It worked fine but at that time it had some weird behaviours, like it glitched the browser. I would not suggest doing this. I would just rely on Firefox's own ability to play shockwave and if it does not, then I would not attempt to get shockwave going. Maybe try other browsers like Chrome/Chromium to see if they have better support. They have flash built-in but am uncertain what they would be like to use with shockwave. If you definitely require shockwave, then the Windows version of Firefox ran through WINE should work for you. |
Kame (312) | ||
| 1425593 | 2016-09-21 01:25:00 | vlc plays swf by default, no? well, mine does... |
fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 1425594 | 2016-09-21 03:18:00 | vlc plays swf by default, no? well, mine does... What version Fred because VLC doesn't play swf files on my windows computer of Linux? What's the trick? :D |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1425595 | 2016-09-21 03:22:00 | Hey B.M. This thread seems so long and windy it's a bit hard for me to suggest things on my mobile phone. Years ago I got shockwave working in Linux. It was more an accomplishment than a reason to get shockwave. It worked fine but at that time it had some weird behaviours, like it glitched the browser. I would not suggest doing this. I would just rely on Firefox's own ability to play shockwave and if it does not, then I would not attempt to get shockwave going. Maybe try other browsers like Chrome/Chromium to see if they have better support. They have flash built-in but am uncertain what they would be like to use with shockwave. If you definitely require shockwave, then the Windows version of Firefox ran through WINE should work for you. Thanks Kame I'll try Windows, Firefox and Wine. :) |
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