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Swfdec - 0.8.0b1

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Current Version:	0.8.0b1
Release Date:	2008-09-22
License:	Beta
Downloads (this version):	1,497
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Product Description:

Mac users have had a love/hate relationship with Adobe Flash Player. On one hand, it's better than nothing, and it does what it is supposed to do very well. On the other hand, it was originally written more than ten years ago, it doesn't work with many of the new technologies introduced in Leopard, and it's only really been available as a Web browser plugin. And ever since Apple discontinued Flash support in QuickTime, it has had no real competition on Mac OS X - until now.

Swfdec (pronounced "swiff-deck") is an engine that loads and runs Adobe Flash animations. The Swfdec package includes:

The Swfdec framework, which is the engine that drives all of the package's components.
SwfdecPlayer, a desktop Flash animation player.
A QuickLook plugin that generates thumbnails

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.5.3 or later

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Not yet ready - Version: 0.8.0b1, 11/11/2008 01:43AM PST

Pandy

No rating given, since this is beta software, but I tried with a swf file from http://www.storyofstuff.com/, and didn't get very good results - no audio, some video elements missing.

Also, there are no controls (i.e. fast-forward, rewind, skip to position, etc), which is the reason I tried it in the first place. And it crashed on me the first time I launched it.