[SoaS] Sugar on a Stick Flash compatibility?

[Peter Robinson]

Well the procedure would be simple enough.

rpm -ivh http://location-too-repo-rpm-file
yum install packages needed.

I think, particularly on the XO-1, that flash is a bit heavy and that
html 5 with open formats would work better.

Peter

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
> thanks Peter yes the codecs issue is always slippery :-(
>
> Adobe quietly added Speex support to the latest version of Flash
> Player, would be great if they did likewise with a video codec but I'm
> not holding my breath. And of course that leaves us in the lurch for
> vids in H.264, On2VP6, Sorenson Spark.
>
> I'm just wondering if we have gnash in there, if not will we be able
> to publish a simple procedure for adding it?
>
> thanks
>
> Sean
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Peter Robinson <pbrobinson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Can someone remind me please how Flash content is supported in Sugar
>>> on a Stick? Is Gnash in there, or needs to be added? I imagine the
>>> Adobe plugin would need to be added by hand. I'm not sure we mention
>>> what if anything stick preparers need to do to view online Flash
>>> content?
>>
>> gnash, if present, would provide base flash support. Any video
>> requirements etc would have to have the appropriate codecs installed
>> and we can't ship them due to patent issues but they are available
>> from the usual locations. Adobe Flash is obviously not shippable as
>> its not open.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>