[SoaS] Sugar on a Stick Flash compatibility?

[Sebastian Dziallas]

Sean DALY 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?

Sorry, I'm still catching up with e-mail, but finally digging through.

So yes, we're currently including the gnash-plugin package. I wonder 
whether it would make more sense to hint at the open incarnation of 
Dailymotion, though (I think it should already work out of the box).

Wiki instructions appreciated, I'd say, also since we're now including a 
tool to create screencasts in the snapshots.

--Sebastian

> 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