Adobe Flash Player 10 RC2 (Huge Improvement for Linux Users)

[Deathshroud]

http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html

This is the second release candidate for Flash Player 10. There is a large list of improvements...

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* Many Linux camera issues have been fixed. Please report any additional issues you encounter.
* Linux full-screen optimizations have been made. Please report any additional issues you encounter.
* startDrag() does not work when movie clip is 3D. (216415)
* LiveCycle WorkSpace cannot log in using Flash Player 10 Beta. (223394) WORKAROUND: Use Flash Player 9.0.124.0.
* Vector printing on Macs works now!
* New Text Engine: Vector Printing isn't currently enabled.
* Custom Filters and Effects:
o Mac PPC: Color distortions may appear when applying a Shader. ShaderJob returns unexpected values for some Pixel Bender functions.
o Linux: Shader Jobs may return NaN instead of an expected Number value.
* Drawing API: Strokes are not visible on paths drawn with drawTriangles or GraphicsTrianglePaths. The lineShaderStyle is not implemented in Flash Player 10 Beta.
* Context Menu: The new AS3 Clipboard is currently only working for Mac and Windows. It is not yet working for the Unix players.
* Uploading images using Photoshop Express does not work with Flash Player 10 Beta. (1786882) WORKAROUND: Use Flash Player 9.0.124.0.
* Dynamic Streaming:
o A crash when switching between videos of different resolutions has been fixed.
o A new Play Status event when switching between streams now actually happens: NetStream.Play.TransitionComplete.
* RTMFP:
o Changing NetStream.BufferTime on the subscriber side of P2P connection, causes video to stop and possible crash
o No NetStream onStatus messages received when using NetStream.pause(), NetStream.resume() or NetStream.togglePause() for P2P connection
o Intermittent crashes/hangs when subscribing/unsubscribing multiple times to P2P NetStream.
o peerStreams array includes null streams in some cases.
* Speex:
o Disconnect and re-connect network on Mac publisher causes sending garbled audio with USB audio devices. (227185)
o Speex audio may deteriorate when computer is overloaded. (222082)
o Peer-to-peer Nellymoser may incur in quality degradation when packets are lost. (222469)
o Soundtransform for Speex does not work in loopback mode
o Linux-specific issues:
+ Flash Player 10 hangs when subscribing to a live audio stream. (222283)
+ Linux subscriber receives deteriorated audio for about 20 seconds when switching from Nellymoser to Speex codec. (222306)
+ Linux Subscriber P2P only: When Nellymoser audio is attached, the video plays slowly on the subscriber side. (222851)
* Video playback issues on PPC Macs have been resolved.

Not sure how valuable this is to Windows users, but Linux users can finally watch flash content full screen!

[MKJ]

nerd

also adobe is working on iPhone flash plugin. just fyi

[Glockg]

Now if they would just make a 64bit version for windows and linux. why is it so hard for them todo this.

[^misantropia^]

If I were to venture a guess: it is my understanding that Flash Player compiles ActionScript bytecode to machine code. I suspect the current implementation is heavily tied to a 32-bits architecture.

And perhaps one or more of the libraries Flash Player uses, only come in a 32-bit flavor.

Still, from a company the size of Adobe, you'd expect better.

[MKJ]

CS4 suite has a 64 installer, prolly also for flash?

[^misantropia^]

I doubt it. According to this article:

Issue

Adobe Flash Player is not supported for playback in a 64-bit browser. However, you can run Flash Player in a 32-bit browser running on a 64-bit operating system.

Reason

Adobe is working on Flash Player support for 64-bit platforms as part of our ongoing commitment to the cross-platform compatibility of Flash Player. We expect to provide native support for 64-bit platforms in an upcoming release of Flash Player following Flash Player 10.

Solution

To use Flash Player to view Flash content on a 64-bit operating system, you must run a 32-bit browser.

[MKJ]

lol, thats pretty bad. looking at the fact that this problem has been around since the coming of 64bit OSs, you'd think they wouldve implemented it by now.

[Deathshroud]

They have released a 64-bit alpha version for Linux. Not sure if its worth the trouble, but I figured I would post it anyways...

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/