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Gnash 0.8.8 Released
Gnash 0.8.8 Released!
We just released an improved GNU Flash player, Gnash 0.8.8. Gnash
plays SWF (Shockwave Flash) files compatible with the Adobe Flash
player. Gnash is portable software released under the GNU GPLv3. It
runs on GNU/Linux, embedded GNU + Linux systems, and BSD, including
x86, ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, and 64-bit systems. It comes with a
standalone player as well as a browser plugin compatible with
Firefox, Chrome, Konqueror, and all Gecko-based browsers.
Improvements since the 0.8.7 release are:
* 100% of all YouTube videos should work. If you have problems,
delete all YouTube cookies and refresh.
* Gnash can switch at runtime between the Cairo, OpenGL, and AGG
renderers.
* Gnash can switch media handlers at runtime, too, between FFmpeg
and Gstreamer,
* Gnash can now decode video quickly on hardware compatible with the
VAAPI library (a few NVidia, ATI, and Intel graphics processors).
* Gnash now compiles faster due to reduced internal dependencies.
* Scriptable Plugin support so Javascript in the browser can
work with ActionScript in Gnash.
* Improved input device handling when using a raw framebuffer.
See the NEWS file for more improvements.
You can grab the Gnash sources from
http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gnash/0.8.8, or from Gnash Git using the
release_0_8_8 branch. Experimental binary packages built by the Gnash
team are also available at
http://www.getgnash.org/packages, along with source snapshots. Binary
packages for Debian or RPM based systems will be available from your
GNU/Linux distribution, and from whatever BSD variant you are using.
Questions about Gnash or offers of help can go to the developer's email
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How can I see a video's real URL? Posted Aug 23, 2010 15:25 UTC (Mon) by coriordan (guest, #7544) [Link]
There's a news site from which I'd like to download the news each day. If I can play the news in my browser through Gnash, does anyone know a way to see what URLs are being requested by Gnash? Or by any other Flash player?
How can I see a video's real URL? Posted Aug 23, 2010 15:44 UTC (Mon) by JohnLenz (subscriber, #42089) [Link] I would just use iftop. Although it does look like gnash has a debug log, most likely the URLs will show up in the debug log. See the manual for the debuglog option.
How can I see a video's real URL? Posted Aug 23, 2010 20:56 UTC (Mon) by jonabbey (subscriber, #2736) [Link]
Yeah, hurray for iftop. It's not known nearly well enough.
How can I see a video's real URL? Posted Aug 24, 2010 7:15 UTC (Tue) by lacostej (guest, #2760) [Link]
how to you get iftop to give you the URL? The hostname OK, but the URL ?
I use packet filtering (e.g. wireshark or similar) to identify hidden URLs.
How can I see a video's real URL? Posted Aug 25, 2010 20:13 UTC (Wed) by Lennie (subscriber, #49641) [Link]
I just install dsniff and use urlsnarf, it gives you URL's
collective thanks Posted Aug 31, 2010 10:53 UTC (Tue) by coriordan (guest, #7544) [Link] Thanks for all the replies. I haven't gotten to try them yet but I've noted them on my useful commands page and will add more info there when I get time.
How can I see a video's real URL? Posted Aug 23, 2010 15:46 UTC (Mon) by Kit (guest, #55925) [Link]
As long as they're not using RTMP to stream (i.e. just plain HTTP), then simply using Firefox's Firebug Net section will list all the URLs fetched, including the .flv that Flash plays. Opera's Dragonfly, and WebKit's equivalent functionality should also work.
How can I see a video's real URL? Posted Aug 23, 2010 16:39 UTC (Mon) by lImbus (guest, #58664) [Link]
also Wireshark can help you see where your flash player is connecting to to fetch the file/stream.
How can I see a video's real URL? Posted Aug 24, 2010 5:00 UTC (Tue) by pabs (subscriber, #43278) [Link]
I'd use urlsnarf from dsniff.
Gnash 0.8.8 Released Posted Aug 23, 2010 17:30 UTC (Mon) by jengelh (subscriber, #33263) [Link]
>Gnash can switch at runtime between the Cairo, OpenGL, and AGG renderers.
Hm, where's Xvideo? (For vector graphics cairo sounds ok, but most of youtube is actually just mp4-in-a-flv that you can easily play with mplayer too. Look in /tmp.)
Gnash 0.8.8 Released Posted Aug 23, 2010 17:47 UTC (Mon) by njs (guest, #40338) [Link]
Yeah, but IIRC the flash rendering model isn't compatible with XVideo (e.g., look at all that chunk that appears semi-transparently on top of youtube videos, XVideo's not set up for that).
Gnash 0.8.8 Released Posted Aug 23, 2010 17:51 UTC (Mon) by jengelh (subscriber, #33263) [Link]
You are right. But then again, I want to watch the thing, not be distracted by the countless speech bubbles ;-)
Gnash 0.8.8 Released Posted Aug 23, 2010 17:54 UTC (Mon) by njs (guest, #40338) [Link]
Yeah, I look forward to AdBlock-enabled -- sorry, I mean, HTML5-enabled -- video viewers.
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