How free are you?

[grimgard]

On Tue, 08 May 2007 08:29:32 -0700, Craig wrote:

> I hadn't heard of Flash Alternative and can't seem to bring it up via
> google. Do you have a linky? (I'd love to drop the Adobe/Macromedia
> flash player).

I'm interested in a freeware flash player alternative also!
Googling for "flash player freeware", I found these among others.

[url]http://www.eolsoft.com/freeware/flash_movie_player/[/url]
[url]http://www.dirfile.com/windows_swf_flash_player.htm[/url]

Before I install, may I ask?
What flash alternative software do freeware frugals recommend?

[hummingbird]

On Tue, 8 May 2007 21:47:49 -0700 'grimgard'
posted this onto alt.comp.freeware:

>On Tue, 08 May 2007 08:29:32 -0700, Craig wrote:
>

>> I hadn't heard of Flash Alternative and can't seem to bring it up via
>> google. Do you have a linky? (I'd love to drop the Adobe/Macromedia
>> flash player).

>
>I'm interested in a freeware flash player alternative also!
>Googling for "flash player freeware", I found these among others.
>
>[url]http://www.eolsoft.com/freeware/flash_movie_player/[/url]
>[url]http://www.dirfile.com/windows_swf_flash_player.htm[/url]
>
>Before I install, may I ask?
>What flash alternative software do freeware frugals recommend?

'Bitcomet' flash player.

[Craig]

hummingbird wrote:

> On Tue, 8 May 2007 21:47:49 -0700 'grimgard'
> posted this onto alt.comp.freeware:
>

>> On Tue, 08 May 2007 08:29:32 -0700, Craig wrote:
>>

>>> I hadn't heard of Flash Alternative and can't seem to bring it up via
>>> google. Do you have a linky? (I'd love to drop the Adobe/Macromedia
>>> flash player).

>> I'm interested in a freeware flash player alternative also!
>> Googling for "flash player freeware", I found these among others.
>>
>> [url]http://www.eolsoft.com/freeware/flash_movie_player/[/url]
>> [url]http://www.dirfile.com/windows_swf_flash_player.htm[/url]
>>
>> Before I install, may I ask?
>> What flash alternative software do freeware frugals recommend?

>
> 'Bitcomet' flash player.

Hokay;

Poking around a bit further...

It seems that eolsoft's and moonvalley's flash players both use
Adobe/Macromedia's flash plugin (analogous to Real Alternative's use of
Real Network's codec...I guess). Dunno about Bitcomet's app.

Does anyone have any recent experience with Gnash on Win32?
<http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/>

tia,
-Craig

[hummingbird]

On Wed, 09 May 2007 14:38:53 GMT 'Craig'
posted this onto alt.comp.freeware:

>hummingbird wrote:

>> On Tue, 8 May 2007 21:47:49 -0700 'grimgard'
>> posted this onto alt.comp.freeware:
>>

>>> On Tue, 08 May 2007 08:29:32 -0700, Craig wrote:
>>>
>>>> I hadn't heard of Flash Alternative and can't seem to bring it up via
>>>> google. Do you have a linky? (I'd love to drop the Adobe/Macromedia
>>>> flash player).
>>> I'm interested in a freeware flash player alternative also!
>>> Googling for "flash player freeware", I found these among others.
>>>
>>> [url]http://www.eolsoft.com/freeware/flash_movie_player/[/url]
>>> [url]http://www.dirfile.com/windows_swf_flash_player.htm[/url]
>>>
>>> Before I install, may I ask?
>>> What flash alternative software do freeware frugals recommend?

>>
>> 'Bitcomet' flash player.

>
>Hokay;
>
>Poking around a bit further...
>
>It seems that eolsoft's and moonvalley's flash players both use
>Adobe/Macromedia's flash plugin (analogous to Real Alternative's use of
>Real Network's codec...I guess). Dunno about Bitcomet's app.

From [url]http://www.bitcomet.com/tools/flvplayer/index.htm[/url]

"BitComet FLV Player is a standalone application to play Flash Video
files (.flv file). It supports zoom 1x/2x/FullScreen, playback
progress control, volume control. It also supports play .swf files
(flash file). It will later support loading FLV files from webserver."

>Does anyone have any recent experience with Gnash on Win32?
><http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/>

[Craig]

hummingbird wrote:

> On Wed, 09 May 2007 14:38:53 GMT 'Craig' posted this onto
> alt.comp.freeware:
>

>> hummingbird wrote:

>>> On Tue, 8 May 2007 21:47:49 -0700 'grimgard' posted this onto
>>> alt.comp.freeware:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 08 May 2007 08:29:32 -0700, Craig wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I hadn't heard of Flash Alternative and can't seem to bring
>>>>> it up via google. Do you have a linky? (I'd love to drop
>>>>> the Adobe/Macromedia flash player).
>>>> I'm interested in a freeware flash player alternative also!
>>>> Googling for "flash player freeware", I found these among
>>>> others.
>>>>
>>>> [url]http://www.eolsoft.com/freeware/flash_movie_player/[/url]
>>>> [url]http://www.dirfile.com/windows_swf_flash_player.htm[/url]
>>>>
>>>> Before I install, may I ask? What flash alternative software do
>>>> freeware frugals recommend?
>>> 'Bitcomet' flash player.

>> Hokay;
>>
>> Poking around a bit further...
>>
>> It seems that eolsoft's and moonvalley's flash players both use
>> Adobe/Macromedia's flash plugin (analogous to Real Alternative's
>> use of Real Network's codec...I guess). Dunno about Bitcomet's app.
>>

>
> From [url]http://www.bitcomet.com/tools/flvplayer/index.htm[/url]
>
> "BitComet FLV Player is a standalone application to play Flash Video
> files (.flv file). It supports zoom 1x/2x/FullScreen, playback
> progress control, volume control. It also supports play .swf files
> (flash file). It will later support loading FLV files from
> webserver."
>

Thanks Bird. Guess I should've been clearer: I don't know /whether
Bitcomet FLV Player uses the Adobe/Macromedia flash plugin./

>> Does anyone have any recent experience with Gnash on Win32?
>> <http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/>

-Craig

[hummingbird]

On Wed, 09 May 2007 08:57:26 -0700 'Craig'
posted this onto alt.comp.freeware:

>hummingbird wrote:

>> On Wed, 09 May 2007 14:38:53 GMT 'Craig' posted this onto
>> alt.comp.freeware:
>>

>>> hummingbird wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 8 May 2007 21:47:49 -0700 'grimgard' posted this onto
>>>> alt.comp.freeware:
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 08 May 2007 08:29:32 -0700, Craig wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I hadn't heard of Flash Alternative and can't seem to bring
>>>>>> it up via google. Do you have a linky? (I'd love to drop
>>>>>> the Adobe/Macromedia flash player).
>>>>> I'm interested in a freeware flash player alternative also!
>>>>> Googling for "flash player freeware", I found these among
>>>>> others.
>>>>>
>>>>> [url]http://www.eolsoft.com/freeware/flash_movie_player/[/url]
>>>>> [url]http://www.dirfile.com/windows_swf_flash_player.htm[/url]
>>>>>
>>>>> Before I install, may I ask? What flash alternative software do
>>>>> freeware frugals recommend?
>>>> 'Bitcomet' flash player.
>>> Hokay;
>>>
>>> Poking around a bit further...
>>>
>>> It seems that eolsoft's and moonvalley's flash players both use
>>> Adobe/Macromedia's flash plugin (analogous to Real Alternative's
>>> use of Real Network's codec...I guess). Dunno about Bitcomet's app.
>>>

>>
>> From [url]http://www.bitcomet.com/tools/flvplayer/index.htm[/url]
>>
>> "BitComet FLV Player is a standalone application to play Flash Video
>> files (.flv file). It supports zoom 1x/2x/FullScreen, playback
>> progress control, volume control. It also supports play .swf files
>> (flash file). It will later support loading FLV files from
>> webserver."
>>

>
>Thanks Bird.

hummingbird.

>Guess I should've been clearer: I don't know /whether
>Bitcomet FLV Player uses the Adobe/Macromedia flash plugin./

I think you were clear enough but I believe that since it says
"...is a standalone application" it implies that it has its own
swf/flv renderer inside and doesn't rely on any other codecs etc.

Do you think that might not be so?
There is also a Bitcomet forum where you could ask...

>>> Does anyone have any recent experience with Gnash on Win32?
>>> <http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/>

[Baldie]

> 1. What version of Windows are you using?
XP SP2 Media edition

> 2. What applications do you use for (list those applicable):
> a. Web Browsing

Firefox

> b. Email client

Thunderbird

> c. Newsgroups

Xnews

> d. Word Processing

Open Office

> e. Playing Audio files

1and1, winamp

> f. Playing Videos of any type

PowerDVD, Media Player Classic

> g. Desktop Publishing

Scibus and/or Open Office

> h. Images (editing and / or managing)

Irfanview and paint.net

> i. CD / DVD burning

dvdshrink, dvddecrypter and nero

> j. chat /instant messaging

Tonic set up on LAN for me and wife don't do it on WWW

>3. What percentage of the applications on your computer (not counting
>Windows) would you estimate are freeware?

95%

The only non-freeware on my machine came preloaded with it: XP, Nero,
PowerDVD.

A also have Wubi linux installed on the windows partition so that I can
boot linux or windows!