Lightspark Explained

Lightspark
Lightspark
Developer:	Alessandro Pignotti
Latest Release Version:	0.8.7^[1]
Programming Language:	C++
Operating System:	Linux, FreeBSD, Windows
Platform:	IA-32, x86-64
Size:	(Win32), (Win64)
Language:	English
Genre:	Multimedia
License:	LGPLv3

Lightspark is a free and open-source SWF player released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3.

Features

Lightspark supports most of ActionScript 3.0 and has an NPAPI plug-in.^[2] It will fall back on Gnash, a free SWF player on ActionScript 1.0 and 2.0 (AVM1) code.

Lightspark supports OpenGL-based rendering and LLVM-based ActionScript execution and uses OpenGL shaders (GLSL). The player is compatible with H.264 Flash videos on YouTube.

Portability

The Lightspark player is completely portable.^[3] It has been successfully built on Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) on PowerPC, x86, ARM and AMD64 architectures.^[4] Lightspark has a Win32 branch for Microsoft Visual Studio^[5] and introduced a Mozilla-compatible plug-in for Windows in version 0.5.3.

See also

• Mozilla Shumway

Further reading

• Web site: Willis . Nathan . 2012-11-21 . Gnash, Lightspark, and Shumway . live . . https://web.archive.org/web/20130330234215/https://lwn.net/Articles/525719/ . 2013-03-30 . 2014-06-13.

External links

• • Developer's blog
• Lightspark at GitHub
• Lightspark at Launchpad

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023-05-28 . Release 0.8.7 · lightspark/lightspark . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230531205603/https://github.com/lightspark/lightspark/releases/tag/0.8.7 . 2023-05-31 . 2024-05-21 . GitHub.
2. Web site: 2010-07-09 . Lightspark flash player continues to advance . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110820102839/http://mac.linux.be/content/lightspark-flash-player-continues-advance . 2011-08-20 . 2010-09-03 . Linux.be.
3. Web site: Forster . Christopher . 2011-01-04 . Lightspark Windows port . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20110718095102/https://answers.launchpad.net/lightspark/+question/140193 . 2011-07-18 . 2011-02-26 . Launchpad.
4. Web site: Monoses . Jani . 2011-03-15 . 0.4.6-0ubuntu1 : lightspark package : Ubuntu . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20151223000805/https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightspark/0.4.6-0ubuntu1 . 2015-12-23 . 2011-03-21 . Launchpad.
5. Web site: 2010-08-02 . Email Archive: lightspark-devel (read-only) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202185531/http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=AANLkTi%3DcCtSbKcca%2B_tmQNBbGDSFSnBH02agkYtD-uA-%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=lightspark-devel . 2014-02-02 . 2010-09-03 . SourceForge.