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There's nothing to run Flash media outside a browser? Obviously that wouldn't help anything dependent on proprietary server functionality, but that's true of an

by kgwxd 7y ago

There's nothing to run Flash media outside a browser? Obviously that wouldn't help anything dependent on proprietary server functionality, but that's true of any software.

EamonnMR 7y ago
There's this: https://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/ https://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/ Looks like it got dropped from Ubuntu though.
alisonatwork 7y ago
I went through this a few weeks ago and found a site that explains how to run Flash games standalone: https://www.howtogeek.com/438141/how-to-play-adobe-flash-swf-files-outside-your-web-browser/ https://www.howtogeek.com/438141/how-to-play-adobe-flash-swf... Basically there is a program you can download from Adobe called Flash Player Projector Content Debugger, then you just point that at the .swf and go. An open source emulator would be better in the long term, but for now this is easier than trying to find a browser that still supports Flash natively.
- Wowfunhappy 7y ago
  You really don't need a tutorial to use Flash Projector. :) • Windows: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/32/flashplayer_32_sa.exe https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/3... • Mac: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/32/flashplayer_32_sa.dmg https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/3... • Linux: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/32/flash_player_sa_linux.x86_64.tar.gz https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/3... Download the version for your platform and open the swf file you want to run. That's it. Linux users can also use the community-packaged Flatpak: https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.adobe.Flash-Player-Projector https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.adobe.Flash-Player-Proj... All other links come from https://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/debug_downloads.html https://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/debug_downloads.ht...
Kaiyou 7y ago
There is, but it doesn't work very well or at all depending on your source flash file.
baud147258 7y ago
I think newgrounds (a big flash games/videos portal) is offering such a tool, but I didn't tried it, since flash was still working in the browser.
dicytea 7y ago
There's actually a project just for that. It aims to archive every single flash games on the internet in a playable format outside of the web browser. It can even simulate situations where the flash game needs to access asset files from the original server. https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/ https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/
swebs 7y ago
There is Flashpoint https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/faq/ https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/faq/ https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/datahub/Linux_Support https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/datahub/Linux_Support

by kgwxd 7y ago

There's nothing to run Flash media outside a browser? Obviously that wouldn't help anything dependent on proprietary server functionality, but that's true of any software.

EamonnMR 7y ago

There's this: https://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/ https://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/ Looks like it got dropped from Ubuntu though.

alisonatwork 7y ago

I went through this a few weeks ago and found a site that explains how to run Flash games standalone: https://www.howtogeek.com/438141/how-to-play-adobe-flash-swf-files-outside-your-web-browser/ https://www.howtogeek.com/438141/how-to-play-adobe-flash-swf... Basically there is a program you can download from Adobe called Flash Player Projector Content Debugger, then you just point that at the .swf and go. An open source emulator would be better in the long term, but for now this is easier than trying to find a browser that still supports Flash natively.

Wowfunhappy 7y ago
You really don't need a tutorial to use Flash Projector. :) • Windows: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/32/flashplayer_32_sa.exe https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/3... • Mac: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/32/flashplayer_32_sa.dmg https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/3... • Linux: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/32/flash_player_sa_linux.x86_64.tar.gz https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/3... Download the version for your platform and open the swf file you want to run. That's it. Linux users can also use the community-packaged Flatpak: https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.adobe.Flash-Player-Projector https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.adobe.Flash-Player-Proj... All other links come from https://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/debug_downloads.html https://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/debug_downloads.ht...

Kaiyou 7y ago

There is, but it doesn't work very well or at all depending on your source flash file.

baud147258 7y ago

I think newgrounds (a big flash games/videos portal) is offering such a tool, but I didn't tried it, since flash was still working in the browser.

dicytea 7y ago

There's actually a project just for that. It aims to archive every single flash games on the internet in a playable format outside of the web browser. It can even simulate situations where the flash game needs to access asset files from the original server. https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/ https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/

swebs 7y ago

There is Flashpoint https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/faq/ https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/faq/ https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/datahub/Linux_Support https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/datahub/Linux_Support