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| Lightspark | |
|---|---|
| Developer | Alessandro Pignotti |
| Stable release | |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Linux,FreeBSD,Windows |
| Platform | IA-32,x86-64 |
| Size | 21 MiB (Win32),22.8 MiB (Win64) |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Multimedia |
| License | LGPLv3 |
| Website | lightspark |
| Repository | |
Lightspark is afree and open-sourceAdobe Flash (SWF) player released under the terms of theGNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3.
Lightspark supports most ofActionScript 3.0 and has anNPAPIplug-in.[2] Though it has some support for it, it will fall back onGnash, a free SWF player, on ActionScript 1.0 and 2.0 (AVM1) code.
Lightspark supportsOpenGL-based rendering and uses OpenGL shaders (GLSL). The player is compatible withH.264Flash Videos such as those onYouTube.
The Lightspark player is completelyportable.[3] It has been successfully built onUbuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) onPowerPC,x86,ARM andAMD64 architectures.[4] Lightspark has aWin32 branch forMicrosoft Visual Studio[5] and introduced a Mozilla-compatible plug-in for Windows in version 0.5.3.