Java + Flash = Cross-Platform Multimedia?

[Troy M. Gilbert]

I posted something similar to this when I first joined the list and I

thought I would now repost my question now that I've learned a bit more

about Flash...


My interests lie in not only creating interactive entertaiment (games,

etc.) but in getting these products to the largest possible market. And

that means simultaneous cross-platform releases for the following operating

systems: Windows9x/NTx, Unix/Linux/Solaris/Irix/et.al., and Mac/OSx. While

many developers before have catered to the Windows/Mac platform, there is

the under-developed Unix derivatives. Well, with the advent of the

JavaFlashPlayer it looks as though Flash will be available in at least a

limited form on the Unix plaform. And who knows, with the open file spec,

there may be native players built (i.e. libswf, et. al.).


Well, that was a mouthful... now to my questions/comments. Flash is a great

graphics engine, but has only slightly more interactivity than a good HTML

page. Flash has nowhere near the capabilities of handling programming tasks

such as AI, game logic, etc. So, I hope to programmatically control Flash

through Java (I'm avoiding Director). This can be accomplished right now by

using the FlashJava API, but I can only control a JavaFlashPlayer... which

is Flash2 and slow, to say the least.


Now to my question: is it possible to control the native plug-in with Java?

I've strayed from plug-ins in the past, so I'm not well-versed in things

such as LiveConnect, which I believe may be used for something similar to

this... but then again, that's why I'm asking: because I don't know!


Thanks for the help,

Troy.




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