Re: Java + Flash = Cross-Platform Multimedia?

[michael gregor]

There is a new product, umm flash 3...

You should check it out..:-)

G


Troy M. Gilbert wrote:


> 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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