[SOLVED] How to play .swf files?

[morgano]

Apparently I have not had reason to read swf files for long time.
I remeber i could years ago.
Now me and my son is building the legendary Reprap Darwin 3D printer version 3.0 kit, and some instructions are in swf.

vlc plays the sound and on some files i have some more or less distorted still picture.

lightspark say file is SWF version 8 not handled by lightspark and try to launch gansh which is not available

trying to use firefox, it "downloads" the local file instead.
After applying the known fix
https://askubuntu.com/questions/478169/ ... -swf-files
first i tried the tip there on the mime spec file in my home, reasult is that firefox repeatedly opens a new tab...

Undid tha tand tried theother fix there which is also here:
http://superuser.com/questions/687414/f ... -swf-files
http://superuser.com/questions/726789/f ... of-opening
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/is ... ?id=369015

Result then is that OK it stopped to download it and instead launch vlc - which as said fail.
(despite i found a setting in firefox that it should open it internally in the window)

Then i got the idea to try chromium-browser as that have internal flash, or is that old news.
Result it that it calls firefox, that in turn start vlc... AAAHH

BTW i tried all above in cauldron, and some of it on mga5

[doktor5000]

.swf is not flash, .swf are usually shockwave director flash animations, and usually require the shockwave player, see e.g. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Shockwave
Or you can try one of the flash player standalone versions, to see whether they play that file: http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplaye ... loads.html

[morgano]

Ah! In an flash you cleared up my confusion, thanks.
The "Projector" at http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplaye ... loads.html
( https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/f ... 386.tar.gz )
download, pack up, run -> IT WORKS

[n00biest]

anyway
just have a look here:

http://imgur.com/gallery/iJD8f

it might enlight you.

[doktor5000]

Really relevant and helpful ...

[morgano]

Yes a dog could help