Adobe Flash
Adobe
Flash (previously called Shockwave Flash and Macromedia Flash) is a set
of multimedia software created by Macromedia and currently developed
and distributed by Adobe Systems.
Flash can manipulate vector and
raster graphics and supports bi-directional streaming of audio and
video. It contains a scripting language called ActionScript.
Features include:
- Lightweight footprint
- Stage 3D accelerated graphics rendering
- Multi-threaded video decoding
- Full-screen support with hardware scaling
- Stage video hardware acceleration
- Support for full screen mode with multiple monitors
- HTTP dynamic streaming
- Streat reconnect
- Smark seek
- Buffered stream catch-up
- Plays MP4, M4A, MOV, MP4V, 3GP and 3G2 content
- Includes H.264 video and High Efficiency AAC (HE-AAC) audio
codec
- Audio hardware decoding
- Flash Player cache - enables common components,
such as the Flex Framework, to be cached locally and then used by any
SWF from any domain
- Peer-assisted networking using the encrypted Real Time
Media Flow Protocol
- Sub-pixel text rendering
- Fast switch
- Accelerometer input
- AVM2, a highly optimized ActionScript Virtual Machine (AVM)
- ActionScript, a powerful object-oriented programming
language of the Adobe Flash Player runtime environment
- Periodic timer
- Input method editor (IME) support
- Supports expanded integration with Input Method Editors
(IMEs) for Asian-language Flash application
- Multitouch and gestures
- Global error handling
- Microphone access
- Support for mobile platforms
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