Re: [Gnash] Gnash speed and free software

[Tomas Groth]

Hi,

> > 
> >> I tried Gnash and it's good to have such a nice tool.
> >>
> >> One cons: as it was already reported, it is really slow. I read that
> >> it is recommended to get a 3D card to cope with that.
> >>
> >> However these days, all the 3D cards out there require proprietary
> >> drivers to be useful in this regard.
> >>
> >> What would you recommend to get a usable Gnash on a completely free OS?
> >>
> > If 3d acceleration isn't an option, perhaps some serious assembler word
> could
> > do it... As i understand it, that's how macromedia does it.
> > 
> > cheers,
> > 
> > Tomas
> 
> Doing some benchs at rendering SWF, I found that AGG 
> (http://www.antigrain.com) perform better than Flash, and it's written 
> in portable C++ code.
> 

That's interesting, maybe we should have a look at AGG as a possible redering
backend. BTW, how did you run benchmarks? 

Tomas