Re: [Gnash] Gnash speed and free software

[Nicolas Cannasse]

> 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.

Nicolas