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Flash Player Public Beta is Available

Flash Player Public Beta

As you have probably already read on MXNA, we released a public beta of the next version of the Flash Player (code-named Maelstrom).

The goal of this public beta is to help us make sure that existing content continues to work as expected, and that the player is 100% backwards compatible. The goal is not to test new features.

Note that the beta is intended for developers and content creators, and not for end users (that is why the page is not linked from the download page).

So, install the new player, check your content, and if you find any problems, make sure that you let us know by logging a bug.

You can install the beta from here.

You can report issues with the new player here.

July 12, 2005 8:18 AM | Bloglines | digg this

Comments

  1. Aaron
    July 12, 2005 9:06 AM
    Thanks for the heads up! You might want to let someone know about the size typo on the Mac OS X uninstaller though.
  2. Moisés Guilherme
    July 12, 2005 10:25 AM
    Can Macromedia share some samples using the new features of this plug-in? I would like view runtime bitmap effects such as motion blur or drop shadown.
  3. Derek Vadneau
    July 12, 2005 10:32 AM
    Moises, "The goal is not to test new features." Seriously, read before posting. I'm sure Macromedia will not hesitate to provide examples of new features at the proper time.
  4. Chris Davis
    July 12, 2005 1:47 PM
    i wonder how long it will really be now before we find ourselves dropping 8Ball in our pockets..
  5. peter
    July 12, 2005 1:59 PM
    ... we waiting for new player year, and now, this beta have a lot of bugs :{ , yes its beta but ... but why a lot of bugs ? ... dinamic sounds played over time , instalation proces of firefox crash ...etc. performance - no performance ... why why why :( one year testing and one day in internet - its totaly disaster for all ....
  6. Rodrigo
    July 12, 2005 2:10 PM
    Can we expect improved performance on the existing content (ie. better text rendering ) or does the content need to be exported from flash as 'flash player 8' ?
  7. Brandon
    July 12, 2005 3:21 PM
    Apparently, new swf character tag documentation implicitly is reserved for the beta program. Is there any way to license the documentation without joining the flash player beta program? Thanks.
  8. Parpin
    July 12, 2005 3:34 PM
    why ASSetPropFlags work in the player 7 and don't in player 8 ////test ASSetPropFlags(_global, null, 6, 1); // Liste tous les objets de _global. for(var cetObjet in _global) { ttt+="\r"+cetObjet+ " "+_global[cetObjet]; } ///
  9. chall3ng3r
    July 12, 2005 3:39 PM
    the automatic downloader is not working. when i click the install button, it loads autoUpdater.swf file, and then no activity is done. maybe a bug // chall3ng3r //
  10. parpin
    July 12, 2005 3:50 PM
    After test on a 400Mhz and a 1000Mhz. I did not see any graphic improvement. The decelerations are always present. It is normal? I kill me now ? Or I wait for the next version ?
  11. Chris Velevitch
    July 12, 2005 7:33 PM
    Where can I download the standalone version of Player 8 Beta?
  12. Kawaljit
    July 13, 2005 12:44 AM
    Same question here...how to get standalone version, I don't want to test in Internet explorer.
  13. Pedram
    July 14, 2005 12:14 AM
    do you support direction (ex : RTL or LTR) in your new FlashPlayer?
  14. Jeremy Tooley
    July 15, 2005 9:07 AM
    So being bored last night.... I was trying a few things. I dont know if this is specific to Flash 8 player.. but there is a way around loading swfs cross domain.... If you rename the swf you are loading as a .jpg. You can use loadMovie("http://www.somedomain.com/theswf.jpg",1) and it will still load the movie as an swf. Still acessing all the actionscript and everything. Voila.... no shim file, no proxy, allowDomain A working test is here http://www.sonicfiles.com/testErase.html
  15. Matt
    July 15, 2005 2:34 PM
    RE: above comment, renaming SWF to JPG to avoid security restrictions. My tests say this is false. We don't enforce domain restrictions on the *loading* of content, including SWF, JPG, MP3, etc. We *do* enforce sandbox security on cross-domain loaded SWFs. I was not able to make an exploit using the information you provided, but if you can, please send us some bug files. Best, Matt Wobensmith Flash Player QA mwobensmith@macromedia.com
  16. hoseyhosey
    July 17, 2005 9:28 PM
    Should we report bugs on the newly "discovered" features? Thanks hosey
  17. Anonymous
    July 26, 2005 6:06 AM
    hi.where are you from? I kıss you byeee
  18. Eric
    August 4, 2005 7:13 PM
    We are using On2's Flix Pro beta for Flash 8, version 4.073, to encode video at 450k and we are streaming these videos using VitalStream. Video quality is amazing. We have been testing using Flash 8 beta 8.0.0.447, and everything seems to be working fine on windows with ie. Safari on Mac 10.4 with Flash 8 beta 8.0.0.447, loads the same video on a page that has 5 different videos. Help? Also, is there any way to have the Flash 8 beta load automatically, instead of having to send visitors to the Macromedia Flash 8 beta page? Thanks for the help. All in all though, great stuff.
  19. designdog
    August 24, 2005 11:14 AM
    Hey is there a Mac version of the standalone Flash player 8? -ddog
  20. Jerry
    December 11, 2005 2:47 AM
    when will be release?

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