Software Update: Adobe Flash Player 9.0.21.78 beta

A month after the first beta release of the Linux version of Flash Player, Adobe developers have released the second beta in the form of 9.0.21.78. Using Flash Player, it is possible to view and play Flash content – mainly swf files – created with Flash authoring tools. Popular video sites such as Youtube and Google Video use Flash to allow visitors to play videos within the standalone Flash Player. Beta 2 has a large number of improvements, but the list of known issues also contains a few points for attention. According to Penguin.swf the second beta mainly has improvements in the field of sound:

Known issues

• Full-screen mode and complete SSL support are not available for beta 2. (SSL support is currently available in the Linux Plugin but not the Linux Standalone Player).
• Artifacts may appear when video initially plays.
• System fonts may appear differently between Linux distributions. Formatting issues may result.
• The plugin does not currently work in Opera browsers. We are working with Opera on this issue.
• Express Install is an unsupported feature due to the variety of Linux platforms, each handling the Adobe Flash Player plug-in installation in different ways.
• Acrobat Connect Add-In installation is not working at this time. (188318)
• AMF3 connections do not work over RTMP. (186958)
• Right clicking outside of flash player while the context menu is displayed doesn’t make the context menu disappear. Workaround: Left-click to turn off the context menu. (187957)

Fixed issues

• MovieClip.currentLabel behavior inconsistent with MovieClip.currentLabels. Returns null, but correct label name is expected. (169127)
• Setting stage.mouseChildren or stage.tabChildren to false does not disable mouse interaction for the stage’s children. (175090)
• Method closures do not work as keys in a Dictionary. (177261)
• Pixel-snapped FlashType has incorrect spacing when scaled as compared to changing the point size of the font. (174530)
• Non-integer letter-spacing values ​​in CSS corrupts text field rendering. Floating point values ​​for letter spacing in CSS are now supported. Previously, non-integer values ​​were not handled correctly and text would not draw as expected. (182482)
• When the hitTestState of a SimpleButton is the same as any of the visible states, moving the SimpleButton instance will result in screen artifacts. Workaround: use a different shape instance for the hitTestState. (172822)
• When calling out to ExternalInteface for FSCommand various timer related events, such as “enter frame,” no longer trigger. (178286)
• Pixel-based grid fitting does not work for Flash Player 9.0.20.0 for PowerPC or Intel-based Macintosh computers in Rosetta mode. Pixel-based grid fitting works in native mode on Intel-based Macs. Designers and developers that are using pixel-based grid fitting for Flash Type should use native mode on Intel-based Macs or the PowerPC version 9.0.16.0 if developing and viewing content on a PowerPC system. (180560)
• Crash in ActiveX control related to onSoundCompletion handling. (177131)
• When opening 2 window instances of IE 7 with 2 tabs each, crash will occur with binary socket connection. (186530)
• Clicking play/pause button in a Google video opens another IE window and new window crashes. (184274)
• Player crashes when parent MovieClip destroyed using an onSetFocus event handler. (187080)
• Safari dropping frames and playing video poorly in full-screen mode (PPC & Mactel). (187776)
• Dynamic TextField prints as a solid box when using embedded fonts and set for anti-alias for readability. (187087)
• Setting selectable=false on a TextField doesn’t prevent keyboard selection. (186835)
• RegExp .index property isn’t double byte aware. (186337)
• Artifacts when initially playing + video stream freeze when selecting second video clip. (186435)
• Alpha channel rendering issue when rendering video containing an alpha channel, followed by another asset on the same stream without an alpha channel. (183860)
• IME is not available (no international text input). (184489)
• The Standalone Player is available in English only. (184237)

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