SWF Tools: All things Flash

SWF Tools is a comprehensive API for common Flash related tasks like:

• Playing a movie (FLV) or audio (MP3)
• Playing a media playlist, using an xml file or generating dynamically.
• Embedding flash in the page using common JavaScript scripts.
• Quickly generating playlists in common situations (eg. convert file attachments to a playlist).

The API is made as simple as possible, while remaining completely flexible, so that you can get the job done regardless of your own requirements. Filters also allow you to avoid handing out access to php, without limiting the user's ability to modify the look and feel of the flash players they want to use.

A not-so-secret goal of SWF Tools is to reduce flash embedding redundancy in contrib. To a lesser extent, this also helps the community keep track of CVS commits of non-GPL flash players and scripts, by directing new code contributors to this module. Also, this does not mean that SWF Tools is trying to be Video module, for many modules embedding is only a small part. See discussion about flash embedding modules

SWF Tools is written by SImon Hobbs (with some code ported from Flash Gallery and Flash Filter) and sponsored by emspace. There will be demonstration examples at emspace.com.au soon.

Install SWFObject instructions
http://drupal.org/node/88714