California Software Labs has ported Flash Lite to TI DaVinci and OMAP line of chipsets. More specifically, the Flash Lite is available on Linux Framebuffer on DM355 (low end DaVinci with ARM), DM6646(ARM+DSP) and OMAP (ARM Cortex). We are working on packaging the release, and can be made available to OEM’s.

Note that the range of content that you can play varies significantly. For example, DM355 is a low cost, low end ARM9 (200 MHz). So one can only use that for low resolution screen, with limited content (video is not an option ;).  This is a good CPU for photoframe type applications, and creating UI. 6446 has slightly faster CPU, and you can do some more things with it. OMAP has a pretty powerful ARM Coretex A8, so you have lot more freedom in writing content.

If you are looking to create a plug-in, that lets you play web based content, then you need a browser ported to the platform first. From my understanding, the browser landscape is somewhat scattered, and it is not a trivial task to port browser to Linux framebuffer for example. If you are trying to use GTK/browser, then the Flash performance won’t be as good as the framebuffer implementation. So it is important that you choose your platform carefully when considering Flash port.

Feel free to contact me if you need any additional information.

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One Comment to “Flash Lite 3.1 ported to TI chipsets”

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