Archiving Soon-To-Be-Lost Flash Media

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Archiving Soon-To-Be-Lost Flash Media Feb 26, 2019 21:07:17 GMT timehuh likes this

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Post by senshisun on Feb 26, 2019 21:07:17 GMT

Adobe Flash is going to be completely decommissioned in 2020. When that happens, there is going to be a lot of Flash content that becomes unusable. Is there a way to archive some of these things before they're gone forever?

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TriangularBird Lost Media Fan Currently obsessed with finding Leviathan and other things Posts: 112	Archiving Soon-To-Be-Lost Flash Media Feb 27, 2019 13:14:50 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by TriangularBird on Feb 27, 2019 13:14:50 GMT The real problem with this is that there is so much related to flash that it would be near impossible to archive it all without a massive effort. It could be done, but it would take a lot of effort

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Archiving Soon-To-Be-Lost Flash Media Mar 7, 2019 22:53:55 GMT

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Post by wadmodderpudu on Mar 7, 2019 22:53:55 GMT

Here's a few articles or blogs on how to download SWF (Flash Player) files off the internet.

www.wikihow.com/Download-SWF-Files

www.betterhostreview.com/download-flash-swf-computer-firefox.html

www.aiseesoft.com/how-to/download-swf-from-url.html

itstillworks.com/download-swf-file-6833241.html

yourbusiness.azcentral.com/download-swf-files-mac-19935.html

lancelhoff.com/how-to-download-embedded-swf-files-using-firefox/

www.softwarert.com/download-flash-swf/

www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-extract-an-swf-from-a-url

mostupdatez.blogspot.com/2013/12/download-swf-flash-files-with-free.html

These came from Google search on downloading SWF files to your computer. (either PC or Mac)

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Archiving Soon-To-Be-Lost Flash Media Mar 15, 2019 18:06:29 GMT

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Post by f1shcake on Mar 15, 2019 18:06:29 GMT

That's cool but have random flash content on various computers is going to be really awkward when it comes to figuring out which games are lost and which aren't. There needs to be an online archive so we can keep track of stuff

The best thing I've found is this project: bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/

Last Edit: Mar 15, 2019 18:14:36 GMT by f1shcake

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Archiving Soon-To-Be-Lost Flash Media Mar 15, 2019 21:46:11 GMT

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Post by thatgamingasshole on Mar 15, 2019 21:46:11 GMT

Is Flash going to like vanish entirely, as in cease to ever work again, or is it just no more support from the company? Because if it is going to cease ENTIRELY there are whole websites that basically will vanish in 2020...so yeah someone has got to start backing it up. If it's just that the company is going away, then maybe not so much of an issue. It'll be near impossible to maintain after a while bu they will still exist in some form to, I would imagine, be rediscovered.

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Archiving Soon-To-Be-Lost Flash Media Mar 16, 2019 18:01:45 GMT

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Post by f1shcake on Mar 16, 2019 18:01:45 GMT

Mar 15, 2019 21:46:11 GMT thatgamingasshole said:

Is Flash going to like vanish entirely, as in cease to ever work again, or is it just no more support from the company? Because if it is going to cease ENTIRELY there are whole websites that basically will vanish in 2020...so yeah someone has got to start backing it up. If it's just that the company is going away, then maybe not so much of an issue. It'll be near impossible to maintain after a while bu they will still exist in some form to, I would imagine, be rediscovered.

On abobe's front it's just going unsupported. However, most Internet browsers are saying they're also going to no longer be able to run flash because it's out of date. A few months to a year after flash is desupported, and there won't be any more browsers left that are able to run it.

thatgamingasshole Lost Media Enthusiast Posts: 610	Archiving Soon-To-Be-Lost Flash Media Mar 18, 2019 3:00:48 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by thatgamingasshole on Mar 18, 2019 3:00:48 GMT Will it be possible to use older versions of the browsers for it? Cause like I said, whole WEBSITES will cease to exist if not...I mean wow, that's kind of an apocalypse!

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Archiving Soon-To-Be-Lost Flash Media Mar 18, 2019 11:22:53 GMT

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Post by f1shcake on Mar 18, 2019 11:22:53 GMT

Mar 18, 2019 3:00:48 GMT thatgamingasshole said:

Will it be possible to use older versions of the browsers for it? Cause like I said, whole WEBSITES will cease to exist if not...I mean wow, that's kind of an apocalypse!

probably, unless the websites in question suffer from a loss of traffic and decide it's no longer financially worthwhile to stay up...

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Archiving Soon-To-Be-Lost Flash Media Mar 22, 2019 22:27:49 GMT via mobile

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Post by wadmodderpudu on Mar 22, 2019 22:27:49 GMT

You could just go to the extension stores for Mozilla Firefox & Google Chrome (and possibily even Chromium-based browser stores) respectively.

For playing Flash games, i suggest you use the Flash projector program from Adobe or the PotPlayer to play those games.

senshisun Lost Media Enthusiast Posts: 671	Archiving Soon-To-Be-Lost Flash Media Apr 2, 2019 7:35:03 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by senshisun on Apr 2, 2019 7:35:03 GMT I had no idea Flash projector was a thing. Thanks!
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Archiving Soon-To-Be-Lost Flash Media Apr 8, 2019 9:00:33 GMT

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Post by tomysshadow on Apr 8, 2019 9:00:33 GMT

Feb 26, 2019 21:07:17 GMT senshisun said:

Adobe Flash is going to be completely decommissioned in 2020. When that happens, there is going to be a lot of Flash content that becomes unusable. Is there a way to archive some of these things before they're gone forever?

This is already a thing.

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Archiving Soon-To-Be-Lost Flash Media Apr 11, 2019 6:59:15 GMT

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Post by dogpolygonrt66 on Apr 11, 2019 6:59:15 GMT

I'd imagine, due to the massive amount of programs that are still relied on by businesses and consumers that have not jumped from flash, there will be continued unofficial support by enthusiasts other than the archival efforts through flashpoint.

This is so sad, can we hit 50 likes?

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Archiving Soon-To-Be-Lost Flash Media Apr 12, 2019 6:11:34 GMT dogpolygonrt66 likes this

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Post by Lucy on Apr 12, 2019 6:11:34 GMT

Apr 11, 2019 6:59:15 GMT dogpolygonrt66 said:

I'd imagine, due to the massive amount of programs that are still relied on by businesses and consumers that have not jumped from flash, there will be continued unofficial support by enthusiasts other than the archival efforts through flashpoint.

Pearson's gonna be in shambles

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Post by senshisun on Feb 26, 2019 21:07:17 GMT

Post by TriangularBird on Feb 27, 2019 13:14:50 GMT

Post by wadmodderpudu on Mar 7, 2019 22:53:55 GMT

Post by f1shcake on Mar 15, 2019 18:06:29 GMT

Post by thatgamingasshole on Mar 15, 2019 21:46:11 GMT

Post by f1shcake on Mar 16, 2019 18:01:45 GMT

Post by thatgamingasshole on Mar 18, 2019 3:00:48 GMT

Post by f1shcake on Mar 18, 2019 11:22:53 GMT

Post by wadmodderpudu on Mar 22, 2019 22:27:49 GMT

Post by senshisun on Apr 2, 2019 7:35:03 GMT

Post by tomysshadow on Apr 8, 2019 9:00:33 GMT

Post by dogpolygonrt66 on Apr 11, 2019 6:59:15 GMT

Post by Lucy on Apr 12, 2019 6:11:34 GMT

Post by phlmhunter on May 25, 2022 3:38:12 GMT

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