6/23/2014 - Beta - Flash Player 14.0.0.139

[chris.campbell]

The latest Flash Player 14 beta builds are now available.  Beta builds can be downloaded from labs.adobe.com.

Testing Focus:

The initial validation of SWF files is now more strict. In the event that a SWF fails the initial validation checks, it will simply not be loaded. We are

particularly interested in feedback on obfuscated SWFs generated with third-party tools, and older content.

New Features for Flash Player 14:

• Preview: PPAPI Debugger for Mac OS X and Windows
  An early preview of the PPAPI content debugger is available for Mac OS X and Windows.  Flash Developers using Opera (dev) and Google Chrome (dev and Canary) can now try out the PPAPI-based content debugger.
  
  Download plug-in for Mac OS X - for all PPAPI based browsers
  Download plug-in for Windows – for all PPAPI based browsers
  • For Opera (Mac OS X and Windows):
    • Download the latest Opera Developer from http://www.opera.com/developer
    • Enable the PPAPI flag in settings:
      • opera://flags/#find-pepper-flash-plugin 
  • For Chrome (Windows):
    • Download the latest Chrome dev or Canary from Chrome Release Channels - The Chromium Projects
    • Enable the PPAPI flag in plugins:
      • chrome://plugins
      • Expand the 'Details'
      • Ensure the PPAPI plugin in the \\Macromed\\Flash location is enabled and the PPAPI plugin in the Google Chrome location is disabled

• Anisotropic Filtering
  This new texture sampling filter can enhance the image quality of textures on surfaces that are at oblique viewing angles. There are two ways to enable this feature:
  
  In AGAL, set one of the values – "anisotropic2x", "anisotropic4x", "anisotropic8x", or "anisotropic16x" to the filter option in the sampling instructions. Or call Context3D::setSamplerStateAt with the 3rd parameter "filter" being one of the values defined in Context3DTextureFilter - "ANISOTROPIC2X", "ANISOTROPIC4X", "ANISOTROPIC8X", or "ANISOTROPIC16X"

• New Stage3D "Standard" Profile
  Developers can now request this high level profile when creating Context3D. Three new features are available in this profile:
  
  
  • Multiple render target allows to you to draw geometry to multiple outputs (up to 4) during one drawing
  • Floating point texture allows you to create Texture, RectangleTexture and CubeTuxture with the RGBA16F folder.
  • AGAL v2 contains these improvements:
    • Increased register size
    • Partial derivative instructions
    • Fragment depth output
    • Conditional forward jump

Notable Fixes and Enhancements:

• Multiple stability and security issues
• PPAPI Debugger - Resolves a hang on RTMFP Direct Routing (3764918)
• PPAPI Debugger - Resolves multiple issues with SWFObject2 (3755337, 3755338, 3755341-45)
• PPAPI Debugger - Debugger is now uninstalled correctly when removed through Add/Remove Programs (3759012)
• navigateToURL and sendToURL - CORS Simple Headers are now allowed (3768250)

Known Issues

• PPAPI Debugger - Chrome incorrectly reports the installed location of the plugin in chrome:plugins

About the Beta Channel

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