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Flash Lite Tips and Tricks Alessandro
PaceMobile Architect
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Biography

• Mobile Architect, expertise Flash Lite since 2004
• Forum Nokia Champion since 2006
• Manager of the Boston Adobe Mobile and Devices
  User Group flashmobilegroup.org
• Founder organizer of Mobile Monday Boston
• Blogs at biskero.org, flashlite4nokia.com
• Site at biskero.com

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Goal
At the end of this session, you will
Learn some key points on Flash Lite content
development on the Nokia S60/S40 Platforms
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Agenda for today

• Understand the development cycle
• Flash Lite which platform, what version?
• Flash Lite content creation key points
• Flash Lite and Media
• Flash Lite and packaging
• Flash Lite version detection
• Flash Lite and OMA DRM

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Understand the Flash Lite development cycle
Content type, IDE and Testing

• Nokia Flash Lite content types
• S60 standalone, screensaver and browser
• S40 all the above wallpaper
• Flash IDE Device Central emulator
• Allows you to develop content for all Flash Lite
  versions and Flash Lite content types
• Device Central 70-80 of work
• Flash Lite testing
• Remote Device Access (RDA), S60/S40 Nokia SDK
• Tip get both S60 and S40 devices for testing all
  content types

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Flash Lite which platform, what version ?
Nokia S60 and S40 support Flash Lite 1.1, 2.0,
2.1, 3.0

• Nokia supports all the Flash Lite player versions
• S60 3rd Edition
• Flash Lite 1.1
• S60 3rd Edition FP1
• Flash Lite 2.0
• S60 3rd Edition FP2 S60 5th Ed.
• Flash Lite 3.0
• S40 3rd Edition FP1
• Flash Lite 1.1
• S40 3rd Edition FP2
• Flash Lite 2.0
• S40 5th Edition and FP1
• Flash Lite 2.1 3.0 (latest)
• S40 6th Edition
• Flash Lite 3.0
• Tip 1 there some exceptions, i.e. E66, E71 have
  Flash Lite 3
• Tip 2 no new Nokia handsets with Flash Lite
  1.1/2.0, but millions out there!

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Flash Lite content creation key points
Memory, FSCommands and System.capabilities

• Memory
• Standalone up to 4 Mbytes, screensaver/wallpaper
  up to 1 Mbytes
• Garbage Collector (GC) use memory, runs every 60
  seconds and for gt 20 memory increase
• FSCommands API to create one SWF to fit ALL
• FSCommand2("GetSoftKeyLocation")
• -1 Not supported 0 Soft keys on top 1 Soft
  keys on left 2 Soft keys on bottom 3 Soft keys
  on right
• Use System.capabilities
• System.capabilities.audioMIMETypes
• System.capabilities.imageMIMETypes
• System.capabilities.videoMIMETypes

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Flash Lite content creation key points cont.
How to architect more complex Flash Lite content

• Optimize graphics to best render on specific
  mobile phone model
• Color depth 16/24 bit
• Use images for complex animations less CPU
  cycles
• Use most common fonts or pixel fonts
• Multiple SWF architecture for more complex
  content
• Extend content features for example multi-level
  games
• Memory optimization
• Tip create Master SWF to load other SWFs

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Flash Lite and Media sound
Different sound capabilities based on Flash Lite
version

• Flash Lite 1.1
• Device sound, midi sounds
• Trick getURL() API to download/stream audio,
  i.e. .mp3/.aac
• Flash Lite 2.x
• Audio API local/remote (no streaming), in memory
  playback
• Trick use video API to stream a .3gp file with
  audio and no video !
• Flash Lite 3.0
• mp3 streaming using Flash Media Server (rtmp//
  protocol)
• Tip Nokia default streaming protocol is rtsp//

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Flash Lite and Media video
Different video capabilities based on Flash Lite
version

• Flash Lite 1.1
• Trick getURL() API to download/stream video
  (i.e. .3gp/.mp4)
• Flash Lite 2.x it uses the device video player
  within the Flash Lite content for playback
• Video API, local/embedded/streaming (rtsp//)
• Trick use loadMovie API to load (http) an
  embedded .3gp video into a .swf. In memory
  playback!
• Flash Lite 3.0
• Flash Video (.flv) local/progressive
  download/embedded/streaming
• Streaming via Flash Media Server (rtmp//
  protocol)
• Tip some of the latest Nokia S60 devices support
  FLV video playback

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Flash Lite audio, video API
Sample code to playback local media
// Load and Play FLV Video var nokiaVideoNetConne
ction new NetConnection() nokiaVideo.connect(nu
ll) var videoFLVNetStream new
NetStream(nokiaVideo) videoFLV.play("nseriesad.fl
v") NokiaFLV.attachVideo(videoFLV)

• // Load and Play Audio track
• var audiotrackSound new Sound()
• audiotrack.onLoad function(success)
• if (success true)
• audiotrack.start()
• trace("audio track loaded")
• else
• trace("Error loading audiotrack")
• // Load Audio Track Object
• audiotrack.loadSound("nokiabrandmusic.aac",false)

// Load and Play 3GP Video video3gp.play("nseriesa
d.3gp")
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DEMO
Flash Lite and Audio/Video
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Flash Lite and Firmware update
Get newer version of the Flash Lite player

• Latest firmware introduce Flash Lite 3 and WRT
• Nokia N95
• Nokia N95 8GB
• Nokia N95 NAM
• Nokia E90
• Nokia N82

Tip these phones are Flash Lite 2.0 enabled
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Flash Lite and Packaging
Setup web server for OMA DRM content delivery

• Nokia Packaging and Flash Lite
• x-epoc/x-sisx-app .sis
• x-epoc/x-sisx-app .sisx
• application/java-archive .jar
• application/x-nokia-widgets .wgz
• application/vnd.nokia.flashlite-archive .nfl
• Third Party packaging lib extension tools
• KuneryLite/SWFPack - .sis packaging lib
  extension for S60
• SWF2Go - .sis packaging for S60
• Janus - .sis packaging for S60 (Open Source)
• Flyer Framework - .sis packaging lib extension
  (PyS60) for S60 (Open Source)
• Jarpa - .jar packaging lib extension (J2ME) for
  S60/S40 (Open Source)
• SWF2NFL - .nfl (AIR packaging tool) for S40 5th
  Ed FP1
• W-d-get-it - .nfl and .wgz packaging OMA DRM
  1.0 FLock

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Flash Lite version detection for delivery
Set up a mobile site to distribute Flash Lite
content

• WURFL (Wireless Universal Resource File) is an
  XML configuration file which contains information
  about capabilities and features of many mobile
  devices
• WURFL is based on User Agent Profile information
• API JAVA, PHP, Perl, Ruby, Python, .Net, XSLT,
  C
• It includes Flash Lite capabilities
• WURFL-Flash Lite discussion group
  http//tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wurflflashlite/

Source http//wurfl.sourceforge.net
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Flash Lite and WURFL cont.
Compare UA string from mobile site to the one in
WURFL

• Nokia N95 firmware 21.0.016
• Mozilla/5.0 (SymbianOS/9.2 U Series60/3.1
  NokiaN95/21.0.016 Profile/MIDP-2.0
  Configuration/CLDC-1.1 ) AppleWebKit/413 (KHTML,
  like Gecko) Safari/413
• ltgroup id"flash_lite"gt
• ltcapability name"flash_lite_version"
  value3_0"/gt
• ltcapability name"fl_wallpaper"
  value"false"/gt
• ltcapability name"fl_screensaver"
  value"true"/gt
• ltcapability name"fl_standalone"
  value"true"/gt
• ltcapability name"fl_browser"
  value"true"/gt
• ltcapability name"fl_sub_lcd"
  value"false"/gt
• lt/groupgt

• Nokia N95 firmware 10.0.014
• Mozilla/5.0 (Symbianos/9.2 U Series60/3.1
  NokiaN95/10.0.014 Profile/MIDP-2.0
  Configuration/CLDC-1.1) AppleWebKit/413 (KHTML,
  like Gecko) Safari/413
• ltgroup id"flash_lite"gt
• ltcapability name"flash_lite_version"
  value"2_0"/gt
• ltcapability name"fl_wallpaper"
  value"false"/gt
• ltcapability name"fl_screensaver"
  value"true"/gt
• ltcapability name"fl_standalone"
  value"true"/gt
• ltcapability name"fl_browser"
  value"true"/gt
• ltcapability name"fl_sub_lcd"
  value"false"/gt
• lt/groupgt

Source http//wurfl.sourceforge.net
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Flash Lite and OMA DRM 1.0
Flash Lite is considered passive content, like a
jpeg or mp3

• Symbian Signed defines Passive Content (PC) as
  any SIS file that does not contain any executable
  (active) components.
• OMA DRM 1.0
• Forward lock
• Combined Delivery
• Separate Delivery
• Use Nokia Multimedia Internet ToolKit 4.1 tool to
  apply OMA DRM 1.0
• application/x-shockwave-flash

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Flash Lite and OMA DRM 1.0 cont.
Nokia Multimedia Internet Toolkit 4.1
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Flash Lite and OMA DRM 1.0 cont.
Setup web server for OMA DRM content delivery

• MIME types to be defined on the web server
• application/vnd.oma.drm.rightsxml .dr
• application/vnd.oma.drm.rightswbxml .drc
• application/vnd.oma.drm.content .dcf
• application/vnd.oma.drm.message .dm
• application/vnd.oma.drm.ddxml .dd
• Tip Nokia mobile phone browser support Flash
  Lite content

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DEMO
OMA DRM 1.0 Flash Lite protected
content http//www.biskero.org/nokia/drm/
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Call for Action
Utilize global intelligence visit
community.forum.nokia.com
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For More Information

• Forum Nokia resources
• Forum Nokia developer information
  http//www.forum.nokia.com
• Community page http//community.forum.nokia.com
• Forum Nokia Flash Lite Wiki and Discussions
• Adobe Mobile and Devices http//www.adobe.com/mobi
  le
• My blogs
• www.biskero.org
• www.flashlite4nokia.com
• Tip Join the Boston Adobe Mobile and Devices
  User Group www.flashmobilegroup.org it FREE !!!

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