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The [http://www.adobe.com/products/shockwaveplayer/ Shockwave Player] for Macintosh and Windows, also known as the "Shockwave for Director" plugin (or simply, "Shockwave") is a viewer and browser plugin for multimedia and interactive web content created by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macromedia_Director Macromedia Director] authoring tool. The Shockwave player is the original [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macromedia Macromedia] multimedia player and is often confused with the [[Flash]] player, as the name ''Shockwave'' was appended to the Flash player and Flash file format name for marketing reasons. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macromedia_Shockwave]. Macromedia was acquired by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Systems Adobe Systems] in December 2005. | The [http://www.adobe.com/products/shockwaveplayer/ Shockwave Player] for Macintosh and Windows, also known as the "Shockwave for Director" plugin (or simply, "Shockwave") is a viewer and browser plugin for multimedia and interactive web content created by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macromedia_Director Macromedia Director] authoring tool. The Shockwave player is the original [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macromedia Macromedia] multimedia player and is often confused with the [[Flash]] player, as the name ''Shockwave'' was appended to the Flash player and Flash file format name for marketing reasons. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macromedia_Shockwave]. Macromedia was acquired by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Systems Adobe Systems] in December 2005. | ||
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Revision as of 15:03, 8 June 2007
The Shockwave Player for Macintosh and Windows, also known as the "Shockwave for Director" plugin (or simply, "Shockwave") is a viewer and browser plugin for multimedia and interactive web content created by the Macromedia Director authoring tool. The Shockwave player is the original Macromedia multimedia player and is often confused with the Flash player, as the name Shockwave was appended to the Flash player and Flash file format name for marketing reasons. [1]. Macromedia was acquired by Adobe Systems in December 2005.
Installing Shockwave
Mac and Windows users can download the installer from the Shockwave Player product page or from PluginDoc. System requirements are listed here.
Uninstalling Shockwave
On Windows, use the Add/Remove programs feature in the Control Panel . On Mac OS, run the Shockwave installer, which contains the uninstaller [2].
Known Issues
Memory usage
Loading a page with Shockwave content can cause an immediate increase in memory usage, sometimes 100 MB or more [3]. If this memory use is undesirable, consider uninstalling the Shockwave Player, or disable the plugin by removing or renaming the plugin file. For example, on Windows, exit Firefox completely, open the Plugins folder (typically C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\Plugins) and rename the file "np32dsw.dll" to "Xnp32dsw.dll".
Windows XP
On some Windows XP systems, Shockwave doesn't work[4] unless you set your Mozilla-based browser to run in "Windows NT 4" or "Windows 2000" compatibility mode. For details, see bug 225894.
Other issues
Other Shockwave issues are listed on the Shockwave Player Support FAQs page and at PluginDoc. If these sources do not help you fix your Shockwave problem, you can use this Adobe form to submit a Shockwave bug report.
