

GENERAL

quvi is a command line tool for parsing Adobe Flash media stream URLs.
It supports many websites including YouTube and Dailymotion.

libquvi is a cross-platform library for parsing Adobe Flash media
stream URLs with C API.

WWW: <http://quvi.sourceforge.net/>


APPLICATIONS USING QUVI

* NomNom
  <http://nomnom.sourceforge.net/>

* cclive
  <http://cclive.sourceforge.net/>

* clive
  <http://clive.sourceforge.net/>

* Totem playlist parser
  <http://www.gnome.org/projects/totem/>
  <https://bugzilla.gnome.org/browse.cgi?product=totem-pl-parser>


LICENSE

quvi and libquvi are free software, licensed under the LGPLv2.1+. The LUA
scripts that quvi uses are considered as programs and using the LUA scripts
is *linking*.


MOTIVATION

quvi parses Adobe Flash media stream URLs for third party applications. It
originates from the idea of allowing users to view the videos without having
to install or use Adobe Flash Player. quvi is not an "alternative" but rather
a "workaround" to Adobe Flash Player.

Read also:
  * <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash#Performance>
  * <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash#Flash_client_security>
  * <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash#Alternatives_to_Flash>


BACKGROUND

quvi was inspired by cclive. Embeddable LUA scripting was introduced in the
0.2.0 release.
