Macromedia Shockwave
Multimedia extensions for your web browser
Macromedia Shockwave is a set of Plug-Ins and Xtras designed to play interactive multimedia on the web. Shockwave plays Director and Flash media.
Copyright © 1997 Macromedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Shockwave is the property of Macromedia and may not be altered, reproduced, or copied in any manner without prior written consent from Macromedia.
Links
Shockwave Help & Resources
Verify your Shockwave installation
Visit Shockzone. Macromedia's Shockwave Gallery
Learn how to create Shockwave content
Add interactive learning to Shockwave with Shockwave Authorware
System Requirements
Windows:
- IBM Compatible PC with 486/25 or greater. Pentium preferred.
- Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT 3.51 or Windows NT 4
- VGA with 8-bit color (256 colors) or greater.
- 8 MB RAM/ 6 MB free disk space
- Netscape Navigator: 2.x, 3.x, 4.x (or compatible) or Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 (Windows 3.1 only; 32-bit Windows applications should use the Shockwave ActiveX controls)
- Streaming audio requires a 486 with an FPU or a Pentium
Macintosh:
- MacOS Compatible computer with a 68040 CPU. PowerPC preferred.
- MacOS System 7.1.2 or greater
- 8-bit (256) colors or greater
- 16 MB RAM/ 6 MB free disk space
- Netscape Navigator: 2.x or 3.x, 4.x (or compatible) or Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x, 4.x
- Streaming audio requires a Power Macintosh or 68040 Macintosh with an FPU
Basic Troubleshooting
Netscape Navigator
If you see a broken icon when navigating to a Shockwave site and you've installed Shockwave, follow these steps:
- While in Netscape Navigator, select 'About Plug-Ins' from either the 'Help' menu (Windows) or 'Apple' menu (Macintosh).
- In the list of installed Plug-Ins, scroll down and verify that
'Shockwave for Director'is in the list.- In the list of installed Plug-Ins, scroll down and verify that
'Shockwave Flash'is in the list.Also make sure that you have the right version of Shockwave installed for your computer (for example, a PowerPC version of Shockwave won't work on a 68K Macintosh, and a 32-bit version of Shockwave won't work on a Windows 3.1 computer).
Macintosh. If you get Out of Memory Errors (error IDs 5 or -108) when Shockwave is loading,increase your browser's application memory by 1000K increments and relaunch the browser until the problem goes away.
Internet Explorer
Windows. Open the Options dialog box in the View menu. Select the Security tab and make sure that the "Enable ActiveX controls and plug-ins" option in the Active Content section is selected.
Macintosh. Open the Options dialog box in the Edit menu. Select the Web Content tab and make sure that "Load Plug-In Objects" is selected.
Need more help? Solutions to other problems with Shockwave can be found on the Shockwave Help & Resources section of Macromedia's web site.
Shockwave Director
If the Shockwave Director Plug-In it doesn't work after you installed it, see Basic Troubleshooting.
Improving Shockwave Director Performance for Macintosh.
Virtual Memory and Speed Doubler can degrade Shockwave Director performance; avoid using them if possible. Open Transport users should install version 1.1 or greater.
Shockwave Flash
If the Shockwave Flash Plug-In it doesn't work after you installed it, see Basic Troubleshooting.
Portions of Shockwave technology licensed from Fraunhofer Gesellschaft/IIs.