4.) What libraries do I need to compile swftools on Unix/Linux/BSD?
- You need t1lib, freetype and jpeglib to compile pdf2swf.
+ You need freetype and jpeglib to compile pdf2swf.
Links:
freetype:
http://www.freetype.org
- t1lib:
- ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/linux/libs/graphics/t1lib-1.3.1.tar.gz
- t1lib (mirrored here):
- http://www.quiss.org/swftools/t1lib-1.3.1.tar.gz
jpeglib:
http://www.ijg.org/files/jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz
- Furthermore, if you want to compile avi2swf, you need the avifile library:
- http://avifile.sourceforge.net
- .
-
-5.) when compiling the sourcecode version, configure doesn't find my jpeglib / my t1lib!
+5.) when compiling the sourcecode version, configure doesn't find my jpeglib!
In case some of your libraries/include files are installed in /usr/local,
try the following:
mailing list, though, as there are a lot of friendly users around there which may
have the one or other helpful tip concerning your problem.
+16.) When will feature/bugfix/enhancement XY be implemented?
+
+ Setting deadlines in a non-commercial, spare-time project like swftools tools is hard,
+ and keeping them is even harder, if not impossible.
+
+ Therefore, do not ask about deadlines, and you won't get fuzzy, or even wrong, answers.
+
+17.) How to compile avi2swf?
+
+ avi2swf isn't part of the swftools distribution anymore. If you want to convert avi files
+ to swf, please use either mencoder or ffmpeg:
+
+ mencoder file.avi -lavfopts i_certify_that_my_video_stream_does_not_use_b_frames \
+ -ffourcc FLV1 -oac mp3lame -of lavf -ovc lavc \
+ -lavcopts vcodec=flv:acodec=mp3:vbitrate=500:abitrate=56 -srate 22050 \
+ -o file.swf
+
+ or
+
+ ffmpeg -i video.mpg -b <bitrate> -s <X>y<Y> -pass 1 -passlogfile log_file video.flv
+ ffmpeg -i video.mpg -b <bitrate> -s <X>y<Y> -pass 2 -passlogfile log_file video.flv
+ flvtool2 -UP video.flv
+
+18.) How can I create transparent SWFs from PDFs?
+
+ Run pdf2swf as usual, and then, on the resulting file, execute:
+
+ swfextract -i 3- file.swf -o file.swf
+
+19.) How can I convert SWF frames to bitmap?
+
+ There's a "swfrender" utility in the CVS, which isn't finished yet,
+ and will only work for *very* simple SWF files. (No Actionscript, no
+ gradient fills, no morph shapes, no blending modes, no filters, etc.)
+ Probably other Flash Open-Source projects (like Gnash) have some
+ more sophisticated utilities for this. (One user reported that
+ swfdec (http://swfdec.freedesktop.org/wiki/) and pyswfdec
+ (http://www.gnome.org/~gianmt) work good)
+ If you find other tools that work, I'd like to know about it.
+ Please mail me at kramm@quiss.org.