+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.
+ If you find something that works, I'd like to know about it.
+ Please mail me at kramm@quiss.org.