X-Git-Url: http://git.asbjorn.biz/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=FAQ;h=e9c1b5fb858cb9de9d765d81e8ba8850a6aa179a;hb=9f87d4fc88247a11fa58cfbdaaaf52d3fdfb10e4;hp=45e04fededa63bebcdc16594a2174798975be93e;hpb=fea6fa95393fb3adb0fde36111671a892599e818;p=swftools.git diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 45e04fe..e9c1b5f 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ In case some of your libraries/include files are installed in /usr/local, try the following: + rm -f config.cache LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib" CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include" ./configure Furthermore, a new installation of jpeglib (the following assumes it's in @@ -34,7 +35,18 @@ ranlib /usr/local/lib/libjpeg.a ldconfig /usr/local/lib -4.) Is there a pdf2swf for Windows? + If it still doesn't work, try removing the file "config.cache" + before running configure again. + +4.) There are problems during compilation: + Error messages complain about "undefined reference to `operator new(unsigned)'" + as well as "undefined reference to `__gxx_personality_v0'". + + Try running configure as + + LDFLAGS=-lstdc++ ./configure + +5.) Is there a pdf2swf for Windows? No. pdf2swf only runs on Unix platforms, like Linux, *BSD, MacOS X, etc. There have been some reports on more or less successfully compling pdf2swf on Win32 using @@ -42,11 +54,11 @@ If you want to use pdf2swf, find a Unix machine. -5.) Is there *going to* be a pdf2swf for Windows? +6.) Is there *going to* be a pdf2swf for Windows? Probably. As soon as we find the time to look into the Cygwin compile issues. -6.) The fonts in the SWFs generated by pdf2swf are wrong! +7.) The fonts in the SWFs generated by pdf2swf are wrong! Try running pdf2swf with the "-v" switch. If you see a line reading "substituting VerySpecialFont -> Times-Roman", then pdf2swf @@ -57,12 +69,12 @@ The font files should, in this case, have the filenames VerySpecialFont.afm and VerySpecialFont.pfa (.pfb). -7.) Can png2swf handle transparency? +8.) Can png2swf handle transparency? It supports PNG mode 2 transparency (256 color palettes with alpha) since version 0.4.2. Mode 6 (32 bit RGBA truecolor) is also supported since version 0.4.4. -8.) How to do Flash MX compression with SWFTools? +9.) How to do Flash MX compression with SWFTools? Most tools support the -z flag for outputting compressed SWF. Furthermore you can compress/uncompress SWF files using swfcombine: @@ -75,11 +87,11 @@ decompresses. -9.) avi2swf converts my avi files upside down! +10.) avi2swf converts my avi files upside down! Try using the -p (--flip) switch. -10.) How to extract images/sounds from myfile.swf using swfextract? +11.) How to extract images/sounds from myfile.swf using swfextract? First list all extractable items: @@ -109,8 +121,9 @@ etc. -11.) Is there a mailing list for SWFTools? +12.) Is there a mailing list for SWFTools? - There used to be, however it was shut down due to lack of traffic. The archive - is available as raw INBOX file on http://www.quiss.org/swftools/list.tar.gz . + Yes there is. You can subscribe by going to + + http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/swftools-common