SWFTools is free of charge, and is released under the GPL
(http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html).
-2.) How to compile/link swftools?
+2.) How to compile/link swftools on Unix/Linux/BSD?
- Download swftools-0.4.2.tar.gz and t1lib-1.3.1.tar.gz.
+ Download swftools-0.x.x.tar.gz. Then type, on the
+ command-line:
- gzip -d swftools-0.4.2.tar.gz
- gzip -d t1lib-1.3.1.tar.gz
- tar -xf t1lib-1.3.1.tar
- cd t1lib-1.3.1
- ./configure
- make
- make install
- cd ..
- tar -xf swftools-0.4.2.tar
- cd swftools-0.4.2
+ tar -zvxf swftools-0.x.x.tar
+ cd swftools-0.x.x
./configure
make
make install
-3.) Is there a pdf2swf for Windows?
+ (you will have to be root for the last step)
+
+3.) What libraries do I need to compile swftools on Unix/Linux/BSD?
+
+ You need t1lib, 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
+ .
+
+4.) when compiling the sourcecode version, configure doesn't find my jpeglib / my t1lib!
+
+ 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
+ /usr/local/lib) often requires doing a
+
+ ranlib /usr/local/lib/libjpeg.a
+ ldconfig /usr/local/lib
+
+ If it still doesn't work, try removing the file "config.cache"
+ before running configure again.
+
+5.) 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
- 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
- Cygwin (http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin), however, there's no working version
- yet.
- If you want to use pdf2swf, find a Unix machine.
+6.) How do I compile swftools on Mac OS X?
-4.) Is there *going to* be a pdf2swf for Windows?
+ You need to get fink (http://fink.sourceforge.net), and install it.
+ After this, you need to install all the required libs (jpeg, freetype, lame):
+
+ fink install libjpeg libjpeg-shlibs freetype2 freetype2-shlibs lame lame-shlibs
- Probably. As soon as we find the time to look into the Cygwin compile issues.
+ Then, you have to inform configure of where they are:
-5.) The fonts in the SWFs generated by pdf2swf are wrong!
+ LDFLAGS="-L/sw/lib" CPPFLAGS="-I/sw/include -I/sw/include/lame" ./configure
+ make
+ sudo make install
- Try running pdf2swf with the "-v" switch.
- If you see a line reading "substituting VerySpecialFont -> Times-Roman", then pdf2swf
- didn't find some fonts, which may be external references in the pdf.
- To fix this, copy the fonts into your current directory and pass the "-F ./" (--fontpath ./)
- option to pdf2swf. (This doesn't yet work with TTF, only with Type1 Fonts. You can
- convert TTF to Type1, however, using ttf2pt1 (http://ttf2pt1.sourceforge.net)).
- The font files should, in this case, have the filenames VerySpecialFont.afm and
- VerySpecialFont.pfa (.pfb).
+ If this doesn't work, especially if you want to use the python library and
+ get weird exceptions, try to remove all versions of jpeglib, freetype and
+ lame from /usr/lib and /usr/local/lib, and then run configure / make / make install
+ again.
-6.) Can png2swf handle transparency?
+ If you also want to use the python interface, you may have to copy the
+ Imaging headers (Imaging.h, ImPlatform.h, ImConfig.h) to
+ /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/include/python2.3/
+ before running configure.
- It supports PNG mode 2 transparency (alpha palettes) since version 0.4.2.
- Mode 6 (32 bit RGBA truecolor) is also supported since version 0.4.3, however
- it seems most Flash players don't handle the alpha channel in the resulting
- 32 bit images correctly.
+7.) Is there a pdf2swf/avi2swf for Windows?
-7.) How to get Flash MX compression with SWFTools?
+ Windows versions of all SWF utilities are downloadable from
+ http://www.quiss.org/swftools/download.html
+ .
+ (There's a self-extracting .exe version of all versions since 0.6.1,
+ and a .zip or .rar archive of the newest development snapshot)
+
+8.) Where's the source code of the Windows version?
+
+ It's the same as the Unix source code. If you want to compile
+ under Windows, it's recommended that you get the CVS version
+ of the sources.
+ You need MingW (http://www.mingw.org) to compile it.
+ When cross-compiling under Linux, e.g. the following generates the Windows .exe files:
+
+ CXX=i386-mingw32msvc-g++ CPP=i386-mingw32msvc-cpp CC=i386-mingw32msvc-gcc \
+ ./configure --host=i586-mingw32msvc && make
+
+ For compiling on Windows itself, there's a HOWTO from Daichi Shinozaki:
+ http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/swftools-common/2005-02/msg00023.html
+
+9.) The fonts in the SWFs generated by pdf2swf are wrong!
+
+ Watch the output of pdf2swf closely.
+ You should see something like:
+
+ WARNING Font Myriad-Roman could not be loaded.
+ WARNING Try putting a TTF version of that font (named "Myriad-Roman.ttf") into /swftools/fonts
+
+ Provided you actually own the font in question (here: Myriad-Roman.ttf),
+ you can copy that fonts into your current directory and pass
+ the "-F ./" (--fontpath ./) option to pdf2swf.
+ If you use a font in several PDFs, you can also simply copy it
+ to (on Windows) C:\SWFTools\Fonts\, or (on Unix) /usr/local/share/swftools/fonts
+ to make it work all the time.
+
+10.) Can png2swf handle transparency?
+
+ Yes. 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.
+
+11.) 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:
decompresses.
-8.) avi2swf converts my avi files upside down!
+12.) avi2swf converts my avi files upside down!
Try using the -p (--flip) switch.
-9.) How to extract images/sounds from myfile.swf using swfextract?
+13.) How to extract images/sounds from myfile.swf using swfextract?
First list all extractable items:
The result is something like:
Objects in file myfile.swf:
- Shapes: 1, 2, 3
- MovieClips: 4, 5, 8, 10, 12
- JPEGs: 69, 116, 447
- PNGs: 318
- Sounds: 28, 29, 30
- Frames: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
+ [-i] 3 Shapes: ID(s) 1-3
+ [-i] 5 MovieClips: ID(s) 4, 5, 8, 10, 12
+ [-j] 3 JPEGs: ID(s) 69, 116, 447
+ [-p] 1 PNG: ID(s) 318
+ [-s] 3 Sounds: ID(s) 28-30
+ [-f] 10 Frames: ID(s) 0-10
- Not you can extract a shape using
+ Now you can extract a shape using
swfextract -i 2 myfile.swf -o shape.swf
etc.
-10.) Is there a mailing list for SWFTools?
+14.) Is there a mailing list for SWFTools?
+
+ Yes there is. You can subscribe by going to
+
+ http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/swftools-common
+
+15.) Where can I donate?
- 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 .
+ You can donate via PayPal by clicking on the "donate" button
+ on http://www.quiss.org/swftools/index.html
+ .
+ Any financial support for this project is most welcome!
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