X-Git-Url: http://git.asbjorn.biz/?p=swftools.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=FAQ;h=37cba0c56c799e9cfde5d1cfa4f30c694b9ddfc3;hp=53c1cbda5a15d077c427f4c2cc9afedabeba7749;hb=81dea7722324a9ad4db6bab4b0b4019ab6fcee91;hpb=1537f9328d22f7c95dfbe97f413b1b88fa6d4dff diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 53c1cbd..37cba0c 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -21,26 +21,52 @@ make make install -3.) Is there a pdf2swf for Windows? +3.) 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. + +4.) 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 - Cygwin (http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin), however, there's no working version - yet. + Cygwin (http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin), however, there's no working version yet. + If you want to use pdf2swf, find a Unix machine. -4.) Is there *going to* be a pdf2swf for Windows? +5.) Is there *going to* be a pdf2swf for Windows? Probably. As soon as we find the time to look into the Cygwin compile issues. -5.) Can png2swf handle transparency? +6.) 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 + 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). - 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.) Can png2swf handle transparency? -6.) How to get Flash MX compression with SWFTools? + 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? Most tools support the -z flag for outputting compressed SWF. Furthermore you can compress/uncompress SWF files using swfcombine: @@ -53,11 +79,11 @@ decompresses. -7.) avi2swf converts my avi files upside down! +9.) avi2swf converts my avi files upside down! Try using the -p (--flip) switch. -8.) How to extract images/sounds from myfile.swf using swfextract? +10.) How to extract images/sounds from myfile.swf using swfextract? First list all extractable items: @@ -87,8 +113,9 @@ etc. -9.) Is there a mailing list for SWFTools? +11.) 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