X-Git-Url: http://git.asbjorn.biz/?p=swftools.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=FAQ;h=37cba0c56c799e9cfde5d1cfa4f30c694b9ddfc3;hp=7df0eb68e0dd2271122a9e91f390ffe1978db513;hb=81dea7722324a9ad4db6bab4b0b4019ab6fcee91;hpb=db751a559d47828ba161f1feb9cc5669a3c53764 diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 7df0eb6..37cba0c 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -21,19 +21,36 @@ 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.) The fonts in the SWFs generated by pdf2swf are wrong! +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 @@ -44,14 +61,12 @@ The font files should, in this case, have the filenames VerySpecialFont.afm and VerySpecialFont.pfa (.pfb). -6.) Can png2swf handle transparency? +7.) Can png2swf handle transparency? - 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. + 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. -7.) How to get Flash MX compression with SWFTools? +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: @@ -64,11 +79,11 @@ decompresses. -8.) avi2swf converts my avi files upside down! +9.) avi2swf converts my avi files upside down! Try using the -p (--flip) switch. -9.) 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: @@ -98,8 +113,9 @@ etc. -10.) 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