From 02b552987c1dc51cad79d1e95c0ed41ae8f3f35a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: kramm Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 20:35:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] added faq. --- FAQ | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ release.in | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 63 insertions(+) create mode 100644 FAQ diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ new file mode 100644 index 0000000..999db3a --- /dev/null +++ b/FAQ @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +1.) What's the cost of swftools? + + SWFTools is free of charge, and is released under the GPL + (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html). + +2.) How to compile/link swftools? + + Download swftools-0.4.2.tar.gz and t1lib-1.3.1.tar.gz. + + 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 + ./configure + make + make install + +3.) Is there a pdf2swf for Windows? + + No. pdf2swf only runs on Unix platforms, like Linux, *BSD, MacOS X, etc. + There have been some successes reported on 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. + +4.) 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? + + Yes. + +6.) How to get Flash MX compression with SWFTools? + + Most tools support the -z flag for outputting compressed SWF. + Furthermore you can compress/uncompress SWF files using swfcombine: + + swfcombine -dz file.swf -o file_new.swf + + compresses, while + + swfcombine -d file.swf -o file_new.swf + + decompresses. + +7.) 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. + +8.) avi2swf converts my avi files upside down! + + Try using the -p (--flip) switch. + diff --git a/release.in b/release.in index 74cd9e7..48122b5 100644 --- a/release.in +++ b/release.in @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ ${name}/avi2swf/avi2swf.cc \ ${name}/avi2swf/Makefile \ ${name}/lib/example/buttontest.c \ ${name}/swfs/simple_viewer.c \ +${name}/swfs/keyboard_viewer.c \ ${name}/swfs/PreLoaderTemplate.c \ ${name}/lib/modules/swfaction.c \ ${name}/lib/modules/swfdump.c \ @@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ ${name}/INSTALL \ ${name}/COPYING \ ${name}/AUTHORS \ ${name}/ChangeLog \ +${name}/FAQ \ ${name}/release.in \ ${name}/TODO \ ${name}/pdf2swf/ttf2pt1/COPYRIGHT \ -- 1.7.10.4