From fe451fc0f568e240d446584774b86dbb0feaf768 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Kramm Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 13:55:23 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] moved FAQ to the Wiki --- FAQ | 231 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 231 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 FAQ diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ deleted file mode 100644 index eda6f5b..0000000 --- a/FAQ +++ /dev/null @@ -1,231 +0,0 @@ -1.) What's the price of swftools? - - SWFTools is free of charge (donations are welcome, though), and is - released under the GPL (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html). - -2.) Where can I donate? - - You can donate via PayPal by clicking on the "donate" button - on http://www.swftools.org/donate.html - . - -3.) How to compile/link swftools on Unix/Linux/BSD? - - Download swftools-0.x.x.tar.gz. Then type, on the - command-line: - - tar -zvxf swftools-0.x.x.tar - cd swftools-0.x.x - ./configure - make - make install - - (you will have to be root for the last step) - -4.) What libraries do I need to compile swftools on Unix/Linux/BSD? - - You need freetype and jpeglib to compile pdf2swf. - Links: - freetype: - http://www.freetype.org - jpeglib: - http://www.ijg.org/files/jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz - -5.) when compiling the sourcecode version, configure doesn't find my jpeglib! - - 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 - - In order to install jpeglib, it's furthermore been remarked that you need - to do - make install-lib - make install-headers - . - - If it still doesn't work, try removing the file "config.cache" - before running configure again. - -6.) 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 - -7.) How do I compile swftools on Mac OS X? - - 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 - - Then, you have to inform configure of where they are: - - LDFLAGS="-L/sw/lib" CPPFLAGS="-I/sw/include -I/sw/include/lame" ./configure - make - sudo make install - - 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. - - 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. - -8.) Is there a pdf2swf/avi2swf for Windows? - - 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) - -9.) 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 - -10.) 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. - -11.) 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. - -12.) 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: - - swfcombine -dz file.swf -o file_new.swf - - compresses, while - - swfcombine -d file.swf -o file_new.swf - - decompresses. - -13.) avi2swf converts my avi files upside down! - - Try using the -p (--flip) switch. - -14.) How to extract images/sounds from myfile.swf using swfextract? - - First list all extractable items: - - swfextract myfile.swf - - The result is something like: - - Objects in file myfile.swf: - [-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 - - Now you can extract a shape using - - swfextract -i 2 myfile.swf -o shape.swf - - a sound using - - swfextract -s 28 myfile.swf -o sound.wav - - a PNG image file using - - swfextract -p 318 myfile.swf -o file.png - - etc. - -15.) Is there a mailing list for SWFTools? - - Yes there is. You can subscribe by going to - - http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/swftools-common - -16.) Why didn't Matthias answer my swftools-related mail? - - Currently, Matthias is getting much more mails than he can answer. It's frustrating, - but it's true. - He tries his best to at least *read* all mails he receives. - If you need an answer to something, it's usually more effective to post it on the - mailing list, though, as there are a lot of friendly users around there which may - have the one or other helpful tip concerning your problem. - -16.) When will feature/bugfix/enhancement XY be implemented? - - Setting deadlines in a non-commercial, spare-time project like swftools tools is hard, - and keeping them is even harder, if not impossible. - - Therefore, do not ask about deadlines, and you won't get fuzzy, or even wrong, answers. - -17.) How to compile avi2swf? - - avi2swf isn't part of the swftools distribution anymore. If you want to convert avi files - to swf, please use either mencoder or ffmpeg: - - mencoder file.avi -lavfopts i_certify_that_my_video_stream_does_not_use_b_frames \ - -ffourcc FLV1 -oac mp3lame -of lavf -ovc lavc \ - -lavcopts vcodec=flv:acodec=mp3:vbitrate=500:abitrate=56 -srate 22050 \ - -o file.swf - - or - - ffmpeg -i video.mpg -b -s y -pass 1 -passlogfile log_file video.flv - ffmpeg -i video.mpg -b -s y -pass 2 -passlogfile log_file video.flv - flvtool2 -UP video.flv - -18.) How can I create transparent SWFs from PDFs? - - Run pdf2swf as usual, and then, on the resulting file, execute: - - swfextract -i 3- file.swf -o file.swf - -19.) How can I convert SWF frames to bitmap? - - There's a "swfrender" utility in the CVS, which isn't finished yet, - and will only work for *very* simple SWF files. (No Actionscript, no - gradient fills, no morph shapes, no blending modes, no filters, etc.) - Probably other Flash Open-Source projects (like Gnash) have some - more sophisticated utilities for this. (One user reported that - swfdec (http://swfdec.freedesktop.org/wiki/) and pyswfdec - (http://www.gnome.org/~gianmt) work good) - If you find other tools that work, I'd like to know about it. - Please mail me at kramm@quiss.org. -- 1.7.10.4