1 1.) What's the cost of swftools?
3 SWFTools is free of charge, and is released under the GPL
4 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html).
6 2.) How to compile/link swftools on Unix/Linux/BSD?
8 Download swftools-0.x.x.tar.gz and t1lib-1.3.1.tar.gz.
10 gzip -d swftools-0.x.x.tar.gz
11 gzip -d t1lib-1.3.1.tar.gz
12 tar -xf t1lib-1.3.1.tar
18 tar -xf swftools-0.x.x.tar
24 3.) What libraries do I need to compile swftools on Unix/Linux/BSD?
26 You need t1lib and jpeglib to compile pdf2swf.
29 ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/linux/libs/graphics/t1lib-1.3.1.tar.gz
30 t1lib (mirrored here):
31 http://www.quiss.org/swftools/t1lib-1.3.1.tar.gz
33 http://www.ijg.org/files/jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz
35 Furthermore, if you want to compile avi2swf, you need the avifile library:
36 http://avifile.sourceforge.net
39 4.) when compiling the sourcecode version, configure doesn't find my jpeglib / my t1lib!
41 In case some of your libraries/include files are installed in /usr/local,
45 LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib" CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include" ./configure
47 Furthermore, a new installation of jpeglib (the following assumes it's in
48 /usr/local/lib) often requires doing a
50 ranlib /usr/local/lib/libjpeg.a
51 ldconfig /usr/local/lib
53 If it still doesn't work, try removing the file "config.cache"
54 before running configure again.
56 5.) There are problems during compilation:
57 Error messages complain about "undefined reference to `operator new(unsigned)'"
58 as well as "undefined reference to `__gxx_personality_v0'".
60 Try running configure as
62 LDFLAGS=-lstdc++ ./configure
64 6.) Is there a pdf2swf for Windows?
66 Windows versions of all SWF utilities (except for avi2swf) are downloadable from
67 http://www.quiss.org/swftools/download.html
69 Notice: For now, the utilities need to be installed to C:\SWFTOOLS to make pdf2swf work-
70 otherwise it won't be able to find it's fonts.
72 7.) The fonts in the SWFs generated by pdf2swf are wrong!
74 Watch the output of pdf2swf closely.
75 You should see something like:
77 WARNING Font Myriad-Roman could not be loaded.
78 WARNING Try putting a TTF version of that font (named "Myriad-Roman.ttf") into /swftools/fonts
80 Provided you actually own the font in question (here: Myriad-Roman.ttf),
81 you can copy that fonts into your current directory and pass
82 the "-F ./" (--fontpath ./) option to pdf2swf.
83 If you use a page in several PDFs, you can also simply copy it
84 to (on Windows) C:\SWFTools\Fonts\, or (on Unix) /usr/local/share/swftools/fonts
85 to make it work all the time.
87 8.) Can png2swf handle transparency?
89 It supports PNG mode 2 transparency (256 color palettes with alpha) since version 0.4.2.
90 Mode 6 (32 bit RGBA truecolor) is also supported since version 0.4.4.
92 9.) How to do Flash MX compression with SWFTools?
94 Most tools support the -z flag for outputting compressed SWF.
95 Furthermore you can compress/uncompress SWF files using swfcombine:
97 swfcombine -dz file.swf -o file_new.swf
101 swfcombine -d file.swf -o file_new.swf
105 10.) avi2swf converts my avi files upside down!
107 Try using the -p (--flip) switch.
109 11.) How to extract images/sounds from myfile.swf using swfextract?
111 First list all extractable items:
113 swfextract myfile.swf
115 The result is something like:
117 Objects in file myfile.swf:
119 5 MovieClips: ID(s) 4, 5, 8, 10, 12
120 3 JPEGs: ID(s) 69, 116, 447
122 3 Sounds: ID(s) 28-30
123 10 Frames: ID(s) 0-10
125 Not you can extract a shape using
127 swfextract -i 2 myfile.swf -o shape.swf
131 swfextract -s 28 myfile.swf -o sound.wav
133 a PNG image file using
135 swfextract -p 318 myfile.swf -o file.png
139 12.) Is there a mailing list for SWFTools?
141 Yes there is. You can subscribe by going to
143 http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/swftools-common