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. Then type, on the
11 tar -zvxf swftools-0.x.x.tar
17 (you will have to be root for the last step)
19 3.) What libraries do I need to compile swftools on Unix/Linux/BSD?
21 You need t1lib, freetype and jpeglib to compile pdf2swf.
24 http://www.freetype.org
26 ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/linux/libs/graphics/t1lib-1.3.1.tar.gz
27 t1lib (mirrored here):
28 http://www.quiss.org/swftools/t1lib-1.3.1.tar.gz
30 http://www.ijg.org/files/jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz
32 Furthermore, if you want to compile avi2swf, you need the avifile library:
33 http://avifile.sourceforge.net
36 4.) when compiling the sourcecode version, configure doesn't find my jpeglib / my t1lib!
38 In case some of your libraries/include files are installed in /usr/local,
42 LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib" CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include" ./configure
44 Furthermore, a new installation of jpeglib (the following assumes it's in
45 /usr/local/lib) often requires doing a
47 ranlib /usr/local/lib/libjpeg.a
48 ldconfig /usr/local/lib
50 In order to install jpeglib, it's furthermore been remarked that you need
56 If it still doesn't work, try removing the file "config.cache"
57 before running configure again.
59 5.) There are problems during compilation:
60 Error messages complain about "undefined reference to `operator new(unsigned)'"
61 as well as "undefined reference to `__gxx_personality_v0'".
63 Try running configure as
65 LDFLAGS=-lstdc++ ./configure
67 6.) How do I compile swftools on Mac OS X?
69 You need to get fink (http://fink.sourceforge.net), and install it.
70 After this, you need to install all the required libs (jpeg, freetype, lame):
72 fink install libjpeg libjpeg-shlibs freetype2 freetype2-shlibs lame lame-shlibs
74 Then, you have to inform configure of where they are:
76 LDFLAGS="-L/sw/lib" CPPFLAGS="-I/sw/include -I/sw/include/lame" ./configure
80 If this doesn't work, especially if you want to use the python library and
81 get weird exceptions, try to remove all versions of jpeglib, freetype and
82 lame from /usr/lib and /usr/local/lib, and then run configure / make / make install
85 If you also want to use the python interface, you may have to copy the
86 Imaging headers (Imaging.h, ImPlatform.h, ImConfig.h) to
87 /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/include/python2.3/
88 before running configure.
90 7.) Is there a pdf2swf/avi2swf for Windows?
92 Windows versions of all SWF utilities are downloadable from
93 http://www.quiss.org/swftools/download.html
95 (There's a self-extracting .exe version of all versions since 0.6.1,
96 and a .zip or .rar archive of the newest development snapshot)
98 8.) Where's the source code of the Windows version?
100 It's the same as the Unix source code. If you want to compile
101 under Windows, it's recommended that you get the CVS version
103 You need MingW (http://www.mingw.org) to compile it.
104 When cross-compiling under Linux, e.g. the following generates the Windows .exe files:
106 CXX=i386-mingw32msvc-g++ CPP=i386-mingw32msvc-cpp CC=i386-mingw32msvc-gcc \
107 ./configure --host=i586-mingw32msvc && make
109 For compiling on Windows itself, there's a HOWTO from Daichi Shinozaki:
110 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/swftools-common/2005-02/msg00023.html
112 9.) The fonts in the SWFs generated by pdf2swf are wrong!
114 Watch the output of pdf2swf closely.
115 You should see something like:
117 WARNING Font Myriad-Roman could not be loaded.
118 WARNING Try putting a TTF version of that font (named "Myriad-Roman.ttf") into /swftools/fonts
120 Provided you actually own the font in question (here: Myriad-Roman.ttf),
121 you can copy that fonts into your current directory and pass
122 the "-F ./" (--fontpath ./) option to pdf2swf.
123 If you use a font in several PDFs, you can also simply copy it
124 to (on Windows) C:\SWFTools\Fonts\, or (on Unix) /usr/local/share/swftools/fonts
125 to make it work all the time.
127 10.) Can png2swf handle transparency?
129 Yes. It supports PNG mode 2 transparency (256 color palettes with alpha) since version 0.4.2.
130 Mode 6 (32 bit RGBA truecolor) is also supported since version 0.4.4.
132 11.) How to do Flash MX compression with SWFTools?
134 Most tools support the -z flag for outputting compressed SWF.
135 Furthermore you can compress/uncompress SWF files using swfcombine:
137 swfcombine -dz file.swf -o file_new.swf
141 swfcombine -d file.swf -o file_new.swf
145 12.) avi2swf converts my avi files upside down!
147 Try using the -p (--flip) switch.
149 13.) How to extract images/sounds from myfile.swf using swfextract?
151 First list all extractable items:
153 swfextract myfile.swf
155 The result is something like:
157 Objects in file myfile.swf:
158 [-i] 3 Shapes: ID(s) 1-3
159 [-i] 5 MovieClips: ID(s) 4, 5, 8, 10, 12
160 [-j] 3 JPEGs: ID(s) 69, 116, 447
161 [-p] 1 PNG: ID(s) 318
162 [-s] 3 Sounds: ID(s) 28-30
163 [-f] 10 Frames: ID(s) 0-10
165 Now you can extract a shape using
167 swfextract -i 2 myfile.swf -o shape.swf
171 swfextract -s 28 myfile.swf -o sound.wav
173 a PNG image file using
175 swfextract -p 318 myfile.swf -o file.png
179 14.) Is there a mailing list for SWFTools?
181 Yes there is. You can subscribe by going to
183 http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/swftools-common
185 15.) Where can I donate?
187 You can donate via PayPal by clicking on the "donate" button
188 on http://www.quiss.org/swftools/index.html
190 Any financial support for this project is most welcome!