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 If it still doesn't work, try removing the file "config.cache"
51 before running configure again.
53 5.) There are problems during compilation:
54 Error messages complain about "undefined reference to `operator new(unsigned)'"
55 as well as "undefined reference to `__gxx_personality_v0'".
57 Try running configure as
59 LDFLAGS=-lstdc++ ./configure
61 6.) How do I compile swftools on Mac OS X?
63 You need to get fink (http://fink.sourceforge.net), and install it.
64 After this, you need to install all the required libs (jpeg, freetype, lame):
66 fink install libjpeg libjpeg-shlibs freetype2 freetype2-shlibs lame lame-shlibs
68 Then, you have to inform configure of where they are:
70 LDFLAGS="-L/sw/lib" CPPFLAGS="-I/sw/include -I/sw/include/lame" ./configure
74 If this doesn't work, especially if you want to use the python library and
75 get weird exceptions, try to remove all versions of jpeglib, freetype and
76 lame from /usr/lib and /usr/local/lib, and then run configure / make / make install
79 If you also want to use the python interface, you may have to copy the
80 Imaging headers (Imaging.h, ImPlatform.h, ImConfig.h) to
81 /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/include/python2.3/
82 before running configure.
84 7.) Is there a pdf2swf/avi2swf for Windows?
86 Windows versions of all SWF utilities are downloadable from
87 http://www.quiss.org/swftools/download.html
89 (There's a self-extracting .exe version of all versions since 0.6.1,
90 and a .zip or .rar archive of the newest development snapshot)
92 8.) Where's the source code of the Windows version?
94 It's the same as the Unix source code. If you want to compile
95 under Windows, it's recommended that you get the CVS version
97 You need MingW (http://www.mingw.org) to compile it.
98 When cross-compiling under Linux, e.g. the following generates the Windows .exe files:
100 CXX=i386-mingw32msvc-g++ CPP=i386-mingw32msvc-cpp CC=i386-mingw32msvc-gcc \
101 ./configure --host=i586-mingw32msvc && make
103 For compiling on Windows itself, there's a HOWTO from Daichi Shinozaki:
104 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/swftools-common/2005-02/msg00023.html
106 9.) The fonts in the SWFs generated by pdf2swf are wrong!
108 Watch the output of pdf2swf closely.
109 You should see something like:
111 WARNING Font Myriad-Roman could not be loaded.
112 WARNING Try putting a TTF version of that font (named "Myriad-Roman.ttf") into /swftools/fonts
114 Provided you actually own the font in question (here: Myriad-Roman.ttf),
115 you can copy that fonts into your current directory and pass
116 the "-F ./" (--fontpath ./) option to pdf2swf.
117 If you use a font in several PDFs, you can also simply copy it
118 to (on Windows) C:\SWFTools\Fonts\, or (on Unix) /usr/local/share/swftools/fonts
119 to make it work all the time.
121 10.) Can png2swf handle transparency?
123 Yes. It supports PNG mode 2 transparency (256 color palettes with alpha) since version 0.4.2.
124 Mode 6 (32 bit RGBA truecolor) is also supported since version 0.4.4.
126 11.) How to do Flash MX compression with SWFTools?
128 Most tools support the -z flag for outputting compressed SWF.
129 Furthermore you can compress/uncompress SWF files using swfcombine:
131 swfcombine -dz file.swf -o file_new.swf
135 swfcombine -d file.swf -o file_new.swf
139 12.) avi2swf converts my avi files upside down!
141 Try using the -p (--flip) switch.
143 13.) How to extract images/sounds from myfile.swf using swfextract?
145 First list all extractable items:
147 swfextract myfile.swf
149 The result is something like:
151 Objects in file myfile.swf:
152 [-i] 3 Shapes: ID(s) 1-3
153 [-i] 5 MovieClips: ID(s) 4, 5, 8, 10, 12
154 [-j] 3 JPEGs: ID(s) 69, 116, 447
155 [-p] 1 PNG: ID(s) 318
156 [-s] 3 Sounds: ID(s) 28-30
157 [-f] 10 Frames: ID(s) 0-10
159 Now you can extract a shape using
161 swfextract -i 2 myfile.swf -o shape.swf
165 swfextract -s 28 myfile.swf -o sound.wav
167 a PNG image file using
169 swfextract -p 318 myfile.swf -o file.png
173 14.) Is there a mailing list for SWFTools?
175 Yes there is. You can subscribe by going to
177 http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/swftools-common
179 15.) Where can I donate?
181 You can donate via PayPal by clicking on the "donate" button
182 on http://www.quiss.org/swftools/index.html
184 Any financial support for this project is most welcome!