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
+ There have been some reports on more or less successfully 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.
5.) Can png2swf handle transparency?
- Yes.
+ It supports PNG mode 2 transparency (alpha palettes) since version 0.4.2.
+ Mode 6 (32 bit RGBA truecolor) is also supported since version 0.4.3, however
+ it seems most Flash players don't handle the alpha channel in the resulting
+ 32 bit images correctly.
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
+ swfcombine -dz file.swf -o file_new.swf
compresses, while
- swfcombine -d file.swf -o file_new.swf
+ swfcombine -d file.swf -o file_new.swf
decompresses.
-7.) Is there a mailing list for SWFTools?
+7.) avi2swf converts my avi files upside down!
- 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.
+ Try using the -p (--flip) switch.
-8.) avi2swf converts my avi files upside down!
+8.) How to extract images/sounds from myfile.swf using swfextract?
- Try using the -p (--flip) switch.
+ First list all extractable items:
+
+ swfextract myfile.swf
+
+ The result is something like:
+
+ Objects in file myfile.swf:
+ Shapes: 1, 2, 3
+ MovieClips: 4, 5, 8, 10, 12
+ JPEGs: 69, 116, 447
+ PNGs: 318
+ Sounds: 28, 29, 30
+ Frames: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
+
+ Not 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.
+
+9.) 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.