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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Tue, 17 May 2005, David Moberg wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sindi keesan" <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
>
> > On Mon, 16 May 2005, David Moberg wrote:
> >
> > > For SWFs you may either use the Flash plugin from Macromedia (for
> > > Linux) or the free software equivalent:
> > >
> > > http://www.swift-tools.net/Flash/
> >
> > This comes either as an rpm for KDE, or as 350K source code, and
> > plays swf movies.  It can be used as a Netscape plugin (can you use
> > Netscape plugins with Opera or links2?).
>
> links2 would need the standard version, as it cannot handle Netscape
> plugins. According to the Opera website, "Opera 5.05 or newer is
> required for Netscape plugin and Java support."
>
> > > There is also swftools. One of the tools allows you to extract
> > > video, audio, and other things from an SWF.
> >
> > 4MB Windows binary, or 1.5MB linux source.  Most of the tools are
> > for turning other formats into swf.  Can you (or I) compile just
> > the tool for extracting other formats from swf?
>
> You mean use just the tool for extracting SWFs? I do think this is
> an option. However, I haven't used this software yet. I prefer to
> avoid SWFs. I believe that you want both packages, as the first
> one may not handle sound, while the second one can extract sound
> but not play an SWF.

No, I asked if you could download the 1.5MB linux source code and modify 
the package so as to compile only the tool that turned SWF back into other 
formats, which is probably just one executable and maybe a library or a 
few libraries.  (Like netpbm, another collection of tools).  I could 
attempt to edit the Makefile so as to make only the part I wanted.  I was 
surprised how easy it was to compile playmidi without all the pieces (not 
that I have it working yet, of course.  I plugged the sound card to a 
radio with adjustable volume and turned it way up but got no sound so it 
must be set somehow to null volume, as I think someone else mentioned).

Maybe it could even be compiled statically, including the conversion 
libraries.

The .swf file sent us was, I think, just audio.  Like doc or pdf files 
containing nothing but one png, MS wraps a lot of garbage around what 
could be a simple format.

I have not yet downloaded the 385K .pps file.  Would pps be something like 
a slide show with accompanying sound?

> David
>
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