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  • From: sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
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  • Subject: Re: [BL] SWF (was: .pps)
  • Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 15:31:36 +0000 (UTC)

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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