On 4 May 2010 21:38, Saravanan Ganesan <
address@hidden> wrote:
> Thank you Chris for your suggestions. I tried running pdf2swf splitting in
> multiple page ranges and it worked fine for all the pdfs that crashed
> pdf2swf earlier. So, I am assuming the problem could be due to low on
> system/memory resources when converting the entire pdf.
>
> I then used swfcombine to concatenate the seperate swfs into one file. The
> only disadvantage I see in generating multiple swfs by page ranges and then
> concatenating them is that the final swf file size is signifacantly bigger
> than what it could have been if pdf2swf generated as a single swf. Is this
> because the fonts and symbols are duplicated in each of the swfs?
>
> Thanks,
> Saravanan
>
> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Chris Pugh <
address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> Could easily be that the pdf is too complex, and/or pdf2swf itself is
>> running low on system resources and memory.
>>
>> Try using one of the various levels of verbose, i.e. -v[v][v][v] in your
>> command.. It should give you a rough idea of what pdf2swf was actually
>> doing when it bailed out, or got stuck thinking.
>>
>> You could also try running pdf2swf with increased privileges, with no
>> other
>> ( or minimal ) programs running, compatibility mode, or even in Safe
>> Mode,
>> It may help. No guarantees though, there. ;o)
>>
>> To get round the issue with the problem page(s), try converting them
>> separately
>> from the rest of the document by judicious use of the page range option,
>>
>> -p, --pages range
>>
>> i.e. split the document into sections.
>>
>> pdf2swf quite often behaves much better, under Linux.
>>
>> HTH.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Chris.
>>
>> On 28 April 2010 07:01, Saravanan Ganesan <
address@hidden>
>> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I recently started to use pdf2swf for a custom viewer and it worked
>> > brilliantly with most pdfs I have converted.
>> >
>> > Currently I have couple of pdfs that I am unable to convert because the
>> > tool
>> > simply crashes while processing a certain page in each of these pdfs
>> > without
>> > any error message. I tried on Windows XP and Vista and the Command
>> > window
>> > simply crashes on both OS after the tool gets struck on those pages. I
>> > also
>> > tried with -O1 but it did not help.
>> >
>> > This occurs on a English text pdf and also with another one that has
>> > Japanese characters.
>> >
>> > Has anyone had the same issue and found a solution? Any help is greatly
>> > appreciated.
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Saravanan
>
>