Re: [Swftools-common] Preview JPEG of a SWF

[Jeff Harmon]

Gnash requires X11 though, yes? That's not always available to the Apache user, 
so I've been told...?

Still awesome! Thx!

Jeff



On Oct 8, 2010, at 10:29 PM, Benjamin Wolsey <address@hidden> wrote:

> Am Freitag, den 08.10.2010, 14:02 -0800 schrieb Jeff Harmon:
>> Hi all!  We're trying to generate a JPEG preview of the first frame of 
>> SWF files and wondering if swftools or any other utility might be able 
>> to achieve this.  We're seeking an open source, cross-platform solution 
>> if possible.
> 
> Gnash can do this from the commandline. The advantage over swftools is
> that Gnash executes ActionScript (only AS1 and AS2), which is often
> needed to display the SWF correctly.
> 
> bwy
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