Re: [Swftools-common] How to convert PDF files with multimedia content?

[Hans Nuecke (vservu)]

 Hi Chris,
thank you for your detailed feed back.
I in general agree; taking the flash files directly without the 
intermediate pdf and converting them back would be my favorite solution 
also.
And in this case I had no problem doing so, since I will get the "sources".
And I also will convert with Acrobat 9 pro and/or PDF Converter Prof, if 
you think the problem could be based on Office Publisher...

And: it is not just a simple animation; it is interactive: you can take 
the balls and position them, you can drag the sliders which effect the 
behavior of the animation.
It is more complex than obvious at the first glance...

Since I expect I will get one day a PDF file with multimedia content 
where I do not have access to the sources, I want to find out as much as 
possible in time to be prepared ;-)

I wil do some more tests myself and report any positive findings.
Still: If anyone else could add... that would be great!

Regards
Hans

Am 01.09.2010 05:43, schrieb Chris:
> Hans,
>
> xpdf, which swftools uses, doesn't appear to handle your
> pdf very well, and seeing what has been used to create
> it, I can't say I'm surprised. ;o)
>
> pdfinfo gives:
>
> ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~
>
> Author:         gvd
> Creator:        Microsoft® Office Publisher 2007
> Producer:       Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Paper Capture Plug-in
> CreationDate:   Fri Aug 27 11:09:51 2010
> ModDate:        Sun Aug 29 14:11:38 2010
> Tagged:         yes
> Pages:          1
> Encrypted:      no
> Page size:      613.216 x 792.75 pts
> File size:      793396 bytes
> Optimized:      no
> PDF version:    1.7
> ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~
>
> Having taken a quick look at silver.pdf, I feel I also
> have to enquire as to why you appear to be using a
> sledgehammer to crack a very small egg.
>
> What you have is a simple animation over a background picture.
> Why then go through the pain of creating a pdf, then having to
> convert it again?  IMHO there are enough animation or epub creation
> programs out there that would do the job a darn site better, create
> a smaller more usable and accessible file, and save you a load of
> hassle!  Especially if this is for display within a browser.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Chris.
>
> > On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:21:56 +0200
> > "Hans Nuecke (vservu)"<address@hidden>  wrote:
> >     I have PDF files with multimedia content like flash animations,
> > sticker notes, buttons.
> >    Is it possible to parametrize pdf2swf in a way that such content
> > remains accessible in converted swf pages?
> >
> > See as example the single pdf page with an embedded little flash
> > "program"at:
> > http://vservu.de/downloads/silver.pdf
> >
> > Any hint would be highly appreciated!
> > Thanks
> > Hans