Mark, The sswf.sf.net and gnash sites look very promising. The responses from you and JG are really appreciated. Thank you. John
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Winterhalder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 5:26 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] SWF decoding > John, > > maybe have a look at <swfmill.org> or > <http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/>. They're both GPL, so depending > on what you want to do this might be an issue, but there are some > others out there that maybe offer the code for licensing (the number > of swfmill contributors is small, so it might be possible, too, if you > ask). > > Oh, and there's <sswf.sf.net>, I don't know the license, but it should > be worth checking out and has links to other projects. > > HTH, > Mark > > > > On 8/6/06, John McCormack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > John, > > Thanks for that suggestion. That was a fascinating journey. The closest I got was p-code. The code below shows what I am after, it's from the first release in 1998 (freely available from MM). After reading the bytes and decoding them they may give you a run of pixels of a certain colour, or something similar. > > > > > > U32 CInputScript::GetBits (S32 n) // Get n bits from the stream. > > { > > U32 v = 0; > > > > for (;;) { > > S32 s = n - m_bitPos; > > if (s > 0) { // Consume the entire buffer > > v |= m_bitBuf << s; > > n -= m_bitPos; > > > > // Get the next buffer > > m_bitBuf = GetByte(); > > m_bitPos = 8; > > } > > else { // Consume a portion of the buffer > > ... > > > > John > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "John Grden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com> > > Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 1:26 PM > > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] SWF decoding > > > > > > > www.buraks.com/asv > > > > > > maybe actionscript viewer might help? > > > > > > On 8/6/06, John McCormack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I joined recently. It's been really interesting reading your posts. Thank > > > > you for that. > > > > > > > > I would like to use C/C++ to decode SWF files into bitmaps. That way I can > > > > author in Flash and decode within my own programs. Adobe haven't responded > > > > at all to my request for the SDK. > > > > > > > > When the first SDK came out Macromedia were happy to give me access to it, > > > > with files such as swfparse.cpp etc. Perhaps some of the tags can still be > > > > decoded the same way. Can anyone suggest a way forward? > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > McCormack > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > > > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > > > > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > > > > http://www.figleaf.com > > > > http://training.figleaf.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > John Grden > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > > > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > > > http://www.figleaf.com > > > http://training.figleaf.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > > http://www.figleaf.com > > http://training.figleaf.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com