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"PHP Powers FreeMovie API for Flash"
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2002/05/09/freemovie.html

Jacek

Hi,

I just wanted to you know that I changed the licensing terms for FreeMovie/PHP version 1.1. It's now licensed under more flexible terms of a BSD-style licence (not _the_ BSD license, but one...

The first release of FreeMovie is out in the wild. It is still an early release with many rough edges, but you can use it to create still drawings and animations in the Macromedia Flash(tm) SWF file...

>*how to compute the lenght of this stream?!.
>Basic principle would help please.


The length of the SWF movie stream is the length of all tags + 21 bytes. Probably the simplest way to compute...

I am not a lawyer, but I cannot see any problem with such a tool. What _is_ illegal though, is using it to convert SWF files without obtaining permission from the owner of the copyright to these...

No, it's a little more involved than that. You need to:

a) add SetBackgroundColor tag;
b) create a DefineBitsJPEG2 tag;
c) create a rectangle and fill it using a clipped bitmap fill;
d) put...

Yes, with FreeMovie (possibly other tools as well). You just have to wait a couple of weeks for the code to settle and be ready for the official release.

Best,

Jacek Artymiak

I don't know of any third-party docs for swfSource, but my FreeMovie library (licensed under GPL), out in a few weeks, will have a proper 500+ _printed_ reference for all of its functions and SWF,...

Rob,

This is something I am considering adding a support for in FreeMovie, but it won't happen anytime within the next few weeks.

Jacek Artymiak