> > I noticed the compiled swfdec lib is > > about 5mb. We only have about 1mb of space or so to work with for > this > > feature. We do not need all the features of flash, just some basic > display > > the swf, and receive UI notifications. > > 1. Approximately how small can swfdec be compiled down to? > > > I don;t know anyone who has ever tried to remove features from Swfdec > by not compiling parts of the code, so I have no idea. In theory it > shoudln't be that hard to just remove certain files from the source as > all the Flash objects are usually implemented in a self-contained way, > but as I said: in practice noone did that yet. > If you want to save size, adding -DSWFDEC_DISABLE_DEBUG to the CFLAGS > - before running configure - will certainly help. It removes all > debugging output. Other options that might save space at the cost of > debuggability are -DG_DISABLE_CHECKS -DG_DISABLE_ASSERT > -DG_DISABLE_CAST_CHECKS > With all of them enabled and -O3 stripped, libswfdec is roughly twice > as fast and libswfdec-0.9.so takes 892839 bytes here, which is a lot > less than my 22.5MB for the non-stripped debug enabled libswfdec I > usually use. ;) > > > 3. Any other recommendations for a super lite flash player? > > > You could look at Gnash or older (and therefore less featureful and > smaller) libswfdec versions, but I have no idea if that buys you > anything. > > Cheers, > Benjamin
Ok, have added those flags and it's down to 1.5mb I will also be looking at stripping out functionality that might not be needed. I've been poking at gnash as well, however it is already about 2x the size. Now just a couple of questions that will show my *nix ignorance and M$ background (24 years of programming and not much in *nix) 1. Does there happen to be a IDE project file for swfdec? 2. what is -03 stripped? 3. I need a 5 second primer on .la .so .lo and .a (I know they compare to .lib, and .dll but I can't remember exactly how) Thanks for the patience and help! Peter _______________________________________________ Swfdec mailing list Swfdec@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/swfdec
