I got a 22 MB combined SWF for a 6 MB PDF that has multibyte (Japanese) fonts.
Thanks, Saravanan On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Chris Pugh <[email protected]> wrote: > Glad the workaround got you sort of where you wnated to be.. ;o) > > I am not familiar enough with the codebase to tell you exaclty what happens > during file combination. Experiment with the various options, > > http://www.swftools.org/swfcombine.html > > and see what happens. Font's may well be duplicated, and symbols > probably > renamed and reused, both of which would probably increase file size. > Something > you may hjave to live with for now. > > When you say significant, how significant? > > > Chris. > > On 4 May 2010 21:38, Saravanan Ganesan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Thank you Chris for your suggestions. I tried running pdf2swf splitting > in > > multiple page ranges and it worked fine for all the pdfs that crashed > > pdf2swf earlier. So, I am assuming the problem could be due to low on > > system/memory resources when converting the entire pdf. > > > > I then used swfcombine to concatenate the seperate swfs into one file. > The > > only disadvantage I see in generating multiple swfs by page ranges and > then > > concatenating them is that the final swf file size is signifacantly > bigger > > than what it could have been if pdf2swf generated as a single swf. Is > this > > because the fonts and symbols are duplicated in each of the swfs? > > > > Thanks, > > Saravanan > > > > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Chris Pugh <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Could easily be that the pdf is too complex, and/or pdf2swf itself is > >> running low on system resources and memory. > >> > >> Try using one of the various levels of verbose, i.e. -v[v][v][v] in your > >> command.. It should give you a rough idea of what pdf2swf was actually > >> doing when it bailed out, or got stuck thinking. > >> > >> You could also try running pdf2swf with increased privileges, with no > >> other > >> ( or minimal ) programs running, compatibility mode, or even in Safe > >> Mode, > >> It may help. No guarantees though, there. ;o) > >> > >> To get round the issue with the problem page(s), try converting them > >> separately > >> from the rest of the document by judicious use of the page range option, > >> > >> -p, --pages range > >> > >> i.e. split the document into sections. > >> > >> pdf2swf quite often behaves much better, under Linux. > >> > >> HTH. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> > >> > >> Chris. > >> > >> On 28 April 2010 07:01, Saravanan Ganesan <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > Hello, > >> > > >> > I recently started to use pdf2swf for a custom viewer and it worked > >> > brilliantly with most pdfs I have converted. > >> > > >> > Currently I have couple of pdfs that I am unable to convert because > the > >> > tool > >> > simply crashes while processing a certain page in each of these pdfs > >> > without > >> > any error message. I tried on Windows XP and Vista and the Command > >> > window > >> > simply crashes on both OS after the tool gets struck on those pages. I > >> > also > >> > tried with -O1 but it did not help. > >> > > >> > This occurs on a English text pdf and also with another one that has > >> > Japanese characters. > >> > > >> > Has anyone had the same issue and found a solution? Any help is > greatly > >> > appreciated. > >> > > >> > > >> > Thanks, > >> > Saravanan > > > > >
