Re: [Swftools-common] Preloader Problems

[Matthias Kramm]

On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 05:12:41AM -0700, Chris Cherrett wrote:
> I am trying to add a preloader to a file I have created in avi2swf.
> 
> I have tried the javascript approach and have not been successfull. I would 
> like to add the preloader right into the swf file.
> 
> This seems to be possible as there are some examples of trailers that have 
> the 
> preloaders installed on the swftools website.

The usual approach is to do

    swfcombine PreLoaderTemplate.swf loader=loader.swf movie=avi.swf -o 
output.swf

where PreLoaderTemplate.swf is from /usr/local/share/swftools/swfs/ (or 
c:\swftools\swfs\),
loader.swf is your preloader and avi.swf is the file created in avi2swf.

Greetings

Matthias