[thelist] Taking screen shots from SWF files
Matt McKeon
matt at camadro.com
Mon Jan 22 15:01:22 CST 2007
John Dowdell wrote:
> An actual screenshot is pretty simple... depends on your operating system.
>
> But from your mention of "PHP" I'm guessing that you may not actually
> have a screen, and are asking "What type of PHP routine can parse a SWF
> file and construct a bitmap representing the screen display at some
> indeterminate point in time?"
>
> If I guessed the question right then I'm not conversant enough with PHP
> libraries to suggest a path, but did I understand the question correctly
> here....?
>
> jd
>
jd,
Yes, you did understand the question correctly. Perhaps I should have
mentioned using the command line, as opposed to a GUI. I'm not looking
for something specific to PHP, but something using the linux command
line. I could then bring that into my PHP script. I am just curious if
this is actually possible.
A scenario I'm considering:
User uploads a Flash SWF file
PHP script takes a 1 frame "screen shoot" of it
Stores that in DB along with the movie information provided by the user.
Hopefully, that clears it up and sparks some ideas.
Thanks,
-matt
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