"swfcombine -a" - Concatenate SWF Files

This section provides a tutorial example on how to concatenate two SWF files by appending frames from one file to the end of another file using the 'swfcombine -a' command.

The SWFCombine tool can also be used to concatenate two SWF files by appending frames from one SWF file to the end of another file. Here is the syntax to concatenate frames from 2 SWF files together:

swfcombine -o output.swf -a input_1.swf input_2.swf

Let's test the concatenation function using SWF slide shows generated from Windows 7 wallpaper pictures:

C:\herong>\local\SWFTools\jpeg2swf -f -X 384 -Y 240 -r 0.25 
   -o landscapes.swf \windows\web\Wallpaper\landscapes\img*.jpg

C:\herong>\local\SWFTools\jpeg2swf -f -X 384 -Y 240 -r 0.25 
   -o nature.swf \windows\web\Wallpaper\nature\img*.jpg

C:\herong>\local\SWFTools\swfcombine -o concatenated.swf 
   -a landscapes.swf nature.swf

C:\herong>\local\bin\flashplayer_13_sa concatenated.swf

You will see 2 slide shows are nicely concatenated into a single one.

Note that "swfcombine -a" will use the frame rate of the first input file as the frame rate of the output file.

"swfcombine -a" will also use the display size of the first input file as the display of the output file.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction of Adobe Flash

 Adobe Flash Player Plugin for Firefox

 Adobe Flash Player Plugin for Chrome

 Adobe Flash Player Plugin for Safari

 Adobe Flash Player ActiveX for IE

 Using "object" Elements for Flash Files

 Using "embed" Elements for Flash Files

 "mp3player" - MP3 Music Player

 SWFObject - Hidding "object" behind JavaScript

 Flash Player Projector

SWFTools - SWF File Manipulation Tools

 What Is SWFTools?

 Downloading and installing SWFTools

 SWFDump - SWF File Dump Tool

 "swfdump" - Dump SWF File Header

 "swfdump -E" - Generate HTML Code

 JPEG2SWF - JPEG to SWF File Conversion Tool

 "jpeg2swf *.jpg" - Create a Slide Show

 PDF2SWF - PDF to SWF File Conversion Tool

 "pdf2swf" - Convert PDF to SWF

 "master and slave" - Viewer and Page Frames

 SWFCombine - SWF File Merging Tool

 "swfcombine masterfile viewpoint=slavefile"

"swfcombine -a" - Concatenate SWF Files

 "swfcombine -d" - Change Frame Rate and Size

 SWFC Script to Generate Flash SWF Files

 ActionScript Embedded in SWFC Script

 AS3Compile - ActionScript 3 Compiler

 Adobe Flex SDK 4

 SWF File Structure and Tags

 SWF File Processing Rules

 SWF Files for Video and Audio Streams

 Outdated Tutorials

 References

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