[Swftools-common] swfdump / swfdump loop on a swf Version 8 file....

[Bill Hall]

I get an loop when I try to process a swf version 8 file with swfdump or swfcombine.

e,g, if I issue  swfdump -a or -t or -p  I get a dump of the swf.
      if I issue  swfdump -D overview.swf    I get the loop.
      if I issue  swfcombine -z   playervar.swf   Screen=overview.swf  o=z.swf    I get a loop.

     The follow messages are displayed again and again in the loop.

                         GetU8() out of bounds: TagID = 2
                         GetU16() out of bounds: TagID = 2

          Actually, most message are the "GetU8() out of bounds".

 This seems to happen with all movies that are swf Version 8.   If we have the source, we generate as
 version 6 or 7 and they work but we are concerned if we receive any swf only version 8 movies in the future.

 The swfcombine is used to merge our player with the movie.

 If you need a copy of the overview.swf
 , please let me know and I can send/attach it.

 It'd be great if the tools would support the v8 files, since we use swftools a lot. But if that isn't possible, detecting v8 files and ending with an error message return code is better than a loop.   

Do the swftools support swf version 8 files (and we have found ones that don't work) ?

Thanks for all your time and help!

Bill