Alpha Video... need to convert SWF to FLV

I am working on a video ad that includes video that was shot
using a green screen. The video has been masked and brought into
Flash 8, where background effects were added. Everything is working
perfectly with flash, but I need the final product as an FLV. I
cannot output a quicktime movie because quicktime only supports up
to flash player 5, and I need it output as flash player 8 to
support the alpha included on the video.
I attempted to import the SWF into Final cut pro HD 4.5 (then
output as an FLV), but I received a file error, guessing that it
may have an issue with Flash player 8 as well??
Has anyone else run into this issue and found a solution? any
help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Brent

Thanks for the article.
I realized I had the embedded video placed in a movie clip
and had to convert those the graphic symbols.
That brings up another issue for me though. I need the masked
video to fade-in and fade-out at the end of each clip. The graphic
symbol is starting over at each keyframe, other than playing
through. Is there a trick to get this to work? Also, The sound is
embedded in the video, but it is not included exported movie
(quicktime movie exported with 44 kHz 16-bit stereo).
Thanks!

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