Captivate to F4V?

Can anyone explain how to convert a published Captivate file to a F4V? or FLV?

Ah, ok then, as Vikram states, you can't do direct F4V with CP 5.5.
But you can do MP4, correct? So you could publish to that...
Then use Adobe Media Encoder (assuming you have the eLearning, or similar, suite) to convert to F4V.
If no Adobe Media Encoder, there are lots of other conversion tools that'll convert MP4 to F4V...websearch!
But also as Vikram suggests, a SWF is not really a 'video' as it retains interactivity. If you publish to a true video format, like MP4 or F4V, you lose any interactivity within your CP piece...

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