Compressing Movies with Audio?

Does anyone have any ideas on tools or techniques for
compressing Captivate files with audio? I'm sure this is a fairly
simple (and common) issue, probably with a simple (?) solution. But
there has to be a way to reduce/compress the file size, which
increases exponentially even when just a bit of voiceover is added
to a slide.
I've already broken the movie up into several smaller movies
and tried tricks like that, but I'm at a real loss. Any suggestions
would be very welcome! Thanks!

One option might be to set you audio settings to a lower
quality within Captivate itself.
Another option that might work is to convert your .swf to a
movie format - .wmv, .mpg, .mov. There are several software apps
out there to do this. During the conversion - you can specifically
set the audio properties (quality) you want.

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I searched for a solution to my problem for a while and haven't found any so I felt I'd finally ask.
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I use the same settings, as you, with one exception - instead of 8-bit, choose 16-bit for the Sample Depth.
I also dislike using MP3 as a source. With the exception of tiny SFX files, I always convert these to PCM/WAV (Uncompressed) 48KHz 16-bit, before Import. That does NOT restore all the data lost with the MP3 compression (I hate the sound with MP3, but that's a different topic), but it gives me the best source to edit. I use Adobe Audition, but the free Audacity does a great job of this.
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I am looking for a way to get a .swf or .fla to a .mov file. I have compressor and quicktime pro with the macromedia suite. I can drop the .swf file in to compressor but i lose the audio. I also lose the audio when i export form flash to quicktime.
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Hello, and thank you.
I did resolve the issue by exporting to .mov through Premiere and then buying Quicktime Pro and Exporting again from QT - I lost extremely little quality, but it seems that QT was able to discard any "extraneous" info (I'd be curious to find out what just what that info is).
I should mention that I wasn't very clear in my last - my first approach WAS to export from Flash... I tried it with all sorts of compression settings and all sorts of frame sizes, but the best I could ever get was an image of very poor quality with all sorts of artifacts. Because of that, I will most likely contact Adobe directly to make them aware that in my case at least the export to .mov option proved to be useless at best and a terrible time-waster at worst (sad but true).
There is audio in the file, and unfortunately Premiere does not seem to import it with the .swf file (unless there is some option I missed). On that count, I didn't have a problem - I just needed to re-insert the same audio file into Premiere as a part of my movie before sending it out again.
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