Convert FLA/SWF to FLV

Hello, although I’m sure this topic has already popped
up in this forum, I was still unable to find a satisfactory answer
nor was I able to hear from Adobe regarding this…
I do have to convert SWFs or FLAs to FLVs; is there a way to
do so? I find it extremely frustrating that if you develop a movie
using flash, although you can export it to a Windows avi file or to
a QuickTime movie, you cannot export it to an FLV… I
understand that the word “Flash” from FLash Video means
that you can view it via Flash player, but wouldn’t it make
sense to be able to export a Flash movie to an FLV using Adobe
“Creative” Suite rather than having to use some obscure
software to perform the conversion?
Thanks.

I've been saying this since Adobe first introduced the FLV
video format.
They give you a separate application bundled with Flash so
that you can convert to FLV, and they slipstreamed it into Flash
itself for importing videos (all videos get converted to FLV on
import). But for some reason, they haven't given us the ability to
export FLV directly out of Flash. Makes no sense to me. (especially
when we can export FLV out of Photoshop...)

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Has anyone here on the forums ever created flv video out of
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Kind Regards,
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to convert a swf file to avi or mov you need a third party
application to accomplish that, there are few of those google it.
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appropriate container (avi, mov) change the output settings on the
dialog box and you're ready to go.

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1) How do I embed another fla within fla.
For example, I am working on a fla, is it possible to create
a link to another fla via a button?
2) How do i convert a swf file into a flv file or any other
video format like avi, mp4, etc?
I am asking this because I realized when I try to import a
swf into my fla file, I could only bundle it for mobile. Neither
the progressive nor the streaming nor the embeding options could be
checked.
3) After adding tweening motion to an animation, is it
possible to add buttons to play/pause? Do I have to write a script
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I tried adding buttons (Windows>components>video),
however, the buttons were not functioning like the case when I
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I would greatly appreaciate if anyone could post a solution
to my problems.
Thanks.

I am not so sure that this is a bug, and I have not been able to reproduce this behavior that you are describing.
But you can lock it from editing by right-clicking on the graph and go to Properties>>Appearance>>Enabled State --> Disabled
Also, word of advice for the future: You will get more replies from the community with shorter posts and keeping it to one question per post. Summarize what the issue is, and put the detailed documentation and instructions to reproduce in the actual VI.
Huntington W
National Instruments
Applications Engineer
***Don't forget to give Kudos and Accepted as Solution where it is deserved***

Exporting FLA/SWF to FLV

How can I turn my Flash 8 animation into an FLV file?
The only solution I've found is exporting it as a .MOV file.
But to do this I have to use Flash 5, which destroys my animation
since there's no movieclip filters.
There has to be a way to do this, or Adobe is just retarded
for not seeing the massive need for animators uploading to the web
via FLV. My searches online for a solution have been fruitless.
Please help!
Thaaaaaaaaaaanks.

I realize that this is a response to a post that was first added a loooonng time ago, but thought I'd weigh in on this topic after cruising through this forum.
One possible solution to converting SWF to FLV (although many other folks have suggested using other 3rd party tools) is to export your fla as a .MOV file. Afterall, the Flash Video Encoder that comes shipped as part of the Pro version of the software will only allow you to encode .avi/.mov, etc files.
So, while working in Flash, rather than converting the file to swf, go to File -> Export -> Export Movie and output the file as an avi/mov file or whatever. From there, import the resulting file into the Video Encoder and that will help convert the file into an flv.
Hope that helps, and sorry for the delayed response to this post!
Rob
http://www.robrode.com/yabb/

How do I convert a .swf to .flv

Hi,
I'm currently developing content for a flash e-learning
environment that requires .flv extension. I'm using Captivate 3 for
the task of creating the content, but have not found a way to
export or convert the .swf output of Captivate to make it .flv
I'm totally at a loss - can anyone help?

I'm not sure this will help, but what I know is that the FLV
format is designed for streaming or progressive download of video
from the server to the user's browser by converting it to the flv
format via an import procedure into a Flash doc. Normally I use
Flash to import a movie into a Flash file layer, add a sound layer
for, say, a background music loop, on another layer and publish it
as a swf and flv, using the Component Inspector to set the rewind
to "true" or "false".
This process creates two required files: the final swf and an
flv which calls the swf when the page opens or other event occurs
on the web page. The user experience is absent the jerky appearance
that often occurs from swf alone or movies alone.
The video component that is imported into my Flash doc as
described in my first paragraph above, can either be a .mov from
anywhere or one I create in Flash and export as an .mov
I don't know about formats other than .mov I think it depends
on your final deployment, i.e. web, dvd, whatever.
I have not used captivate, but if it will create a .mov for
you, should do it. You may have, however, other controls to build
in as well. Flash 8 and above allows you to do that in the process
of creating the .flv
Then, you must load the .flv and swf onto the server at the
same level. Or, you must make other code changes so the flv "finds"
the swf. A different path can be entered using the Component
Inspector in Flash.
Hope that helps.

Converting FLA files to FLV and/or F4V

Hi there,
Novice Q. I'm using the trial version of elearning suite and am unable to import flash video into Captivate. I'm assuming the FLA files need to be converted to FLV or F4V, but I can only generate SMV files, and these do not import into Captivate. I have media encoder start-up faults, which I am trying to address in the relevant forum. Does the encoder need to be active to convert these flash files? Running Mac OS 10.5.8. and wanting to upgrade to Lion soon (which may also be problematic for the media encoder in itself). Thanks.

Thanks for that. swf files import with no visual entry content i.e. there are no playback buttons shown although the video is there. I am pretty green with this, so it could be me as opposed to anything inherently wrong within the prgoram. I have downloaded and used a trial version of Wondershare Video Convertor and generated a flv file that does work in Captivate, so I do have usable video content. I have also looked at the Flash CS5.5 trial version documentation and it says:
The trial versions of After Effects CS5.5, Flash Professional CS5.5, Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 and Audition CS5.5 do not include some features that depend on software licensed from parties other than Adobe. For example, some codecs for encoding MPEG formats are available only with the full version of these products. HDV, XDCAM and AVCHD formats and sequence presets are not supported in the trial for both Mac OS and Windows. Adobe Media Encoder export does not include MPEG-4, MPEG-2, MPEG-2 DVD or MPEG-2 Blu-ray as export formats in the trial. The file importer does not recognize file types that are not included in trial mode (such as MPEG and XDCAM files). HDV is not included as a capture format in the Mac OS version of the trial.
My source video has been MPEG-4 so this is likely to be the problem. I'll use the converted video as a sample at the moment.. I'm trying to convince my clients to use this suite, and they will need video capability, so I hope it is not an inherent bug within the program. Ultimately their IT department will take over these types of specifics, as it's not my area. Cheers.

How to convert a flash demo (either FLA or SWF) into FLV file

I first converted the FLA file into AVI file by using the option of export movie in my flash software. But the ouput was not good, the quality of the demo was hit. The animations looked shaky. Then I tried converting the same file into QT format but as I use Flash 8 I was told to change the version in the publish settings to either Flash 5 or a lower version which did not support the actionscript and the animations that my file had. My file occupies 13,320 frames which makes the FLA and the SWF file quite heavy. Is there any way in which I can convert my demo to FLV format without using a third party software and just use Adobe Flash and Adobe Flash Video Encoder to do the same?

I wanted to know how can the conversion be made without using any tool apart from Quick Time movie player and Adobe Video Encoder.
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Converted wmv to FLV want to convert to swf or imbed FLV in site.

I a'ready used CS5 Flash encoder to convert the WMV to flv swf and it's good quality, but I don't know how to make it work in a website. It only plays in my video player, locally (before adding to the site).
Is there special code (HTML) that will make it work ... or ... can someone send me instructions on how to conver to SWF. I've inserted SWF's before and they work.
I need to make sure I can "remove" the control bar. It's a slide show for a website, don't want it to be interactive, in any way. I also want it to loop and continue the loop when people go to another page on the site.
I hope I'm not asking too much. I've been able to achieve this with other software that is no longer current with todays technology.
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Here is the Action Script that makes the video loop:
import fl.video.*;
// Video component instance name
var flvControl:FLVPlayback = video1;
var flvSource:String = "etsy_matildas_march.f4v";
// Loop the video when it completes
function completeHandler1(event:VideoEvent):void
flvControl.seek(0);
flvControl.play()
flvControl.addEventListener(VideoEvent.COMPLETE, completeHandler1);
// Set video
flvControl.source = flvSource;
Publish the SWF from Flash and open the resulting html file in notepad. Find the code in the Notepad file that looks like this:
<div id="flashContent">
            <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="720" height="440" id="index_2011" align="middle">
                <param name="movie" value="index_2011.swf" />
                <param name="quality" value="high" />
                <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" />
                <param name="play" value="true" />
                <param name="loop" value="true" />
                <param name="wmode" value="window" />
                <param name="scale" value="showall" />
                <param name="menu" value="true" />
                <param name="devicefont" value="false" />
                <param name="salign" value="" />
                <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
                <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" />
                
                <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="index_2011.swf" width="720" height="440">
                    <param name="movie" value="index_2011.swf" />
                    <param name="quality" value="high" />
                    <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" />
                    <param name="play" value="true" />
                    <param name="loop" value="true" />
                    <param name="wmode" value="window" />
                    <param name="scale" value="showall" />
                    <param name="menu" value="true" />
                    <param name="devicefont" value="false" />
                    <param name="salign" value="" />
                    <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
                    <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" />
                
                    <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash">
                        <img src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif" alt="Get Adobe Flash player" />
                    </a>
                
                </object>
                
            </object>
Paste the code into the appropriate spot on the destination web page. Either in a Table Cell (old school) or within a DIV contemporary CSS.
Note that the first line that reads: <div id="flashContent"> relates to a CSS file associated with the page if there is one. On the associated CSS file, the parameters will adjust alignment of the Flash movie on the destination HTML page.
Also note that "loop" in the code just above only relates to the swf file NOT the FLV or F4V. That's why you need to add the Action Script within Flash. Be sure to give your video on the stage an instance name and it must match what's in the Action Script. Also check the name and file path of your flv/f4v. It makes everything a lot easier if all of the associated files are in the same folder.

AS3: Could we convert .swf into .flv and .flv into .swf

I'm searching for a program that can take an .flv and convert it to an AS3 .swf file. Is it possible in as3, Does anybody have any ideas?
I am not talking about any third party converter software.
Thanks,

Hi swati61,
I'm not sure why do you want to play an swf file in flv player. Will you post it on your website?
If yes, here is a solution:
http://www.swfkits.com/swf-to-flv-converter/
If you want to convert flv to swf, you can check this
www.flash-video-mx.com/video_to_flash_web/

Convert .swf to .flv

I would like to figure out how to convert a .swf file created
with Captivate to .flv. .flv seems to intergrate better with
Dreamweaver. You can simply insert .flv with Dreamweaver, but this
does not seem to be the case with .swf.
I have tried to import the .swf file into Flash 8 and to use
the flash video encoder, but have not had success.
Any help will be appreciated.
John

Your best bet is to continue your efforts to import to Flash
8, unless the Captivate project contains some critical objects that
are not supported in Flash (some are, some aren't).
If you arre having trouble getting Flash 8 to read Captivate
files, you might
try
this link. Captivate was released to be compatible with Flash
2004MX, and the workaround for Flash 8 users is at the link.
BTW, an alternative to FLV is to use the SWF files right from
Captivate, but in order for them to "stream" well, you will have to
keep them compact - an art that most Captivate users haven't
learned - or even heard about - in the days of hte 1200x900 movie .
. . sigh . . .
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How do you convert a swf or mp4 file into flv using creative cloud programs?

I am trying to embed a video as HTML5 with Flash fallback into my Dreamwaver site and only have the swf file of the video.
Please let me know if you have any ideas about how to convert a swf or mp4 file into flv, without loosing pixels and quality of the swf file.
Thank you!

If you have MP4 video, you can use Pickle Player which has built-in Flash fallback for Mozilla. No conversions required .
http://www.pickleplayer.com/
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Converting swf to flv with flash video encoder

Hi...
I have a couple of questions please... I have managed to put some captions on a video file and would now need to get this video back into flv format to put it online;..I tried with the cs3 video encoder but it wouldn't let me.... So my questions are:
1. Is it actually possible to convert my swf file into flv with cs3 video encoder ...which would be logical as it is a flash file...
2. What is the best option I Have to convert my swf file with captions without losing the captions...
Many thans for any clear help as I am not a code guru....
Regards
Flav

Hi Vlaf (Flav),
the main thing for converting a flash swf into a flv is to make sure that the timeline is not embeded inside a moveclip (meaning that the timeline of the movie is on the MAIN timeline....and not nested somewhere else.
if this is right, then it should export correctly. If it still fails with the Encoder....try an alterative encoder caller "Super"(its free)...and does a great job!
unless specified by your client or target advert host, always try to use a minimum of 30 frames per second and you should be good to go.

Converting swf to flv to take advantage of streaming

The problem
My captivate 6 SWF is set to start playing after 1% download is achieved. You can see the movie at www.gmatfix.com/swf/app_videointro.swf. My site uses the standard ActionScript3 Loader class to load the SWF, but in so doing, the entire file gets loaded before it starts playing, regardless of the preloader percentage I set. If you clear your cache and go to http://www.gmatfix.com/#/app/videointro, you will notice that there is a significantly longer delay before the file is available for playing. I would like to avoid this delay.
Failed Solution
I would like to convert the SWF to an FLV file since these (I believe) can be played in embedded flash content even while they are still being downloaded. I removed the only interaction from the SWF (a couple of buttons on the last slide), and the advanced interactions panel (F9) in Captivate shows no interaction on any slide. I then tried to follow the instructions from Adobe on how to get Captivate output to FLV by publishing the project as F4V and using Adobe Media Encoder to convert F4V to FLV. However, in Media publishing options I don't see the F4V media type; only EXE, APP, and MP4. I tried dropping the SWF directly into Adobe Media Encoder, but the SWF is not compatible with that application.
What is the best way to convert an SWF (contains no interactions besides the playbar) to FLV?
Thanks

Hi emmision and welcome to our community
Do you have Flash handy and are you comfortable using it? If
so, you might try bringing the Captivate into Flash and pumping out
the .FLV from there.
Just a thought... Rick

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SWF or FLV

Few things make me feel stupid but this is starting to. I
have an Adobe Media Server fully configured and ready to use.
This is my question: I have both videos and tutorials. I have
created my tutorials using Adobe Captive 3, videos are created from
many outside sources.
My Adobe Captive and Adobe Flash Pro create only SWF files.
So why do I have a Media Server? The point is that I have a large
population that accesses my site daily. My site has a max capacity
of 10M up and down. The SWF files are very large and I do not want
the user do have to down load the whole file before viewing it. I
also do not want to use bandwidth to down load a tutorial that was
not fully viewed.
My media server only serves up FLV files. So what is Adobe
thinking? I can convert the SWF files to FLV “not using an
Adobe product”.
So to ask a stupid question: Should I be converting my SWF
files to FLV? And if not why?
Thanks in advance.
From A long time web developer and database integrator
feeling a little stupid.

I am feeling really lost here, I’m running though the
same issue. I do have to convert SWFs or FLAs to FLVs; is there a
way to do so? I find it extremely frustrating that if you develop a
movie using flash, although you can export it to a Windows avi file
or to a QuickTime movie, you cannot export it to an FLV… I
understand that the word “Flash” from FLash Video means
that you can view it via Flash player, but wouldn’t it make
sense to be able to export a Flash movie to an FLV using Adobe
“Creative” Suite rather than having to use some obscure
software to perform the conversion?

Convert FLA/SWF to FLV

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