Determining duration of .swf file

I need to find the duration of several Flash .swf files,
however, I don't have the full program, I only have Flash player.
Is there a way to determine the duration (minutes and seconds) of
the .swf files (short of using a stopwatch
) through the player, or via a plugin?

Hi UDeckM,
Flash movie duration is *really* subjective. If it's just a
straight
movie playthrough (like an animation), then it's simply a
matter of
multiplying the movie's framerate (say 30) by the total
frames in the movie
(the _totalframes property of the main timeline). The reason
this is so
subjective, however, is because a movie can run forever on
just one frame
(as most Flash-based applications do), so this can be
completely inaccurate.
Hope that at least this helps.
Regards,
Patrick Bay
BAY NEW MEDIA
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>I need to find the duration of several Flash .swf files,
however, I don't
>have
> the full program, I only have Flash player. Is there a
way to determine
> the
> duration (minutes and seconds) of the .swf files (short
of using a
> stopwatch
) through the player, or via a plugin?
>

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