Movie format within .swf file? Extract to MPEG-4?

Hi,
I have an algorithm that runs against a series of still
images, such as MPEG-4 movie key frames.
I would like to be able to analyze .swf files with the
algorithm, but I don't know how to extract key frames or images
from the .swf file itself.
Is there documentation anywhere about what the .swf file
stores (I can't find it)?
Are movie resources imported into Flash transcoded and stored
as something different than the original format?
What would your approach be to extract a series of frames
from a swf file (assuming the .swf is a movie requiring no user
interaction/timeline jumps)? Is there something better than loading
and playing the .swf and then capturing bitmaps 12 times a second
(or whatever the frame rate is)?
Thanks in advance, any links or info is appreciated.

> Is there something better than loading and playing the
.swf and then capturing
> bitmaps 12 times a second (or whatever the frame rate
is)?
Probably not. In fact, this is how the Flash IDE itself
exports to other video formats.
.swf is not a video format, so you don't really have a
snapshot at any point. SWF is an open format so you can definitely
find a lot of information on how some if works, and there are many
decompilers that might give you some insight into how a .swf looks
inside.

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